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  2. Samuel Andrews (chemist) - Wikipedia

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    Born in England, he immigrated to the United States before the American Civil War and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. He is best known as a partner in the oil refining firm of Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler, the major predecessor company of the Standard Oil corporate empire. When the first unit was formed in 1870, Andrews owned 16.67% of Standard ...

  3. List of oldest companies in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Company Location Field Reference Notes 1613 Shirley Plantation: Charles City County, Virginia: Farm [1] [2] [3] 1623 Avedis Zildjian Company: Norwell, Massachusetts: Music Company Founded in Istanbul, moved to the U.S. in 1929. 1632-33 Tuttle's Red Barn: Dover, New Hampshire: Farm [1] [4] [5] [6] 1639 Field View Farm: Orange, Connecticut: Farm ...

  4. Standard Oil of Ohio - Wikipedia

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    The Standard Oil Company (Ohio) was an American petroleum company that existed from 1870 to 1987. The company, known commonly as Sohio, was founded by John D. Rockefeller. [4] [2] It was established as one of the separate entities created after the 1911 breakup.

  5. Scotts Miracle-Gro Company - Wikipedia

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    Scotts was founded in 1868 by Orlando M. Scott as a premium seed company for the U.S. agricultural industry. In the early 1900s, the company began a lawn grass seed business for homeowners, and in 1924, became the first company to ship grass seed products directly to stores. Prior to 1924, Scotts products were only available through the mail. [5]

  6. How Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust became Chevron ... - AOL

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    After the Arab Oil Embargo of the 1970s, energy stocks rallied as gas and oil prices skyrocketed. Energy's weight in the S&P 500 went from 7% in 1972 to 28% at the tail end of 1980.

  7. Ohio hits gusher as oil production surges to new highs - AOL

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    Oil production in a region of Ohio better known for natural gas is surging, making the state one of the nation's largest oil producers. Ohio hits gusher as oil production surges to new highs Skip ...

  8. Petroleum industry in Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Ohio oil production peaked in 1896 at 24 million barrels, but Ohio continued as the leading oil state until 1902, when that title was taken by Oklahoma. [4] The Trenton limestone produced more than 380 million barrels of oil and 2 trillion cubic feet of gas, peaking in 1896 at 23.9 million barrels of oil.

  9. Seed Oil: Study Links Omega-6s to Colon Cancer—What’s the ...

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    New research links omega-6 fatty acids, commonly found in seed oils, and colon cancer growth. But there’s more to the story—and study if you read it carefully.