The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-01
The FATHER OF
ROCKEFELLERS
WHEREABOUTS OF THE OLD
MAN NOT kNoWN-ls NOT IN
CLEVELAND.


A. Rockefeller. the aged father of
John d. Rockefeller, has disappeared
again on one Of those mysterious
missions which have characterized
his whole life, and which have given
rise to the charges that he is trav-
cling quack doctor, who has been
guilty of horse theft and worse
crime which warranted his Indictment
in Moravia, N. Y, years ago.
A dispatch from his Iowa home, 10
days ago, said that the elder Rookie
Teller was visiting his sons home In
the suburbs Of this city. This is de.
MED at John d. Rockefellers home.
where no other information is obtain.
able. A later dispatch from Sioux
City said that the old man was there,
but an effort to find him was fruitless.
Then came report that he was in a
town in Maine. but again his presence
could not be verified.
The difference in the descriptions
given of the elder Rockefeller are
amusing. A magazine picture shows
him to have bushy white beard, no
mustache and a face like benign old
church deacon. AT his Iowa home he
Is described as being thin, weakened,
beardless and having practically no
hair ON his head. Sioux City people
say he has flowing mustache and a
beard that saves him the necessity
of buying neckties and collars. In
this city his old friends say that he
wore 'sideboards," and the. dispatch
from Maine says that the William A.
Rockefeller seen there had a Kaiser
William mustache and goatee.
Who is DR.. livingston?
To-day comes a report from Free.
port, H., that two reputable and prom
inent citizens-E. Mayer, secretary OF
the Union Loan and Building Associa.
ton, and s. V. Allen, brother.ln.law
of DR.. William Livingston-have pos.
lively identified picture of William
Rockefeller that was printed recently
in a prominent magazine as the actual
likeness OF DR.. Livingston.
To add to the general mystery sur.
rounding the father of the chief OF
the Standard Oil Company, these men
say positively that DR.. Livingston has
been travelling doctor who left his
home frequently for several months
at a time. presumably to sell some
decoction of his own. Dr. Living.
ston is 80, about the same age as the
elder Rockefeller, and now feeble.
deaf and nearly blind.
Mr.. Mayer says, and proves It by
the banks books, that some years ago
DR.. Livingston presented a draft for
$4,000 which Mr.. Mayer cashed in cur.
rency. The Doctor seemed surprised
and asked to see the draft, saying that
he thought it called for only $500.
Then DR.. Livingston explained to
him. Mr.. Mayer says, that the money
was for dividend on $4,000 worth
of Standard Oil stock which he had
obtained for $1,000 from John D.
Rockefeller, whom he knew when he
lived in New York.
His Life In Cleveland.
The elder Rockefeller left Cleve-
land for the West before his wife died
here, on March %, 1888, and there are
many old Clevelanders who say that
he has been kept away and suppress.
ed by his relatives because he is not
person to be proud of or to make an
inmate of a careful mans home
Cleyelanders who put the matter in
this light picture him as the travelling
quack doctor. the mysterious wander.
er OF Miss Tarbell,s pages.
The other side is strikingIy diner.
lent Men Of character can be found