[1] In 1918, his father who was chairman of National City Bank of New York died[2] and the younger Stillman engaged in a fight with Frank A. Vanderlip to control the company.
[1] In 1921, Stillman sold 5,000 city lots in Brownsville, Texas that were part of his grandfather's estate, with estimates putting their value upwards of $1,500,000.
[6] Together they had:[1] In 1921, he filed for divorce accusing his wife of infidelity and saying that her youngest child was the son of a half-blood Indian guide from Quebec, who was the superintendent of the Stillman's property in Grande-Anse.
[6] He eventually acknowledged he was the father of Guy[12] and the court case ended up costing him more than $1 million but they reconciled in 1926.
Fifi eventually divorced Stillman in 1931 and married Fowler McCormick, a man twenty years younger than she and a friend of their son, Bud.