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Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, which was first based in Ohio.He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founder of the Florida East Coast Railway.
Henry built Whitehall, a “….75-room, 100,000-square-foot Gilded Age mansion…as a wedding present for his wife, Mary Lily Kenan Flagler. The couple used the home as a winter retreat from 1902 until Flagler's death in 1913, establishing the Palm Beach season for the wealthy of the Gilded Age.” [9]
Henry Flagler died in 1913; his third wife, Mary Lily Kenan Flagler, donated money to construct a brick structure with three floors which was dedicated January 5, 1921. [ 6 ] During the 1930s, hospital admissions averaged between 60 and 70 admissions each month.
Woodlawn cemetery was created by Henry Flagler in 1904 on a pineapple growing field in West Palm. 5 interesting facts about historical burial site.
In 1916, her father married Mary Lily Kenan Flagler, reputed to be "the wealthiest woman in the United States", having inherited $100 million when her elderly first husband Henry Flagler died. After less than one year of marriage on July 27, 1917, Mary Lily died, aged fifty. It was kept secret that she had died through alcohol and morphine ...
She died on September 14, 1898, at age 49. Her funeral took place at her Fort Dallas home, and she was buried in a place of honor at the City of Miami Cemetery. Her tombstone notes her year of birth as 1848, while other sources list 1849. Tuttle died leaving a large amount of debt, partly the result of her altruistic land grants to Flagler.
Here, he rubbed elbows with Henry Flagler, strolled avenues and built a kindly reputation. ... When Jefferson — married twice with eight children total — died in the spring of 1905 in Palm ...
A semi-honest look at what Henry Flagler's railroad left behind in Palm Beach: oversized houses, traffic, social climbers and little white dogs