Henry Morrison Flagler

Henry Morrison Flagler

Born in Hopewell , New York on January 2 , 1830 , Henry Morrison Flagler was a successful industrialist who co-founded Standard Oil Company , the most triumphant monopoly of the nineteenth century . Henry 's father Isaac Flagler , was a wandering Presbyterian minister who became a member of the racial equality movement in Ohio . After the separatioan of his parents , Henry , together with his mother , Elizabeth , and his younger sister decided to move to Rock Hill , New York

Flagler moved to Bellevue , Ohio at the age of 14 together with his half-brother

, Dan Harkness . At the age of 23 , Henry Flagler married Harkness ' cousin , Mary Harkness . They had two daughters and a son Unfortunately , their second daughter died at a young age of 3

Both Flagler and Dan Harkness decided to open a joint distillery business . At the same time , Flagler continued to run another business- grain business . Moreover , Flagler moved to Saginaw , Michigan in 1863 to invest in t5he salt industry . Unfortunately , he lost about 100 ,000 US dollars after the salt industry 's fall in the post-Civil War

With his lost in Saginaw , Flagler decided to return to Bellevue Luckily , he partnered his friend , Rockefeller and Samuel Andrews in their oil refinery business in Cleveland . Flagler and Rockefeller became very close friends and innovative business partners

Leadership in Standard Oil , State of Florida and City of Miami

As an effective and innovative leader , Flagler was a young man whom people liked . As an energetic businessman , he had no scruples...