On July 8, John Davison Rockefeller would have been 98. The late Marcus Alonzo Hanna, who knew him well and served him faithfully, once said of Mr. Rockefeller: "Sane in every respect save ...

John Davison Rockefeller is born in Richford, upstate New York, ... At 24, Rockefeller gets involved in the oil business, along with partners Maurice Clark and Samuel Andrews.

Fifteen rounds having been fought (TIME, Jan. 28 et seq.); the fight to a finish between John Davison Rockefeller Jr. and Col. Robert Wright Stewart, minority stockholder and board-chairman, ...

John Davison Rockefeller Sr. became the richest person in America through Standard Oil, the forefather of some of the world’s largest oil and gas corporations today, including Exxon Mobil and ...

Prepare to uncover the incredible journey of one of history's most powerful figures, John Rockefeller. His rise from humble ...

John D. Rockefeller formed the Standard Oil Trust in 1882, ... In the mid-1830s, William Rockefeller began courting Eliza Davison, the daughter of a prosperous farmer.

John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (Brown ’97) has distributed his offspring among U. S. colleges with the same conscientious impartiality that has characterized his largess. John Davison Rockefeller ...

Much of that dates to the year 1839, when John Davison Rockefeller was born in the Town of Richford on Michigan Hill in Tioga County in a simple house as the second of six children to Eliza ...

John Davison Rockefeller is born in Richford, upstate New York, to William Avery ... creating a rising demand for oil. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., starts working at 26 Broadway.