Name Elizabeth Strong | Died November 14, 1906, France | |
Role Laura Spelman Rockefeller's daughter Children Margaret Rockefeller Strong Parents Laura Spelman Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller Cousins Percy Avery Rockefeller, Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge Grandparents William Rockefeller Sr., Harvey Buell Spelman, Eliza Davison, Lucy Henry Similar People John D Rockefeller, Alta Rockefeller Prentice, William Rockefeller Sr, Laura Spelman Rockefeller, Frank Rockefeller | ||
Elizabeth "Bessie" Rockefeller (August 23, 1866 – November 14, 1906) was the eldest child of Standard Oil co-founder John Davison Rockefeller (1839–1937) and school teacher Laura Celestia "Cettie" Spelman (1839–1915).
Bessie Rockefeller was a special student at Vassar College 1886–1888; Strong Hall. The school's first dormitory, was named in honor of Bessie in 1893 by her father who contributed $35,000 toward the expense of the construction.
On March 22, 1889, she married philosopher and psychologist Charles Augustus Strong and had one daughter, Margaret Rockefeller Strong (1897–1985).
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