Standard Oil Trust Stock signed by John Dustin Archbold and Wesley Hunt Tilford for Sale

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Standard Oil Trust Stock signed by John Dustin Archbold and Wesley Hunt Tilford For Sale

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Standard Oil Trust Stock signed by John Dustin Archbold and Wesley Hunt Tilford :
$295.00

Stock signed by John Dustin Archbold and Wesley Hunt Tilford, 1890's. Archbold and Tilford were very important officers in the Standard Oil Trust. Biographical information accompanies this great piece of financial history!!! The number of shares vary. Excellent Condition and Very Rare! John Dustin Archbold (July 26, 1848 in Leesburg, Ohio " December 6, 1916 in Tarrytown, New York) was an American businessman and one of the United States' earliest oil refiners. His small oil company was bought out by John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company. Archbold rose rapidly at Standard Oil, handling many of the complex secret negotiations over the years. By 1882, he was Rockefeller's closest associate, and typically acted as the company's primary spokesman. Rockefeller, after 1896, left business matters to Archbold while he pursued his philanthropy; as vice president, Archbold effectively ran Standard Oil until his death in 1916. Inspired by Rockefeller's policies, Archbold's main goals were stabilization, efficiency, and minimizing waste in refining and distributing petroleum products. The company was broken up by the Supreme Court in 1911 into 34 smaller operations, Archbold became president of the largest one, Standard Oil of New Jersey. Archbold was born to Methodist minister Reverend Israel Archbold and Frances Foster Dana (Archbold) in Leesburg, Ohio. After being educated in public schools, he moved to Pennsylvania by 1864. On February 20, 1870, Archbold married Annie Eliza Mills, "daughter of Samuel Myers Mills of Titusville and Lavinia Jenkins." The couple had four children: Mary Lavina Archbold (b 1871) Anne Mills Archbold (b 1873), mother of John Dana Archbold Frances Dana Archbold (b 1875) John Foster Archbold (b 1877-1930), father of zoologist Richard Archbold In 1885, Archbold purchased a large mansion in Tarrytown, New York. The estate, called Cedar Cliff, was located at 279 S. Broadway just across from the Carmelite Transfiguration Church. In 1864, Archbold went to the north-west Pennsylvania oil fields and spent 11 years in the oil industry there. When John D. Rock Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.