13 Facts About James Stillman

James Jewett Stillman was an American businessman who invested in land, banking, and railroads in New York, Texas, and Mexico.

James Stillman was chairman of the board of directors of the National City Bank.

James Stillman was worth approximately $77 million at the time of his death, making him one of the wealthiest people in the country at the time.

Charles Stillman had significant business interests which James acquired in 1872.

James Stillman expanded those to control of sixteen Texas banks and a significant land holdings in the Rio Grande Valley, particularly Corpus Christi and Kerrville, Texas.

In 1876, James Stillman supported Porfirio Diaz's overthrow of the government of Mexico by the Revolution of Tuxtepec.

James Stillman was chairman of the board of directors of the National City Bank and retired in 1908.

James Stillman died on March 15,1918, at his home at 9 East 72nd St His funeral was at St Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, New York.

James Stillman was married to Sarah Elizabeth Rumrill from 1855 to 1925.

James Stillman had little or no opportunity to act under the authority of Bennett's will, as he died a few weeks after Bennett's death.

James Stillman's grandchildren included Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller, a financier, and James Stillman Rockefeller, who married Nancy Carnegie, grandniece of Andrew Carnegie.

James Stillman served as president of National City from 1952 to 1959 and was chairman from 1959 to 1967.

James Stillman is considered to have been one of the 100 wealthiest Americans, having left an enormous fortune.