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John D. Rockefeller is born in upstate New York to William and Eliza Rockefeller.
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John and his family move to Oswego, New York.
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From Oswego John’s father then moved the family to Strongsville, Ohio.
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A the age of 16 John gets his first job as a merchant.
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Edwin Drake strikes oil instigating an oil rush that catches John’s attention.
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Rockefeller hires substitutes to fighting in the war.
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At the young age of 24 John gets involved in the oil business. Along with his partners, Maurice Clark and Samuel Andrew’s, he builds his own refinery.
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Rockefeller marries Laura Celestial Spelman in a small, private ceremony, following a nine year courtship.
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At the age of 25 John buys his parents share of the oil company to found the Rockefeller & Andrew’s, Cleveland’s largest oil refinery.
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Laura gives birth to their first child, Elizabeth.
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John moves his small family to Euclid Avenue, Cleveland’s millionaire row.
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Rockefeller founds the Standard Oil Company of Ohio with $1 million in capital.
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Laura gives birth to their second child Alta.
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Rockefeller persuades 22 out of the 26 oil company’s in Cleveland to sell out to The Standard Oil Company.
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The Supreme Court ruled the Standard Oil Company trust to be dissolved under the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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John D. Rockefeller died on Ormond Beach, Florida at the age of 97.