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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 Worrall Mayo
American physician
Bob Jones, Jr.
American clergyman and educator
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
Charles Frederick Menninger
American physician
William James Mayo
American physician
Charles Horace Mayo
American physician
Mary Garrett
American educator
Eleanor Belmont
American actress and philanthropist
A. Bartlett Giamatti
American baseball commissioner
Amos Eaton
American botanist, geologist, and lawyer
Karl Augustus Menninger
American physician
Marjorie Merriweather Post
American business mogul and philanthropist
Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas
United States jurist