William Rockefeller was an American financier, industrialist and businessman. He founded of Standard Oil Company with his older brother John Davison Rockefeller
Background
William Rockefeller was born in New York, United States. He was the third child of William Avery and Eliza (Davison) Rockefeller and the younger brother of John D. Rockefeller. The family apparently originated in Germany, the original American ancestor, Johann Peter Rockefeller, and his son Peter, coming to America from Sagendorf, Germany, about 1722 and settling in Somerville, New Jersey. the third child of William Avery and Eliza (Davison) Rockefeller and the younger brother of John D. Rockefeller. The family apparently originated in Germany, the original American ancestor, Johann Peter Rockefeller, and his son Peter, coming to America from Sagendorf, Germany, about 1722 and settling in Somerville, New Jersey, United States. In 1853 the roving father moved his family again to Strongsville, Ohio; then, in a year, to Parma, a neighboring district, and in 1857 to Cleveland, where the family settled definitely.
Education
William attended the public schools
Religion
He had but small piety, though he occasionally made contributions to the Baptist Church.
Personality
He was a jovial man who loved good living.
He had little interest in philanthropy and such gifts as he made he was very secretive about.
Connections
On May 25, 1864, he married Almira Geraldine Goodsell, to which union were born six children, four sons and two daughters.