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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.
One of the first members of the Rockefeller family in New York was businessman William A. Rockefeller Sr., who was born to a Protestant family in Granger, New York.
Jun 14, 2019 · William Avery Rockefeller, the father of the oil tycoon, was a notorious fraud who posed as a doctor and exploited others for money. He was also accused of rape, horse theft and bigamy, and his son John D. tried to hide his shady past from the public.
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. He was also a part owner of Anaconda Copper, which was the fourth-largest company in the world by the late 1920s.
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...
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.
Jun 28, 2023 · However, to fully comprehend the twists and turns of this familial odyssey from rags to riches, we must introduce an almost Dickensian character — John D.’s father, William Avery Rockefeller.
