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JDR’s transfer of wealth to, 510-12,
578. 586, 623, 624

marriage of, 353, 357-59

morality of, 188, 347, 348, 350, 351,
357, 434. 458, 507, 508, 634

Morgan and, 391-92

nervous problems of, 458, 508, 509,
511-12, 527, 637, 668

Parmalee’s relationship with, 423-34

philanthropy and, 328, 329,411,
474-78, 481-85, 489, 494, 495,
496, 511,512, 524, 550, 563-68.
609, 637-47, 667, 673

piety of, 188, 231, 347, 348. 357,
582

press coverage of, 358, 482, 508-9,
512, 584, 587. 588, 589

resignation of, 550, 572

Rockefeller Center and, 648, 667-70

salary of. 354, 358.510. 511

at Standard Oil, 354-55, 364, 434,
507-8, 512,521,523, 550

testimony of, 577-78, 585-87

trusts established by, 67 2-7 3

Twain's views on, 382, 509

Rockefeller, John D., Sr:

ambition of, xiv, 33, 40, 44, 48, 49,
50, 52,54, 56, 65, 89, 95, 113,
127, 181, 218, 364, 454, 671

anger of, xxi, xxii, 64-67, 100, 174.
457, 542

antislavery views of, 39, 50, 68-69

antitrust suits and, 226, 294-96,
523-25, 329=30, 533, 537-42,
545-46, 550, 553-56

anxiety of, 38,45, 47, 64.65, 101,

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451
appearance of, ix, 14, 17,22, 34, 35,
41,44, 53, 62, 66, 93, 100,173,

175, 217, 267, 270, 295, 330, 342.

399, 400, 407-9, 451, 452, 453,

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608, 612-13, 632, 633, 635, 665,
670

as Baptist, xv, 18-21, 32. 39,43. 46,
49-57. 77, 79-80, 120, 121,122,
124, 138, 148, 152-55. 189-91,
231, 234-35, 237-42, 385.
451-53, 495-96, 498-99, 562

birth of. 9

business training of, 17, 25-26, 32,
40, 44-51, 58-61, 64

as business villain, ix, xv, xx, 26,

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114-17, 121, 133, 188, 192,
249-63, 347, 357, 364, 438,
443-49, 452, 453, 456-58, 467,
498-500, 501, 670-71, 676

cartoons of, 493,498, 525

charm, cordiality, and conviviality of,
53-54, 177, 230, 364, 400-401,
404-5, 450, 501, 561, 562,
634-36

critics of, 234, 262-69, 289, 306,
347, 353, 670-71; see also Lloyd,
Henry Demarest; Tarbell, Ida Mi-
nerva

death dreaded by, 16, +05, 504, 674

death of, 673-76

death threats against, 140, 263, 403,
415, 432, 501, 562

domestic life of. 119-27, 18 3-84,
186-89, 221-22, 230-34, 502,
504, 526-27

education of, 17-18, 33-34, 38-40,
43-44, 89, 309

fame of, xiii, xiv, 127, 236-37, 243,
371.451, 501, 663

family feuds of, 70, 194-96, 275-81,
393-96, 453-55, 631

as father, 123-25, 187-88, 231-34,
306, 347, 348, 350-57, 415-16,
420-24, 629, 666

as fugitive from justice, 211-13,
523-24, 527,539

as grandfather, 417-18, 503, 524,
529, 531-32, 605, 608, 628-29,
633, 649-52, 656-57, 661

hard work and work ethic of, xvi, 17,
32,33, 35,49, 52-53, 65, 66, 94,
397, 403, 502

health problems of, 65, 121, 315-16,
319-23, 333, 342, 343, 368, 405,
458, 506, 527, 528,671,673

honeymoon of, 94-95, 239

houses of, 95, 119-21, 123, 184, 186,
219-20, 355, 401-2, 411-12,
610-11; see also Forest Hill;
Kykuit

lawsuits of, 147, 151, 211-15, 266.
320, 384-85, 395, 454, 506

marriage of, xiv, 89, 94, 358

media coverage of, 115, 127, 139,
142, 217, 222, 266-68, 295. 299,
342. 343. 434, 437-38. 442-61,
467, 468, 484, 495, 527-30, 532,
541, 544, 547, 611-12. 614, 636,
671-72, 673,675

Source: Ron Chernow, Titan. Names and relationships retain the full atlas’s extraction limits. Map points are references; historical sites and regions can be approximate. Open the full interactive atlas.