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Children. 6. Parent (s) William Rockefeller Sr. Eliza Davison. Relatives. See Rockefeller family. William Avery Rockefeller Jr. (May 31, 1841 – June 24, 1922) was an American businessman and financier. Rockefeller was a co-founder of Standard Oil along with his elder brother John Davison Rockefeller.
William Avery " Devil Bill " Rockefeller Sr. (November 13, 1810 – May 11, 1906) was an American businessman, lumberman, herbalist, salesman, and con artist who went by the alias of Dr. William Levingston. He worked as a lumberman and then a traveling salesman who identified himself as a "botanic physician" and sold elixirs.
John D. Rockefeller, Sr.'s, father, Bill Rockefeller, dies at age 96. President Roosevelt's attacks on Rockefeller and Standard Oil escalate. Rockefeller is singled out as one of the...
Father-Son Correspondence. John D. Rockefeller Sr. and Jr. Rockefeller Archives. Until the 1970s, when they became the focus of a controversial book, the family dynamics of the Rockefeller dynasty ...
Apr 3, 2024 · William Rockefeller was an American industrialist and financier, a member of the famed Rockefeller family, and known in conjunction with his older brother, John D. Rockefeller, for his role in the establishment and growth of the Standard Oil Company.
Mar 28, 2024 · Updated: Mar. 28, 2024. Open full sized image. John D. Rockefeller (left) walking with his son, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., about 1915. Rockefeller, Sr., was an American industrialist and philanthropist and founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust.
May 16, 2020 · Eliza Davison and the con artist William Avery Rockefeller gave birth to a son, John D. Rockefeller, who would become a scion of American industry and one of the wealthiest men to ever wheel and ...
