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Birth
John D Rockefeller was born July 8 1839, Was the second of six children to be born. -
Attended a Commercial college
He attended High school in Cleavland, Ohio then move strait from there to a commercial College for book Keeping. -
Leaving high School for College
John D Rockefeller Left High school 1855 to go to a college to take a business course. -
At age 16 he got his first job
He worked as an office clerk at a Cleavland Commision firm. -
Rockefeller Married Laura Spelman
Rockefeller Married Laura Spelman At the age of 25 years old. Soon after they got married they had 4 daughters and 1 son. -
John D Rockefeller Buys out some of his parters.
In 1865 John D Rockefeller Buys out some of his partners to take control of the oil refinery. -
Founded Standard Oil Company
The standard oil Company was incorporated in Ohio in 1870. -
Companies were combined into standard oil trust
All of these companies controlled 90 percent of the nation's oil refineries and pipelines. -
Monopoly of Standard oil
Standard Oil Company was founded by John D. Rockefeller in Cleveland Ohio in 1870 and in just a little over a decade it had attained control of nearly all the oil refineries in the U.S. -
Donation
In 1892 Rockefeller Donated over 80 million dollars to help build the University of Chicago. -
Rockefeller gives it up
Rockefeller was 57 years old when he decided to retire from day to day working. -
Death
John D Rockefeller Died may 23 1937, He lived to be 97 years old. He died in a house in Florida.
