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Elizabeth 'Bessie' Strong (Rockefeller)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Rockefeller_Strong
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73560388/elizabeth-a-strong
Mrs. Strong (Rockefeller) was the eldest child of Standard Oil co-founder John Davison Rockefeller (1839–1937) and school teacher Laura Celestia "Cettie" Spelman (1839–1915). (namesake of Spelman College)
Biography
Rockefeller was a special student at Vassar College 1886–1888. Strong Hall, the school's first dormitory, was named in her honor 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).
She died in Cannes, France on November 14, 1906, at age 40.
THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. p. 587
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Elizabeth Strong's Timeline
| 1866 |
August 23, 1866
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Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
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| 1897 |
June 11, 1897
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Pocantico Hills, Westchester County, New York, United States
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| 1906 |
November 14, 1906
Age 40
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Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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