New-York tribune., 1922-06-25

tCortnufc from aaee easl
lamily that he would recover from the
pneumonia.
Messages Of sympathy we're received
BY Percy A. Rockefeller yesterday al
ternoon from Samuel Sca. president Of
tho Pennsylvania Railroad. the board
Of directors Of the Standard oil Com.
psny o. New Jersey. Walter c. TeAele.
president of the Standard Oil Company
OF New Jersey; George q. Cortelyou.
president Of the Consolidated Gas Com
rany. John ,. Archbo,6. j. ogden Ar
mour. X. +. Byram. president Chicago
Milwaukee and So. Paul Railroad. John
n. Ryan. chairman of the Anaconda
Copper Company: samuel ". Nauclsin,
PRESIDENT Baldwin Locomotive Works;
Cornelius =. Kelly, president Of the
Charles r. Mitchell president Of the
National City Bank
Funeral arrangements have not as
set been made.
with tho death o. William Rocke-
fciicr thc United States loses one OF
ifs richest men, and a man who. al
O. comparatively few years, did not ig-
aro prominently IN the public press.
lie was In many respects the direct
rntithcsis Of .is elder brother. John
D. Rockefeller Although the latter
rpmc was linked inseparably with the
Standard OIL Company. William kocke-
fc'icr was also a powerful ngure N
ftat corporation and the man at the
iclm in Us gigantic speculatioes OF re-
cent years. The greater wealth q his
brother over hadowcd in large
measure. William Rockefeller's mil
IONS and personality.
Had Humble Beginning
Born 80 Richford. Tioga County. y.
s on May q. lsfl. the son Of William
Avery Rockefeller ard Mrs. Eliza Da-
rson Rockefeller, he began life IN
l-mbic clrcum stances. HIS grand
mother was O. descendant Of Captain
James Avery. Of New london. Conn,
and among his ancestors on both SIDES
were Revolutionary as well As Colo
ftal soldiers. His father was physi-
clan and business man Of great eGecu-
ovc ability. VINO removed TO ioga
County whcn it was sparscly settled.
william Rockefeller. the second son.
received bis education 40 the Owego
Academy and the public schools OF
Cleveland. Ohio. whittier the family
removed in 1853. he began his mer-
rrnfrc career az the age Of seventeen
asa hookkeepcr FOR A. Quinn. miller,
f1r whom hc worked for two years
then serving BOO the same capacity for
fHc frm of Hughes q Lester. When
Ir f-fg. ho had just turned twenty-five,
I. lccamc partner in the firm, when
CHANGED its name 90 Hughes & Rocke-
fcIcI.
In fsf2 be- went into the oil business
ir "a modest way with his brother John
u. Rockefeller. in Cleveland. rms was
a momonf0us year in the history. OF
the Rockefeller family. for 10 marked
the BEGINNING of its career as a mighty
fnarc'al power Associated with The
Rockefeller brothers was Samuel An
arsvs. veteran in the OIL business
Tie three built small refinery, Whlch
fhey called the Standard OF works
I'd adopted the firm name Of william
Rockefeller q Co.
Whom. immediately after the close
Df fhe Civil War. Che business had eH'
f.fIll f0 such au extent that an East
.-r branch was indispensable. william
IIrLfrrICr. fhc now senior partner
r.mc Oh Sow York. lie founded th'
frm Of Rockefeller & Co. 10 handle
thc output Of the Cleveland refinery
which was already becoming q powee
I'M thc Old world. In 1867, Henry NJ
Ilagler became "a partner. ana IN
l.mparice were united under the styl
oi Rockefeller. Andrews q Flaglcr
win Offices in Cleveland and New forl
Cfy. Out Of this. in 1870, grew IN
standard oil Company Of Ohio. eapi
falzod at S1.0O0O00 with John i
Rookie. 'lcr as president and Nllllai
Rockefeller as vicc-prcsident.
Another Expansion
III 1872 there WAS another consoli
daucn by which the Standard q
Comparv became the owner Of neai
iv ail thc refining business Of Clev'
.nd and Of the interests in the o
regions o. New York and Pennsy
taria. and the capital stock was IL
creased &C. s2.5O0.OOO. About two hur