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John D. Rockefeller was born in Richford, New York
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Richford, NY and Ormond Beach, FL
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HIs family moved to Cleveland, Ohio. John attended high school here and studied bookkeeping at a commercial college.
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He found work as an office clerk at a Cleveland commision firm
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He started his own buisness called Clark and Rockefeller
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Rockefeller and a partner established their own commission firm.
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Rockefeller and several partners entered the new oil industry by investing in a Cleveland refinery
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Rockefeller married Laura Celestia Spelman
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Rockefeller borrowed money to buy out some of his partners and take control of the refinery which became the largest in Cleveland.
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Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Company
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The early 1880s controlled some 90 percent of U.S. refineries and pipelines.
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Rockefeller bought out other oil refineries and were combined into the Standard Oil Trust
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The U.S. Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act that prohibited trusts and combinations that restrained trade.
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Rockefeller retired from the oil business of Standard Oil
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The Supreme Courts found Standard Oil violated anti-trust laws and ordered it to dissolve
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John D. Rockefeller died at age 97 in Ormond Beach, Florida.
