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He was born July 8 in Richford New York.
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With his first job at 16, Rockefeller donated 6% of his earnings to charity and later 10% when he was 20.
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He worked as an office clerk at a Cleveland Commission Firm. He thought this first day to enter the work world was so important that he commemorated it every year.
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His business partner was Maurice Clark. After this business kept going up for them.
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He relied on his wife and took her advice all the time. They eventually had 4 daughters and 1 son.
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The picture is when he get the idea of buying out the oil companys.
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He had 5 kids 1 son and four daughter. He had six grandsons and two granddaughters. He had tow brothers and five sisters. A mom a dad.
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When Vanderbilt died John Rockefeller took control of the railroads.
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In 1882 he had full control of the standard oil.
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When he died he has 1.5% of the Americas total economic output. So today it would be 340 billion dollars. He gave more than 80 million before his death.
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He died of old age and was buried in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland. This is a picture before he died.
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His dad died May 11 1961.
