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Jan 13, 2020 · Flagler was able to secure $100,000 from a relative on the condition that said relative be made a partner in the new company of Rockefeller, Andrews and Flagler with a 25% share ownership. The Rockefeller, Andrews and Flagler partnership was organized on January 10, 1870 as a joint-stock corporation named Standard Oil.
From the 1880s through the second decade of the twentieth century, Henry Flagler dedicated himself to the development of Florida’s East Coast. Born in 1830 in Hopewell, NY, Flagler worked in grain and salt production businesses before becoming a founding partner in Standard Oil. Alongside John D. Rockefeller, Flagler led the company to ...
Sep 7, 2023 · The Early Days. Considered the man who industrialized Florida, Henry Morrison Flagler is to the railroad industry as John D. Rockefeller is to the oil industry. In fact, the two were once in business together, as Flagler and Rockefeller founded Standard Oil in 1870. The Flaglers lived in New York, but Henry’s first wife, Mary Harkness Flagler ...
Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, which was first based in Ohio. He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founder of the Florida East Coast Railway. He is also known as a co-founder and major investor of the cities of ...
Henry Morrison Flagler was born January 2nd, 1830 to Reverend Isaac Flagler and Elizabeth Ann Caldwell Harkness. The Flagler family, originally spelled Flegler, hailed from the southwestern corner of Germany known as the Palatinate region. The family being of moderate means, Henry struck out from New York to Republic, Ohio in 1844.
1830. Henry Morrison Flagler was born on January 2, 1830 in Hopewell Junction, New York, to Reverend and Mrs. Isaac Flagler. At the age of 14, after completing the eighth grade, Flagler moved to Bellevue, Ohio where he found work with his cousins in the grain store of L.G. Harkness and Company, at a salary of $5 per month plus room and board.
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Flagler (1830-1913): The Story of Flagler County’s NamesakeBy Randy JayeHenry Mor. ison Flagler’s life was a true American “Work Hard and Succeed” story. Some see him as a ruthless and powerful 19th century American capitalist who became a multi-millionaire by negotiating secret deals while deceiving competitors, corrupting politicians ...
