William Goodsell Rockefeller
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William Goodsell Rockefeller (May 21, 1870 – November 30, 1922) was a director of the Consolidated Textile Company.

Biography

He was the third child of Standard Oil
Standard Oil
Standard Oil was a predominant American integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world and operated as a major company trust and was one of the world's first and largest multinational...

 co-founder William Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
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 (1841–1922) and his wife, Almira Geraldine Goodsell. Rockefeller married Sarah Elizabeth Stillman, daughter of National City Bank president James Jewett Stillman, on November 21, 1895. His father had become a large shareholder of the National City Bank and his alliance with the Stillman family was sealed by the marriage of his two sons with two Stillman daughters. Rockefeller's brother, Percy Avery Rockefeller
Percy Avery Rockefeller
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, married Isabel Goodrich Stillman. He died on November 30, 1922.

Children

  1. William Avery Rockefeller II (August 8, 1896 – October 14, 1973)
  2. Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller
    Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller
    Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller son of William Goodsell Rockefeller served as a second lieutenant in World War One, was a member of the Skull and Bones society graduating from Yale University in 1921, and served as a lieutenant colonel during World War Two...

     (May 1, 1899 – February 23, 1983)
  3. James Stillman Rockefeller
    James Stillman Rockefeller
    James Stillman Rockefeller was a member of the prominent U.S. Rockefeller family.-Personal life:A paternal grandson of William Rockefeller, his maternal grandfather James Stillman and uncle James Alexander Stillman served as president of the National City Bank of New York, now Citibank...

     (June 8, 1902 – August 10, 2004)
  4. John Sterling Rockefeller
    John Sterling Rockefeller
    John Sterling Rockefeller is the fourth son of William Goodsell Rockefeller and Sarah Elizabeth Stillman . Rockefeller is a grandson of Standard Oil co-founder, William Rockefeller .Rockefeller attended Yale University and was a member of Scroll and Key...

     (October 28, 1904 – May 10, 1988)
  5. Almira Geraldine Rockefeller (December 28, 1907–1997)
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