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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.
Jun 14, 2019 · Tarbell accused William Avery Rockefeller of posing as a physician and exploiting others for financial gain, and brought to light allegations of rape and horse thievery against him.
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.
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.
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...
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May 16, 2019 · Was it all from dubious doctoring? Rumors that he led a ring of horse thieves gained credence when two Rockefeller cronies were convicted of stealing nags.
His father, William Avery Rockefeller, was a "pitch man" — a "doctor" who claimed he could cure cancers and charged up to $25 a treatment. He was gone for months at a time traveling around the...
