A brilliant though quiet wedding occurred last evening in the marriage of Miss Bessie Rockefeller, eldest daughter of John D. Rockefeller, President of the Standard Oil Trust, to Charles A.

The company Rockefeller started at age 23, Standard Oil, came to hold a virtual monopoly on the American oil industry. He maintained control of Standard Oil until its eventual break-up by the U.S.

John D. Rockefeller, the iconic American entrepreneur and co-founder of Standard Oil, bequeathed not only a fortune but also gems of wisdom in the form of letters to his son, John D. Rockefeller ...

Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt, oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, novelists Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry James, actress Ellen Terry and art patron Isabella Stewart Gardner all ...