Her grandparents were Samuel B. Spelman and Laura Seymour, both of whom came from old Granville families. Rockefeller said of his Granville-descended wife, "Her judgment was always better than mine. Without her keen advice, I would be a poor man."

Rockefeller was an abolitionist who voted for Abraham Lincoln and supported the Republican party.

One of John D. Rockefeller and Laura Celestia Spelman's grandsons was Nelson A. Rockefeller, the 41st Vice President of the United States (Dec. 1974 - Jan. 1977) during the Ford presidency.

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Top Photo: Summer 1941, taken by Herbert Hiers. The home of Albert Bateman at that time.]]>
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The following information is courtesy of Paul Pflumm, whose family used to own this house:

"I don't know if they are still there, or if the current owners know, but the big windows from the Baptist Church went to the Dickinson's and then my parents bought them and used them for the back porch at 135 Barnard. The windows must have been pretty old, because the glass had bubbles and a little waviness. I thought about it when you posted about their old mill, but just couldn't remember whether the windows came out of their garage or the mill. I was maybe five, so I'm surprised I remember going to the Dickinson's to get the windows at all."]]>