American industrialist John D. Rockefeller stands alongside former U.S. Senator Adelbert Ames, Florida, U.S.A., 1928

At a golf course, footage shows American industrialist John D. Rockefeller wearing his golf attire. Followed by Rockefeller standing next to Reverend Dr. Cornelius Woelfkin and Former U.S. Senator Adelbert Ames, Florida, U.S.A., 1928. John Davison Rockefeller Sr. was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest Americans of all time and one of the richest people in modern history. Rockefeller was born into a large family in Upstate New York who moved several times before eventually settling in Cleveland, Ohio. Adelbert Ames was an American sailor, soldier, businessman and politician who served with distinction as a Union Army general during the American Civil War. A Radical Republican, he was military governor, U.S. Senator, and civilian governor in Reconstruction-era Mississippi.