John Pierpont Morgan was born into a distinguished New England family on April 17, 1837, in Hartford, Connecticut. One of his maternal relatives, James Pierpont (1659-1714), was a founder of Yale University; his paternal grandfather was a founder of the AETNA Insurance Company; and his father, Junius Spencer Morgan (1813-90), ran a successful Hartford dry-goods company before becoming a partner in a London-based merchant BANKING firm. After graduating from high school in Boston in 1854, Pierpont, as he was known, studied in Europe, where he learned French and German,
US History 1 William Whipple Jr. born on January 14, 1730. He was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire. Whipple was born at Kittery, Maine, and educated at a common school studying how to be a merchant, judge, and a soldier until he went off to sea. He became a Ship's Master by the age of twenty-three. In 1759 he landed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and in partnership with his brother established himself as a merchant.
Her brother Robert Hyde was a merchant in Manchester. He imported linen thread from Ireland and used weavers in Lancashire to turn it into cloth. When Samuel was orphaned he joined his uncle, Robert Hyde’s company in Manchester. There he learnt a lot about the cotton trade. Samuel inherited £300 when his father died, but following his uncles death, he was left £30,000.
In the American War of Independence, Ingersoll fought on the rebel side, but in 1795 he immigrated to Upper Canada where he had obtained a township grant for settlement. His farm became the site of the modern town of Ingersoll. He ran a tavern at Queenston until his township (Oxford-upon-the-Thames)
Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury. Three years before the American Revolution, Hamilton was an orphan working in the Virgin Islands as a merchant's clerk. George Washington chose Hamilton to advise George Washington and create a financial plan to carry America out of war debt. During the early years of the republic, Hamilton led the transformation of a broken country into a commercial and industrial all-powerful country. Thomas Jefferson, known as the son of the enlightenment, was born in 1743 in Shadwell, Virginia.
On November nineteenth, 1752 George Rogers Clark was born. His birthplace was near Charlottesville, Virginia. His mom’s name was Ann and his dad’s name was John. His older brother’s name was also John, His sister’s name was Lucy, and he had a younger brother named William Clark who became famous for being a part of the Lewis and Clark expedition. In 1757, the Clarks moved to a small plantation in Caroline Country, Virginia.
However, my family moved from Richford to Moravia, New York to Cleveland, Ohio. Me: What college did you attend? John: I took a 10 week business course at Folsom’s Commercial College. Me: When was your first experience of being a businessman? John: In 1859, I went into commission business with a partner, Maurice B. Clark.
The Harrison family record of service to the United States government is matched by few other families throughout history. Born on August 20, 1833, in North Bend, Ohio, Harrison spent his youth on his grandfather's estate. He received his education at Farmers' College and then attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Upon graduating
Allan Pinkerton Biography Enchandrel Malone CJ/250 January 7, 2012 Patrick Coughlin, JD Allan Pinkerton Biography Allan was born August 25, 1819 in Gorbals Glasgow, Scotland to William Pinkerton and Isobel McQueen. (Allan Pinkerton.2002) Allan’s father was a handloom weaver who later worked as a jailer in Glasgow. (Hunt, 2009) When Pinkerton was 10 his father died while on duty. As Allan became older he learned a trade through apprenticeship, where he became a cooper and made barrels for a living. At the age of 23 he became active in the British Chartist Movement.
When his father passed away in 1757, he left “orders” that Thomas complete his education (Wilson). Thomas, heeding the words of his father, entered the college of William and Mary in Williamsburg in 1760 (Wilson). After graduating from William and Mary, Jefferson studied law, and in April of 1764, after his 21st birthday, Jefferson assumed the management of his father estate and extensive lands (Wilson). Jefferson