Standard Oil Trust Stock Certificate Transferred to J.D. Rockefeller - Signed by John D. Archbold & Wesley H. Tilford

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Standard Oil Trust Stock Certificate - Transferred to J.D. Rockefeller - Signed by John D. Archbold

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This Standard Oil Trust Stock Certificate was issued to Martha Harness in 1895 and was transferred to J.D. Rockefeller. It was signed by John D. Archbold and Wesley H. Tilford. Standard Oil was founded by John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler in 1863 and would become the largest and most powerful company in the world. In response to state laws limiting the size of companies, they developed the Standard Oil Trust in 1882 in which they would combine all their companies under a single group of trustees which included Rockefeller, Flagler, John D. Archbold, Wesley H. Tilford and several others. This Trust would also prevent them from incorporating in the states they do business and avoid taxes. J.D. Rockefeller would go down in history as one of the richest and most powerful men in U.S. history.

John Dustin Archbold
Archbold became a director and trustee at Standard Oil in 1875 and would become president in 1896 until 1911. Archbold was dominate figure in Standard Oil policy and was largely responsible for its tremendous growth improving its product and distribution. J.D. Archbold was a large donor to Syracuse University contributing nearly $6 million as well as the cost of Archbold Stadium which opened in 1907 and demolished in 1972, Sims Hall, Archbold gymnasium and the oval athletic field. .

Wesley H. Tilford
Wesley H. Tilford was a Vice President and trustee of the Standard Oil Company. He was considered to be a man of few words and good judgement and worked for Standard Oil for over 30 years.

Standard Oil made Rockefeller the wealthiest person in history and one of the most powerful. In 1911, Standard Oil was ruled a Monopoly by the Supreme Court and subsequently broken up into 43 smaller regional companies. Almost every major American oil company today can trace its history back to Standard Oil in some way. .