William Rockefeller, Sr.
Confidence artist, Deceased Person
1810 – 1906
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Who was William Rockefeller, Sr.?
William Avery "Bill" Rockefeller, Sr. was an American 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. Two of his sons were Standard Oil co-founders John Davison Rockefeller and William Avery Rockefeller, Jr..
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- Born
- Nov 13, 1810
Granger - Also known as
- Big Bill
- Devil Bill
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Eliza Davison
(1837 - )
- Eliza Davison
- Children
- Nationality
- Germany
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- North Dakota
- Died
- May 11, 1906
Freeport
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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