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Rockefeller's Time Line

By zcrystal11

  • Birth

    Birth
    John Davison Rockefeller was born in Richford, upstate New York

  • Civil War

    Civil War
    Civil War Begins. Rockefeller hires substitutes to avoid fighting. War at first disrupts industry, but ultimately it will rise economic development in the North.

  • Rockefellers Marries

    Rockefellers Marries
    Laura Celestia Spelman is the lucky woman John D. Rockefeller Marries.( small, private ceremony)

  • Railroad

    Railroad
    Rockefeller strikes a deal with a railroad. Certain volume of shipments, exchange for rebates. (Erie Railroad)

  • Welth

    Welth
    At the age of 40, Rockefeller is the 20th richest men among the country's.

  • Rockefeller's Mother

    Rockefeller's Mother
    Rockefellers mother ,Eliza, dies at age 76. Her sepated husband didn't attend the ceremony.

  • Standard Oil Company

    Standard Oil Company
    Rockefeller owned 90% of standard oil and was slowly running his compatition out of bisness or buying them out.

  • Death

    Death
    The Casements, Ormond Beach, Florida, U.S