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Franklin Rockefeller (August 8, 1845 – April 15, 1917) was an American businessman and member of the prominent Rockefeller family . Early life. He and his younger twin sister Frances, who died young, were born on August 8, 1845, in Moravia, New York. They were the youngest children of con artist William Avery "Bill" Rockefeller and Eliza Davison.
Jun 11, 2014 · As John D. Rockefeller assembled the Standard Oil empire, his brother looked to a new Western empire called Kansas to try to make his own fortune. He became a stock man whose ambitions settled on a dream of his own: Frank Rockefeller wanted to be a rancher.
“I am Frank Rockefeller, stock farmer- not Frank Rockefeller, brother of John D.,” he has been quoted as declaring. Franklin became gravely ill in February 1917. He was operated on for intestinal trouble in a Cleveland hospital and a fatal paralysis developed.
The Rockefeller family ( / ˈrɒkəfɛlər / ROCK-ə-fell-ər) is an American industrial, political, and banking family that owns one of the world's largest fortunes.
The best-known Euclid Avenue resident was John D. Rockefeller, who started Standard Oil Company. Other notable businessmen who called Euclid Avenue home were Amasa Stone, Marcus Hanna, and Samuel Mather.
Frank Rockefeller was the 36th example of the type, built in 1896 at a cost of $181,573.38 at McDougall’s American Steel Barge Company in Superior, WI. One of the larger examples of the type, Rockefeller measured 380 feet in length, drew 26 feet of water depth and had a single propeller.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 15.--Frank Rockefeller, youngest brother of John D. Rockefeller, died today in his apartments at a local hotel from a stroke of paralysis and a blood clot on the brain,...
