Oil Heiress Dies At 92
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) -Wealthy Mrs. Sarah Graham Kenan, an heiress of the Standard Oil millions, died at her home in Wilmington Saturday. She was 92.
During her lifetime, gifts from Mrs. Kenan's estate to taled more than $12 million.
Mrs. Kenan was the sister-in- law of Henry Morrison Flagler, who founded the Standard Oil Co. along with John D. Rockefeller and later developed the Florida east coast. The Flagler fortune was left to Mrs. Kenan's sister, Mary Lily Kenan Flagler Bingham. At her death in 1917 it was equally divided between Mrs. Kenan and her brother, William R. Kenan Jr. of New York and her sister, Jesse Kenan Wise of Wilmington.
The Greenville News
Greenville, South Carolina
17 Mar 1968, Sun • Page 52
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) -Wealthy Mrs. Sarah Graham Kenan, an heiress of the Standard Oil millions, died at her home in Wilmington Saturday. She was 92.
During her lifetime, gifts from Mrs. Kenan's estate to taled more than $12 million.
Mrs. Kenan was the sister-in- law of Henry Morrison Flagler, who founded the Standard Oil Co. along with John D. Rockefeller and later developed the Florida east coast. The Flagler fortune was left to Mrs. Kenan's sister, Mary Lily Kenan Flagler Bingham. At her death in 1917 it was equally divided between Mrs. Kenan and her brother, William R. Kenan Jr. of New York and her sister, Jesse Kenan Wise of Wilmington.
The Greenville News
Greenville, South Carolina
17 Mar 1968, Sun • Page 52
Oil Heiress Dies At 92
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) -Wealthy Mrs. Sarah Graham Kenan, an heiress of the Standard Oil millions, died at her home in Wilmington Saturday. She was 92.
During her lifetime, gifts from Mrs. Kenan's estate to taled more than $12 million.
Mrs. Kenan was the sister-in- law of Henry Morrison Flagler, who founded the Standard Oil Co. along with John D. Rockefeller and later developed the Florida east coast. The Flagler fortune was left to Mrs. Kenan's sister, Mary Lily Kenan Flagler Bingham. At her death in 1917 it was equally divided between Mrs. Kenan and her brother, William R. Kenan Jr. of New York and her sister, Jesse Kenan Wise of Wilmington.
The Greenville News
Greenville, South Carolina
17 Mar 1968, Sun • Page 52
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) -Wealthy Mrs. Sarah Graham Kenan, an heiress of the Standard Oil millions, died at her home in Wilmington Saturday. She was 92.
During her lifetime, gifts from Mrs. Kenan's estate to taled more than $12 million.
Mrs. Kenan was the sister-in- law of Henry Morrison Flagler, who founded the Standard Oil Co. along with John D. Rockefeller and later developed the Florida east coast. The Flagler fortune was left to Mrs. Kenan's sister, Mary Lily Kenan Flagler Bingham. At her death in 1917 it was equally divided between Mrs. Kenan and her brother, William R. Kenan Jr. of New York and her sister, Jesse Kenan Wise of Wilmington.
The Greenville News
Greenville, South Carolina
17 Mar 1968, Sun • Page 52
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