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Isabel Stillman Rockefeller (June 23, 1902 – March 23, 1980) was a member of the
Rockefeller family The Rockefeller family () is an American industrial, political, and banking family that owns one of the world's largest fortunes. The fortune was made in the American petroleum industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by brothe ...
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Early life and education

Isabel was born on June 23, 1902 to
Percy Avery Rockefeller Percy Avery Rockefeller (February 27, 1878 — September 25, 1934) was a board director who founded and was vice president of Owenoke Corporation. He is the son of American Businessman William Avery Rockefeller Jr. and the nephew of Standard Oil ...
(1878–1934) and Isabel Goodrich Stillman. Percy Rockefeller, a financier and industrialist, was the son of
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co-founder William Avery Rockefeller Jr. (1841–1922) and his wife, Almira Geraldine Rockefeller. He was also a nephew of Standard Oil co-founder John Davison Rockefeller. Isabel Stillman was the daughter of
James Jewett Stillman James Jewett Stillman (June 9, 1850 – March 15, 1918) was an American businessman who invested in land, banking, and railroads in New York, Texas, and Mexico. He was chairman of the board of directors of the National City Bank. He forged all ...
(1850–1918), a banker, and Sarah Elizabeth Rumrill. Together Percy and Isabel had five children: *Isabel Stillman Rockefeller (1902–1980) *Avery Rockefeller (1903–1986) *Winifred Rockefeller (1904–1951) *Faith Rockefeller (1909–1960) *Gladys Rockefeller (1910–1988) She attended
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and was a member of Junior League, of which she took an active part. She became a member of the advisory board and helped produce a play called ''Ready Made''. She also performed singing and dancing numbers. She studied bacteriology at
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for three years, and then went to Europe for 5 months with her mother. She was a frequent face in
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high society after her introduction as a
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in 1920. Lincoln was a member of the board of trustees St. Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital Center (
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as of 2020) from 1956 until her death in 1980.


Personal life

In June 1925, it was announced that she would marry
Frederic W. Lincoln IV Frederic Walker Lincoln IV (15 October 1898 – 7 April 1968) was chairman of the board of trustees of the New York Medical College and the Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital who married into the Rockefeller family. Early life Frederic Walker ...
. Her double cousin William Avery Rockefeller III (1896–1973) was married to a sister of Frederic. The day before Isabel's marriage to Mr. Lincoln, a large party was held in their honor by William Avery Rockefeller III. The wedding was held on September 26, 1925 at Christ Episcopal Church in
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by Rev. John Lewis. The day after the wedding, the newlyweds were again honored at a large function at the Field Club of Greenwich. A week-long honeymoon in
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followed in November. Isabel and Frederic had four daughters: *Isabel Lincoln (b. 1927), who married Basil B. Elmer in 1951 *Calista Lincoln (1930–2012), who married Henry U. Harder in 1952 *Percy Lincoln, who married William B. Chappell *Florence Lincoln, who married Thomas L. Short Lincoln died on March 23, 1980.


See also

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Rockefeller family The Rockefeller family () is an American industrial, political, and banking family that owns one of the world's largest fortunes. The fortune was made in the American petroleum industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by brothe ...


References

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