STILLMAN, James[1]
1850 - 1918 (67 Jahre)-
Name STILLMAN, James Geburt 9 Jun 1850 Geschlecht männlich Tod 15 Mrz 1918 _CREA 12 Feb 2025 Personen-Kennung I55095 Strauss Genealogie Zuletzt bearbeitet am 12 Feb 2025
Vater STILLMAN, Charles, geb. 4 Nov 1810 gest. 18 Dez 1875 (Alter 65 Jahre) Mutter GOODRICH, Elizabeth Pamela Eheschließung 17 Aug 1849 Wethersfield, Connecticut 
Familien-Kennung F24557 Familienblatt | Familientafel
Familie RUMRILL, Sarah Elizabeth Eheschließung (!(%%) Kinder 1. Lebend 2. Lebend 3. Lebend 4. STILLMAN, Charles Chauncey, geb. 1877 gest. 1926, der an Bord der RMS Aquitania starb (Alter 49 Jahre)5. Lebend Familien-Kennung F24553 Familienblatt | Familientafel Zuletzt bearbeitet am 11 Apr 2026
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Notizen
Biographie
Stillman wurde am 9. Juni 1850 als Sohn von Charles Stillman (1810–1875) und Elizabeth Pamela Goodrich in Brownsville, Texas, einer von seinem Vater gegründeten Stadt, geboren. Beide Eltern wurden in Wethersfield, Connecticut, geboren. Charles Stillman hatte bedeutende Geschäftsinteressen, die James 1872 erwarb. Er erweiterte diese auf die Kontrolle von sechzehn texanischen Banken und einem bedeutenden Landbesitz im Rio Grande Valley, insbesondere Corpus Christi und Kerrville, Texas.[5]
1906 Fractional Warrant-Zertifikat, ausgestellt von der B&O-Eisenbahn zugunsten von James Stillman
Stillman war Investor in einem Fractional Warrant der Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
Zusammen mit Edward Henry Harriman, Jacob Henry Schiff und William Rockefeller kontrollierte er die wichtigsten texanischen Eisenbahnen (einschließlich der Texas and Pacific Railway, der Southern Pacific Railroad, der International-Great Northern Railroad, der Union Pacific Southern Railway, der St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway und der Mexican National Railroad).
Im Jahr 1876 unterstützte Stillman den Sturz der mexikanischen Regierung durch Porfirio Díaz durch die Revolution von Tuxtepec.
Er war Vorstandsvorsitzender der National City Bank und ging 1908 in den Ruhestand.[1]
Er starb am 15. März 1918 in seinem Haus in der 9 East 72nd St (auch Henry T Sloane House genannt) [1] Seine Beerdigung fand in der St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in New York statt.[6]
Privatleben & Familie
James Stillman war von 1855 bis 1925 mit Sarah Elizabeth Rumrill verheiratet.[7] Zusammen hatten sie:
Sarah Elizabeth „Elsie“ Stillman (1872–1935), die William Goodsell Rockefeller (1870–1922) heiratete, einen Sohn des leitenden Angestellten von Standard Oil, William Rockefeller
James Alexander Stillman (1873–1944), der Anne Urquhart Potter heiratete.[8] Er war außerdem Präsident der National City Bank of New York
Isabel Goodrich Stillman (1876–1935), die 1901 Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878–1934) heiratete. Percy war ein weiterer Sohn von William Rockefeller
Charles Chauncey Stillman (1877–1926), der an Bord der RMS Aquitania starb[9] und der Mary E. White (1870–1925) heiratete.[10]
Ernest Goodrich Stillman (1884–1949), der Black Rock Forest gründete und Mildred Margaret Whitney (1890–1950) heiratete[11]
Stillman war ein enger Freund von James O. Bloss und John William Sterling. Nach dem Tod von James Gordon Bennett Jr. erfuhren die Verwalter seines Nachlasses, dass er Stillman zu einem der Verwalter und Treuhänder ernannt hatte. Stillman hatte kaum oder gar keine Gelegenheit, unter der Autorität von Bennetts Testament zu handeln, da er einige Wochen nach Bennetts Tod starb. Stillman ernannte Sterling zu einem seiner Testamentsvollstrecker. Sterling konnte seine Pflichten nach Stillmans Testament kaum antreten, als auch er plötzlich starb. Das Bennett-Anwesen, das Stillman-Anwesen und das Sterling-Anwesen beliefen sich auf insgesamt etwa 76.000.000 US-Dollar. Nach Sterlings Tod wurde bekannt, dass er seinen langjährigen Vertrauten Bloss zu einem der Testamentsvollstrecker ernannt hatte. Und ein paar Wochen nach Sterlings Tod starb Bloss.[12]
Nachkommen
Zu seinen Enkelkindern gehörten Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller (1899–1983), ein Finanzier, und James Stillman Rockefeller (1902–2004), der Nancy Carnegie (gestorben 1994), die Großnichte von Andrew Carnegie, heiratete. James war von 1952 bis 1959 auch Präsident von National City und von 1959 bis 1967 Vorsitzender.[13] Sein Urenkel ist der Regisseur und Oscar-Nominierte Whit Stillman (geb. 1952).[14]
Vermächtnis
Im Jahr 1928 wurde der C.O. Stillman wurde ihm zu Ehren benannt. Damals war es der größte Öltanker der Welt.[15] Stillman gilt als einer der 100 reichsten Amerikaner und hat ein enormes Vermögen hinterlassen.[16]
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Quellen - "James Stillman, Head Of City Bank, Dies Suddenly". New York Times. March 16, 1918. Retrieved September 16, 2012. James Stillman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National City Bank, the Presidency of which he resigned in 1908, when he was succeeded by Frank A. Vanderlip, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at 5:30 O'clock at his home, 9 East Seventy-second Street. ...
Bovykin, V.I. and Cameron, Rondo International Banking 1870–1914 pp. 67-69 (1994).
Pal, Susie J. Gentlemen Bankers p. 233 (2013).
Bovykin, V.I. and Cameron, Rondo International Banking 1870–1914 pp. 67 (1994).
Hart, John Mason. "Charles Stillman". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
"F. A. Vanderlip May Succeed Stillman. Slated for Chairman of City Bank and One of the Executive Managers as President. W. A. Simonson Spoken Of. James Stillman's Loss Felt Keenly by the French, Whom He Had Helped Liberally. Guess as to Possible Changes. Presidency in Doubt. Gave Liberally to the French. Great Growth Under Stillman". New York Times. March 17, 1918. Retrieved September 16, 2012. Funeral services for James Stillman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National City Bank, who died at his home, 9 East Seventy-second Street, on Friday, will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at St. Bartholomew's Church, Madison Avenue and Fortyfourth Street.
"MRS. STILLMAN LEFT RICHES TO HER KIN; Banker's Widow Deemed Rumrills Needed Money Most, It Is Explained. ESTATE PUT AT $500,000 James A. Stillman, an Executor Gets Two Rings -- His Wife Not Named". The New York Times. December 17, 1925. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
Stillman, Times Wide World Photo mrs James A. (June 6, 1931). "MRS. J.A. STILLMAN GETS DIVORCE, WEDS FOWLER M'CORMICK; PRINCIPALS IN SURPRISE WEDDING". The New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
"C.C. Stillman Dies On Board Aquitania. Benefactor Harvard on Way Home From Europe When He Is Attacked by Appendicitis". The New York Times. August 17, 1926. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
"MRS. C. C. STILLMAN DIES.; Daughter-In-Law of the Late James Stillman -- Long an Invalid". The New York Times. September 25, 1925. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
"DR. E. G. STILLMAN, RESEAROHIST, DIES; I Staff Member at Rockefellerl 'Institute Hospital Had Aided I Work in Many Fields". The New York Times. December 17, 1949. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
"Three Strange Coincidences – 21 Dec 1918, Sat • Page 2". The Wall Street Journal: 2. 1918. Retrieved January 3, 2018.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"James S. Rockefeller, 102, Dies; Was a Banker and a '24 Olympian". New York Times. August 11, 2004. Retrieved September 16, 2012. James Stillman Rockefeller, who helped capture an Olympic rowing title for the United States before a banking career with a company that eventually become Citigroup, died yesterday at his home in Greenwich, Conn., his family announced. He was 102. ...
Yazigi, Monique P. (May 31, 1998). "The Whit Stillman Rat Pack". The New York Times.
Visser, Auke. "C. O. Stillman – (1937–1942)". Auke Visser's International Esso Tankers site. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
Klepper, Michael; Gunther, Michael (1996), The Wealthy 100: From Benjamin Franklin to Bill Gates—A Ranking of the Richest Americans, Past and Present, Secaucus, New Jersey: Carol Publishing Group, p. xi, ISBN 978-0-8065-1800-8, OCLC 33818143
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stillman.
- "James Stillman, Head Of City Bank, Dies Suddenly". New York Times. March 16, 1918. Retrieved September 16, 2012. James Stillman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National City Bank, the Presidency of which he resigned in 1908, when he was succeeded by Frank A. Vanderlip, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at 5:30 O'clock at his home, 9 East Seventy-second Street. ...
Bovykin, V.I. and Cameron, Rondo International Banking 1870–1914 pp. 67-69 (1994).
Pal, Susie J. Gentlemen Bankers p. 233 (2013).
Bovykin, V.I. and Cameron, Rondo International Banking 1870–1914 pp. 67 (1994).
Hart, John Mason. "Charles Stillman". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
"F. A. Vanderlip May Succeed Stillman. Slated for Chairman of City Bank and One of the Executive Managers as President. W. A. Simonson Spoken Of. James Stillman's Loss Felt Keenly by the French, Whom He Had Helped Liberally. Guess as to Possible Changes. Presidency in Doubt. Gave Liberally to the French. Great Growth Under Stillman". New York Times. March 17, 1918. Retrieved September 16, 2012. Funeral services for James Stillman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National City Bank, who died at his home, 9 East Seventy-second Street, on Friday, will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at St. Bartholomew's Church, Madison Avenue and Fortyfourth Street.
"MRS. STILLMAN LEFT RICHES TO HER KIN; Banker's Widow Deemed Rumrills Needed Money Most, It Is Explained. ESTATE PUT AT $500,000 James A. Stillman, an Executor Gets Two Rings -- His Wife Not Named". The New York Times. December 17, 1925. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
Stillman, Times Wide World Photo mrs James A. (June 6, 1931). "MRS. J.A. STILLMAN GETS DIVORCE, WEDS FOWLER M'CORMICK; PRINCIPALS IN SURPRISE WEDDING". The New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
"C.C. Stillman Dies On Board Aquitania. Benefactor Harvard on Way Home From Europe When He Is Attacked by Appendicitis". The New York Times. August 17, 1926. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
"MRS. C. C. STILLMAN DIES.; Daughter-In-Law of the Late James Stillman -- Long an Invalid". The New York Times. September 25, 1925. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
"DR. E. G. STILLMAN, RESEAROHIST, DIES; I Staff Member at Rockefellerl 'Institute Hospital Had Aided I Work in Many Fields". The New York Times. December 17, 1949. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
"Three Strange Coincidences – 21 Dec 1918, Sat • Page 2". The Wall Street Journal: 2. 1918. Retrieved January 3, 2018.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"James S. Rockefeller, 102, Dies; Was a Banker and a '24 Olympian". New York Times. August 11, 2004. Retrieved September 16, 2012. James Stillman Rockefeller, who helped capture an Olympic rowing title for the United States before a banking career with a company that eventually become Citigroup, died yesterday at his home in Greenwich, Conn., his family announced. He was 102. ...
Yazigi, Monique P. (May 31, 1998). "The Whit Stillman Rat Pack". The New York Times.
Visser, Auke. "C. O. Stillman – (1937–1942)". Auke Visser's International Esso Tankers site. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
Klepper, Michael; Gunther, Michael (1996), The Wealthy 100: From Benjamin Franklin to Bill Gates—A Ranking of the Richest Americans, Past and Present, Secaucus, New Jersey: Carol Publishing Group, p. xi, ISBN 978-0-8065-1800-8, OCLC 33818143
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stillman.