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Also Known As Laura Celestia Spelman • Cettie Rockefeller
Born September 9, 1839
Died March 12, 1915 (aged 75) • New York
Notable Family Members spouse John D. Rockefeller • son John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
William Claire Menninger
American physician
Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos
American stateswoman
Sophia B. Packard
American educator
Etta Zuber Falconer
American educator and mathematician
Graham, Isabella Marshall
Isabella Marshall Graham
American educator and philanthropist
St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
French educator
Johann Friedrich Oberlin, engraving by Henri Charles Muller (1784-1846)
Johann Friedrich Oberlin
German educator
Anne Parrish
American philanthropist
Mary Garrett
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A. Bartlett Giamatti
American baseball commissioner
Amos Eaton
American botanist, geologist, and lawyer
Eleanor Belmont
American actress and philanthropist
William James Mayo
American physician
William Worrall Mayo
American physician
Karl Augustus Menninger
American physician
Charles Horace Mayo
American physician
Charles Frederick Menninger
American physician
Marjorie Merriweather Post
American heiress and philanthropist
Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas
United States jurist
Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius
German-American architect