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  2. Rockefeller, Laura Spelman (1839–1915)Affluent American and wife of John D. Rockefeller. Name variations: Cettie Spelman Rockefeller. Born Laura Celestia Spelman in 1839; died in 1915; married John D. Source for information on Rockefeller, Laura Spelman (1839–1915): Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia dictionary.

  3. Women Educators. American Educators. American Female Educators. Early Life & Career. Laura Celestia Spelman was born on September 9, 1839, in Wadsworth, Ohio. She was nicknamed “Cettie.” Her father, Harvey Buell Spelman, was a Puritan and an abolitionist who contributed to the establishment of the Congregational Church.

  4. 1839-1915. Memorialized by the LAURA SPELMAN ROCKEFELLER MEMORIAL FUND in The New York Community Trust. H. er dark hair parted neatly down the center and waved softly over her ears, Miss Laura Celestia Spelman took her place on the stage of the Cleveland, Ohio, Central High School and delivered the valedictory address.

  5. Laura Celestia " Cettie " Spelman Rockefeller (September 9, 1839 – March 12, 1915) was an American abolitionist, philanthropist, school teacher, and prominent member of the Rockefeller family. Her husband was Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.

  6. Laura Celestia Spelman Rockefeller was born on September 9, 1839, in Wadsworth, Ohio, the second of two daughters of Lucy Henry and Harvey Buel Spelman. The Spelmans later moved to Akron and to Cleveland, where Harvey prospered in the dry-goods business. He helped to establish a Congregational Church, was a member of the state legislature, and ...

  7. Sep 30, 2019 · Is this your ancestor? Explore genealogy for Laura (Spelman) Rockefeller born 1839 Wadsworth, Ohio died 1915 Pocantico Hills, New York including ancestors + descendants + 1 photos + more in the free family tree community.

  8. Jun 29, 2023 · It was a Sunday in June 1882 at a Baptist church in Cleveland, Ohio. A visionary educator, Sophia B. Packard, shared her dreams of educating Black girls and women at a school she’d begun a year earlier, modestly, with 11 students in a church basement. In the audience as she spoke sat John D. Rockefeller and his wife Laura Spelman Rockefeller.

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