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WEBJul 13, 1998 · A sexually profligate figure, William brought his mistress, Nancy Brown, to live in the house with his wife, Eliza, who was John D.'s mother. Nancy bore William Avery two illegitimate children.
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WEBJun 14, 2019 · The Standard Oil tycoon tried to hide his father's shady past, but muckrakers exposed his lies and scandals. Learn how William Avery Rockefeller posed as a doctor, stole horses, raped women and...
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WEBHe also had two elder half-sisters, Clorinda (who died young) and Cornelia, through his father's affairs with mistress and housekeeper Nancy Brown. [2] In 1853 his family moved to Strongsville, Ohio.
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WEBMay 16, 2019 · In 1836, Devil Bill was fleecing rubes around Moravia, New York, when he courted a local girl named Nancy Brown. Nancy was beautiful but penniless, so his eye turned to Eliza Davison, a redhead with a prosperous father. Bill married Eliza in 1837, gaining a wife and a $500 dowry.
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WEBBefore leaving his first wife, he also had two daughters with his mistress and housekeeper Nancy Brown: Clorinda Rockefeller (c. 1838–?, died young) Cornelia Rockefeller (c. 1840–?)
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WEBBetween the births of John and his sister Lucy, Bill had an affair with his housekeeper, Nancy Brown. Brown became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter, Clorinda, who tragically didn't survive infancy.
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WEBApr 12, 2016 · Nancy Brown had two children by William Avery Rockefeller, Sr., although he was married at the time to Eliza Davison. Nancy and William never married. [1] No more info is currently available for Nancy Brown. Can you add to her biography? Sources. Michael Gabbard, firsthand knowledge.
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WEBIn between the births of Lucy and John, Bill and his mistress and housekeeper Nancy Brown had a daughter named Clorinda, who died young. Between John and William Jr.'s births, Bill and Nancy had another daughter, named Cornelia.
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WEBFar from renouncing his girlfriend, Nancy Brown, he brought her into the cramped house as a "housekeeper" and began having children, alternately, by wife and mistress. In 1838, Eliza gave...
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WEBJun 29, 2021 · Then again, Eliza was familiar with her husband’s libertine ways; Devil Bill also fathered a pair of daughters with the couple’s housekeeper, Nancy Brown, before hitting the road. Ever his father’s son, William Jr. pulled off one of the shadier -- albeitlegal -- business deals of the 19th century.
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