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Oliver Burr Jennings

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31: 611: 383:"WALTER JENNINGS DIES IN THE SOUTH | Son of One of Associates of John D. Rockefeller Sr. in - Original Standard Oil. | A POWER IN N. J. STANDARD | Was a Descendant of Aaron Burr | A Philanthropist, Patron of Art and Prominent Clubman" 697:"MRS. AUCHINCLOSS: PHILANTHROPIST, 80; Widow of Hugh D. Auchincloss, a Merchant, Dies in Home at Fairfield, Conn. AARON BURR DESCENDANT Contributed $ 25,000 to the Presbyterian Hospital Here -- Active in Garden Club" 753:"Oliver Jennings, Capitalist, Dead. Director of Many Companies, 71, Had Been on Board of Bethlehem Steel. Was Former Legislator. Served in Connecticut House of Representatives. Brother of Mrs. Walter B. James" 161:
Burr) Jennings. His brother was Frederick B. Jennings. At a young age he came to New York to learn the dry goods business. Through his great-grandfather, Peter Burr, he was distantly related to
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On December 13, 1854, he married Esther Judson Goodsell (1828–1908) in Fairfield. Her younger sister, Almira Geraldine Goodsell, was the wife of Standard Oil co-founder
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In 1862, he returned to New York with the intention of retiring from all business activities. Due to his close relationship with his wife's brother-in-law,
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Helen Goodsell Jennings (1860–1946), who married Dr. Walter Belknap James (1858–1927), president of the Jekyll Island Club from 1919 until 1927.
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Company. In 1871, when Standard Oil was incorporated in Ohio, Jennings was one of the original stockholders. Of the initial 10,000 shares,
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and amassed a considerable fortune by outfitting prospecting camps along the coast and around
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that resulted from the company's reorganization in 1882.
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received 1,334; Jennings received 1,000; and the firm of
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at Yale University, devoted to the life and works of
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Pauley (April 9, 1982). 854:Founders of the petroleum industry 849:People of the California Gold Rush 839:People from Fairfield, Connecticut 267:Standard Oil Company of New Jersey 230:Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler 14: 844:Businesspeople from San Francisco 235:Jennings served as a director of 534:The Jekyll Island Cottage Colony 874:Businesspeople from Connecticut 504:Behind the Wall Street Curtain 202:William Avery Rockefeller, Jr. 1: 265:(1858–1933), the director of 239:and then as a trustee of the 153:Jennings was born in 1825 in 362:. A.T. De La Mare. pp.  319:Hugh Dudley Auchincloss, Jr. 317:(1898–1968) and stockbroker 281:Hugh Dudley Auchincloss, Sr. 890: 531:McCash, June Hall (1998). 356:Ward, George Kemp (1910). 315:Benjamin Brewster Jennings 591:fairfieldmuseum.omeka.net 321:(1897–1976), who married 301:. His estate amounted to 28: 806:Buck, Albert H. (1909). 449:. National Park Service. 253:William Rockefeller, Jr. 788:. 1893-02-26. p. 4 424:. 1893-02-13. p. 4 293:and Elmina Hersey Dows. 462:Cite journal requires 416:"Oliver Burr Jennings" 224:received 1,333 each; 155:Fairfield, Connecticut 84:Esther Judson Goodsell 52:Fairfield, Connecticut 501:Dies, Edward (1969). 335:Strawberry Hill House 327:Lewis Walpole Library 287:Oliver Gould Jennings 273:from 1927 until 1933. 269:and president of the 507:. Ayer. p. 76. 237:Standard Oil of Ohio 178:California Gold Rush 139:Oliver Burr Jennings 23:Oliver Burr Jennings 16:American businessman 705:. 12 September 1942 226:Stephen V. Harkness 214:William Rockefeller 210:John D. Rockefeller 163:U.S. Vice President 130:Hugh D. Auchincloss 785:The New York Times 761:. October 14, 1936 730:The New York Times 702:The New York Times 675:The New York Times 646:The New York Times 621:. January 13, 1933 564:The New York Times 421:The New York Times 391:. 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Fairfield, Connecticut
New York City
Walter
Oliver
Brewster Jennings
Hugh D. Auchincloss
Standard Oil
Fairfield, Connecticut
née
U.S. Vice President
Aaron Burr
California Gold Rush
San Francisco
Benjamin Brewster
Sacramento
William Avery Rockefeller, Jr.
Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
Henry Flagler
Samuel Andrews
Stephen V. Harkness
Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler
Standard Oil of Ohio
Standard Oil Trust
William Rockefeller, Jr.
Walter Jennings
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Jekyll Island Club

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