Isabel Rockefeller Lincoln
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Percy Avery Rockefeller
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, was one of the richest financiers and industrialists of his time. Percy was the son of William Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
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, who made a fortune from the Standard Oil Co. Isabel's maternal grandfather, James Jewett Stillman, was an immensely wealthy banker and President of the National City Bank.
She attended Westover School
Westover School
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. Isabel was a member of Junior League
Junior League
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, of which she took an active part. She became a member of the advisory board and helped produce a play called Ready Made. She also performed singing and dancing numbers. She studied bacteriology at Columbia University
Columbia University
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for three years, and then went to Europe for 5 months with her mother. She was a frequent face in New York
New York
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high society since her introduction in 1920.
In January 1925, a false rumour was spread that she was to marry Alexander Thayer, son of Russell Thayer of Philadelphia. In June 1925, it was announced that she would marry Frederic Walker Lincoln, III Her cousin William Avery Rockefeller II was married to a sister of Frederick Lincoln, III The day before Isabel's marriage to Mr. Lincoln, a large party was held in their honour by William Avery Rockefeller II. The wedding was held on 26 September 1925 at Christ Episcopal Church in Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich, Connecticut
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by Rev. John Lewis. The day after the wedding, the newlyweds were again honoured at a large function at the Field Club of Greenwich. A week-long honeymoon in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
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followed in November.
As with many of her relatives, she all but disappeared from social life after her marriage. She died on 23 March 1980.