Search results
Henry Huttleston Rogers (January 29, 1840 – May 19, 1909) was an American industrialist and financier. He made his fortune in the oil refining business, becoming a leader at Standard Oil. He also played a major role in numerous corporations and business enterprises in the gas industry, copper, and railroads.
Abigail Gifford Rogers (January 20, 1841 – May 21, 1894) was the first wife of Henry Huttleston Rogers (1840–1909), an American business magnate. As children, Abbie and Henry grew up and went to school together in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, a small coastal fishing town with a whaling heritage.
Jul 27, 2020 · As scandalous ancestors go, Col. Henry Huddleston Rogers II would have been enough for most families. But then he had a daughter. The colonel’s namesake father, a partner in Standard Oil and noted “robber baron” of the Gilded Age, was one of the wealthiest men of his day.
Feb 28, 2017 · Today Henry H. Rogers is a largely forgotten figure in American history, but this self-made tycoon became one of the twenty-five or so richest men ever in the history of the United States.
Henry Huttleston Rogers, 1840–1909, American financier, b. Fairhaven, Mass. After he moved (1860) to Pennsylvania, he entered the oil business, experimented in the refining of petroleum, and, in partnership with Charles Pratt, became one of the important independent refiners.
Henry Huttleston Rogers. Henry Huttleston Rogers was born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, to a modest New England family. Rogers first became involved in railroads early in 1861 as a baggage-master and brakeman for the Fairhaven Branch Railroad.
People also ask
Who was Henry Huttleston Rogers?
Did Henry Huddleston Rogers have a daughter?
Where is Henry Huttleston Rogers buried?
What did Abbie and Henry Rogers do for Fairhaven?
Who was Millicent Rogers?
Why is Harry Rogers called Hell Hound?
Nov 5, 2009 · Their only son arrived in 1879, Henry Huttleston Rogers, Jr., and was called Harry. I had a close friendship with Peg Coe, the second wife of Mai's child William. Peg was instrumental in...