You see, demand for salt had risen with the beginning of the war it was necessary for the preservation of food for the troops. I was willing that they should combine and grow as big and wealthy as they could, but only by legitimate means. Now, imagine two hundred-plus years have passed. If you stroll through the area of St. Augustine immediately west of downtown, you will experience the extraordinary influence of New Yorker Henry Morrison . By the end of this field trip, we hope will you have an understanding of who Henry Flagler was, and the great impact he had on the state of Florida! Harry, her son, was eleven years old. IT HAD BEGUN 26 YEARS EARLIER, IN 1891, when Henry Morrison Flagler, the uncrowned "king" of Florida, who had made a vast fortune as a founding partner of Standard Oil of Ohio, met Mary Lily Kenan . Also, on July 28, 2006, a statue of Flagler was unveiled on the southeast steps of Miami's Dade County Courthouse, located on Miami's Flagler Street. The swamplands south of Savannah were thought of as a dangerous land of rugged enchantment where alligators lurked in the shadows and strange miasme was thought to carry diseases like yellow fever through the damp air. She lived the rest of her life in New York, under strict supervision by her guardians (who were chosen by Flagler, of course). Henry started spending a great deal more time in Florida, soon claiming the state as his permanent residence. After their wedding, the couple traveled to Saint Augustine. It was reported that people along the railway line waited all night for the passing of the funeral train as it traveled from Palm Beach to St. In 1897, Flagler opened the Royal Palm Hotel on the north bank of the Miami River, overlooking Biscayne Bay. Harry Flagler was the only of Henry Flagler's children who outlived their father. Franklin W. Smith had just finished building Villa Zorayda and Flagler offered to buy it for his honeymoon. After finishing the eighth grade at fourteen, Henry followed his half-brother Dan to Ohio. As our little daughter is only 8 month old we wanted to provide her a sheltered place to sit in in the 25 degrees and we wanted to visit the house while we swap over looking after her as . Tail tucked in shame, the destitute Flagler family moved back to Ohio in January of 1866. In June 1870, Flagler and Rockefeller formed Standard Oil of Ohio, which rapidly became the most profitable refiner in Ohio. When the city was incorporated in 1896, its citizens wanted to honor the man responsible for its growth by naming it "Flagler". The Bingham-Flagler marriage (and questions about her death or possible murder) figured prominently in several books that appeared in the 1980s, when the Bingham family sold the newspaper in the midst of great acrimony. However, this building's history is tragic and short. Unfortunately, the Key West Extension is viewed as a business failure having "never earned the expected revenue before the Labor Day hurricane of 1935 destroyed it" (Akin 223). Henry B Flagler was born on month day 1836, at birth place, New York, to Thomas Flagler and Rachael M Flagler. In Bellevue he courted and married his step-uncle's (Lamon Harkness) second daughter, Mary Harkness, November 9, 1853. The Alcazar is today the Lightner Museum, next to the Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine that Flagler bought from Franklin W. Smith. [citation needed], By 1905, Flagler decided that his Florida East Coast Railway should be extended from Biscayne Bay to Key West, a point 128 miles (206km) past the end of the Florida peninsula. Indeed, Flagler's second sojourn to St. Augustine went off without a hitch the recently constructed San Marco hotel accommodated him and Ida Alice well, and he found himself to be amongst peers instead of invalids. [64], On February 24, 2006, a statue of Flagler was unveiled in Key West near the spot where the Over-Sea Railroad once terminated. He would describe his childhood often as having been 'hungry and cold'. . To get a more in-depth narrative of the life of that building complex, visit The Ponce de Leon Hotel's Historical Place profile on our website. [27] In spite of the formation of the trust and its perceived immunity from all competition, by the 1880s Standard Oil had passed its peak of power over the world oil market. Originally published by E.H. Reynolds in St. Augustine Florida, 1892. [citation needed][66], "Henry M. Flagler" redirects here. Mendez, Jesus. His body was sent to St. Augustine on May 23 where he was laid to rest along side of his his first wife Mary Harkness in the Memorial Presbyterian Church mausoleum built for his daughter Jennie Louise. May 17, 2018. Henry Flagler is a famous Entrepreneurwho has a net worth of $60 Million. While in this state he met his good pastor, to whom, being soundly upbraided for his condition, he replied, 'I've been giving all my days to the Lord hitherto, and now I'm taking one for myself. Ida Alice Shourds became Ida Alice Shourds Flagler in June of 1883 and moved into the Flagler family home the day after their wedding. He married his second wife, Miss Ida Shrouds, the daughter of a Philadelphia minister, in 1883. It was that shrewd attitude that caught the eye of one John D. Rockefeller. [citation needed], When looking back at Flagler's life, after Flagler's death, George W. Perkins, of J.P. Morgan & Co., reflected, "But that any man could have the genius to see of what this wilderness of waterless sand and underbrush was capable and then have the nerve to build a railroad here, is more marvelous than similar development anywhere else in the world. There is also a monument to him on Flagler Monument Island in Biscayne Bay in Miami; Flagler College and Flagler Hospital are named after him in St. Augustine. By 1852, Henry had saved enough money to become the one-third-owner of the Harkness & Company alongside his half-brother Dan and Dan's uncle Lamon. Estate All the things he owned. 0:58. This 'FEC' project had been underway since the late 1880s, when Flagler purchased the St. Augustine & Halifax Railroad in Jacksonville. Flagler believed that he had learned a valuable lesson: invest in a business only after thorough investigation. His father, Isaac Flagler, was a Presbyterian minister. "Historical Person Profile: Henry Flagler." In a few years, it seems he embraced the life of a wealthy widower. Chicago: VisitStAugustine.com. He was also a key figure in the development of the eastern coast of Florida along the Atlantic Ocean and was founder of what became the Florida East Coast Railway. Researching those perspectives is like playing the telephone game with the dead; something is bound to get confused.). We correct them as soon as they come to our knowledge. This was the beginning of the Standard Oil company, which would catapult both men into unimaginable levels of wealth. He later joined Daniel in a grain business started with his uncle Lamon in Bellevue, Ohio. Control of the Flagler fortune largely passed into the hands of Mary Lily Kenan's family of sisters and brother, who survived into the 1960s. After many years of work, it opened on January 10, 1888, and was an instant success. So, when sources from the time period say that Ida Alice Shourds Flagler was insane, one must look closely and think critically. So, the Flagler family (Henry, Mary, little Harry, Jennie, and her first husband, John Arthur Hinckley) spent the winter of 1877-1878 in St. Augustine. Augustine. It was a small town of roughly 1,000 individuals, but familial connections led to a job at a general store. 1-17. He built a railroad bridge across the St. Johns River to gain access to the southern half of the state and purchased the Hotel Ormond, just north of Daytona. Last Train to Paradise. [12], Undeterred, though vilified for the first time by the press, Flagler and Rockefeller continued with their self-reinforcing cycle of buying competing refiners, improving the efficiency of operations, pressing for discounts on oil shipments, undercutting competition, making secret deals, raising investment pools, and buying rivals out. (Context from a 21st-century author: This story takes place nearly two generations before women were granted the right to vote a time when we were generally valued for being subservient, delicate, and fertile. Henry Morrison Flagler was born on January 2, 1830. Flamingo Visitor Center is 24 miles away. In 1853, Flagler married Mary Harkness, the daughter of Lamon Harkness - owner of the general store where he was formerly employed. This touched off a firestorm of protest from independent oil well owners, including boycotts and vandalism, which eventually led to the discovery of Standard Oil's part in the deal. Tarbell's father had been driven out of the oil business during the South Improvement Company affair. His father was Isaac Flagler, a Presbyterian minister and great-grandson of Zacharra Flegler, whose family had emigrated from the German Palatinate region to Holland in 1688. By then the trust still had a 70% market share of the refined oil market but only 14% of the U.S. crude oil supply. My 4th great-grandmother, Elizabeth Howes, married (1) William Jones (my ancestor) and (2nd) Colonel Henry Ostrom, of Pleasant Valley & Patterson, Dutchess County, NY. St. Augustine, FL: Flagler College, 2013. Stately and serious, genteel and generous some have even referred to him as "Uncle Henry.". The church was dedicated in March 1890. Henry's birth heralded the beginning of a decade and perhaps a new start for his family. Day 2 - Flagler Legacy Tour - Flagler's Churches - St. Augustine Distillery - Dinner at Ice Plant Bar This morning after breakfast, meet your local guide for a Flagler Legacy Tour. In general, government officials (especially Andrew Anderson) permitted Flagler to widen the roads and to dredge marshes to establish neighborhoods. Birth Name: Henry Flagler Occupation: Entrepreneur Place Of Birth: NY Date Of Birth: January 2, 1830 Date Of Death: May 20, 1913 Cause Of Death: N/A Ethnicity: Unknown Nationality: American Henry Flagler was born on the 2nd of January, 1830. They had 3 children: Maud Aiken and 2 other children. It seems that if too many limits had been placed on Henry Flagler's projects, St. Augustine would not be the city we know today. He was best known for being a Entrepreneur. [2] Flagler's mother was Elizabeth Caldwell Harkness Flagler, Isaac's third wife and a widow who had a stepson, Stephen V. Harkness, and a son, Daniel M. Harkness, from her marriage to deceased widower David Harkness of Milan, Ohio. He served as a vice president through 1908 and was part of ownership until 1911. Several years later, in 1870, their only son, Henry Harkness Flagler, was born. [26] Its share of world oil refining topped out above 90% but slowly dropped to about 80% for the rest of the century. [28], Even though 85% of world crude production was still coming from Pennsylvania wells in the 1880s, overseas drilling in Russia and Asia began to reach the world market. Gainesville, FL. If they refused the offer, Flagler and Rockefeller told them they would run them into bankruptcy and then cheaply buy up their assets at auction. Because Henry Flagler had not yet claimed Florida as his own, Savannah, Georgia was considered to be the last bastion of civilization on the East Coast. If Smith could raise $50,000, Flagler would invest $150,000 and they would build a hotel together. Mary was born in Ohio in 1833. The Venetian Renaissance style of the church is reflected in the pointed arches and Byzantine dome. It supplied kerosene by tank cars that brought the fuel to local markets, and tank wagons then delivered to retail customers, thus bypassing the existing network of wholesale jobbers. Flagler originally intended West Palm Beach to be the terminus of his railroad system, but in 1894 and 1895, severe freezes hit the area, causing Flagler to reconsider. However, the boom did not last. Flagler and Rockefeller finally gave up their dream of controlling all the world's oil refining. This was the case for many wealthy men during the Civil War, including Henry's future business partner, John D. Rockefeller. [37], When Flagler envisioned successes in the oil industry, he and Rockefeller started building their fortune in refining oil in Cleveland, Ohio. He was even given permission to use the coquina quarry on Anastasia Island to source materials for his state-of-the-art hotels. Julia was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1849 to Ephraim Sturtevant and his wife. Perhaps those years after the Civil War were what imbued Flagler with his infamously shrewd business practices. "[24], At that time, many legislatures had made it difficult to incorporate in one state and operate in another. Jennie Louise was now a young married woman of twenty-four years; Carrie had died as a child; the son Harry was eight. There is also a kitchen, equipped with a dishwasher, oven and microwave. The visionary widow from Ohio bought hundreds of acres at what is now Downtown Miami, moved down on a barge, and eventually convinced railroad man Henry Flagler to extend his new railway to the Miami River by sending him an unusual package. Visually exquisite, the Flagler Memorial Presbyterian Church was built by Henry Flagler in 1889. [43], When Flagler's first wife Mary (ne Harkness) fell sick, his physician recommended they travel to Jacksonville for the winter to escape the brutal conditions of the North. Was Colonel Henry Ostrom's first wife Elizabeth FLAGLER? "[59], In March 1913, Flagler fell down a flight of marble stairs at Whitehall. St. Augustine, FL: The St. Augustine Historical Society. "Our Own Riviera," Harper's New Monthly Magazine. It was initially intended to house entertainment amenities for the Ponce de Leon guests but was soon reimagined as its own hotel. Dazzled by the prospect of tremendous wealth and supported by his father-in-law, Flagler followed the smell of money to Michigan. After his first wife's death, Flagler developed a . [44], Although Flagler remained on the board of directors of Standard Oil, he gave up his day-to-day involvement in the corporation to pursue his interests in Florida. Anderson owned a large tract of orange groves west of the Governor's House along King Street the main thoroughfare of St. Augustine and wanted to sell it to Flagler. Version accessed: St. Augustine, FL: Historic Print & Map Company, 2004. He declined the honor, persuading them to use an old Indian name, "Mayaimi". The case can be made that Flagler was the intellectual genius who devised both the overall concepts and the details of the company policies and programs that turned Standard Oil into the most feared, powerful, and profitable company of the 19th and early . Mary Lily outlived her first husband, Henry Flagler and inherited his huge fortune, married again three years later, and died under suspicious circumstances at aged fifty. It was first established in Ohio. Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 - May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil. Flagler gave them the honored center positions in the mausoleum. "[57][58], According to historian Joe Knetsch, reformers and muckrakers exaggerated charges of peonage regarding construction of the Florida East Coast Railway in 1893 to 1909. The Washington Post. She and her family were given expensive gifts by Henry Flagler in celebration. Alternately called cruel, philanthropic, pitiless and visionary in his lifetime, Henry Morrison Flagler (1830-1913) was a complicated man. By 1880, according to the New York World, Standard Oil was "the most cruel, impudent, pitiless, and grasping monopoly that ever fastened upon a country. [11] Part of this scheme was the announcement of sharply increased freight charges. He was a founder of Standard Oil. Flagler was in a special position to make those deals due to his connections as a grain merchant. [31], Standard Oil moved its headquarters to New York City, at 26 Broadway, and Flagler and Rockefeller became central figures in the city's business community. However, many other officials were wary of Henry Flagler. Not to mention a talented young woman named Mary Lily. Perhaps Henry Flagler already planned that he would need a physician to confirm his wife suffered from insanity. [citation needed], Although Standard Oil was a partnership, Flagler was credited as the brain behind the booming oil refining business. And even Thomas Edison had his hand in this project, having been responsible for wiring the entirety of the Hotel Ponce de Leon with electricity. "How Slave Labor Built the State of Florida Decades After the Civil War." Only his son Harry Harkness Flagler survived of the three children by his first marriage in 1853 to Mary Harkness. Melbert Cary died in 1941, and after his death Mary continued to divide her. "[38] Flagler and Rockefeller worked hard for their company to achieve such prominence. She endured three more frigid northern winters until in 1881, when at the age of forty-eight, Mary Harkness Flagler died. Henry and Mary had two Carrie died at age three. Despite her frail health, though, she was the only one of Henry Flagler's three wives to bear him any children. [10] Graham, Thomas. Dr. Shelton had attended Flagler's daughter Jennie Benedict when she died from complications after childbirth in 1889. The mausoleum adjacent to the church is where Flagler, his daughter, granddaughter and first wife are buried. Flagler commissioned the architects and builders of his other St. Augustine buildings to create the Venetian Renaissance Revival style . Harkness and Company, at a salary of $5 per month plus room and board. Even more critical, the invention of the light bulb gradually began to erode the dominance of kerosene for illumination. "[27] Over time foreign competition and new finds abroad eroded his dominance. He is known as the father of Miami, Florida and also founded Palm Beach, Florida. That year he reportedly gave her more than $1 million in jewelry. Mrs. The Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler partnership was formed with Flagler in control of Harkness' interest. But in the aftermath of that battle, in 1879 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania indicted Flagler and Rockefeller on charges of monopolizing the oil trade, starting an avalanche of similar court proceedings in other states and making a national issue of Standard Oil's business practices. Knetsch concludes that "Flagler in fact provided health care for his employees and was a far better employer than the press alleged. "Especially since her father would have never stepped foot in the house. In just eighteen months of harried work and lavish spending, the Ponce de Leon Hotel was opened for business in January of 1888. Flagler divorced Shourds in 1901 and just 10 days later married Mary Lily Kenan. One stormy night, Alice is said to have nearly caused a shipwreck by not allowing the captain to return to port for several hours, despite experiencing gale-force winds and seasick friends. In March, he stepped down from that post but will . [17]This subsidiary, the Empire Transportation Company, which Joseph D. Potts created in 1865 and also ran, owned other assets including a small fleet of ships on the Great Lakes. This is a major source for this Historical Person Profile highly recommended! Flagler and Rockefeller then decided to issue certificates against oil stored in Standard Oil's pipelines. To add to the sting, Henry 'Harry' Flagler was generally known as Harry Harkness, showing more deference for his mother than his father. Flagler and Rockefeller eventually prevailed and the railroad sold all its oil interests to Standard. One day when very old he went on a drunken spree. The year was 1885, the month was April and things were just getting started. Two years after her death, he married her nurse, Ida Alice Shourds. For many of the competitors, Flagler and Rockefeller had merely to show them the books so they could see what they were up against and make them a decent offer. [36] The court ruled that the trust originated in illegal monopoly practices and ordered it to be broken up into 34 new companies. [65] After Flagler's death, she married an old friend, Robert Worth Bingham, who used an inheritance from her to buy the Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper. His grandson Solomon changed the spelling of the surname to Flagler and passed it on to his 11 children. Rockefeller. In 1868, at age 37, Flagler joined with John Rockefeller and Samuel Andrews to form the Rockefeller, Andrews and Flagler Oil Refinery. [30] Additional fields were discovered in Burma and Java. "The Flagler Pavilion was built across the street at Edgewood for the Flaglers' daughter Elizabeth's 1927 wedding to J. Andrews Harris lll," said Millbrook Historian David Greenwood. In January of 1870 at the age of 40, Flagler officially co-founded Standard Oil alongside John D. Rockefeller. In less than four months in 1872, in what was later known as "The Cleveland Conquest" or "The Cleveland Massacre", Standard Oil had absorbed 22 of its 26 Cleveland competitors. She documented the company's espionage, price wars, heavy-handed marketing tactics, and courtroom evasions. Over 30 years, Flagler had invested about $50 million in railroad, home and hotel construction and had made donations to suffering farmers after the freeze in 1894. New York, NY: Three Rivers Press & Crown Publishers, 2002. In 1853, young Henry followed suit when Lamon Harkness' middle daughter, Mary, became his first wife. It was due largely to the efforts of Henry M. Flagler and John D. [20] The New York State Legislature's Hepburn Committee in 1879 conducted hearings in response to the complaints of local merchants that were not involved in the oil trade in order to investigate railroad rebate practices. Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 - May 20, 1913) was a United States tycoon, real estate promoter, railroad developer and Rockefeller partner in Standard Oil. If you ask the same question in Florida, most people will have known someone who lives on Flagler Blvd., in Flagler County, or down the road from the Flagler Museum. Indeed, Mary Harkness Flagler's ailments first brought Henry Flagler to Far Florida. By the end of the 1870s, Standard was refining over 90% of the oil in the U.S.[15], In 1877, Standard clashed with Thomas A. Scott the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, its chief hauler. [1], Flagler was born in Hopewell, New York. Ida Alice (ne Shourds) Flagler had been a caregiver for Mary. What happened to Henry Flagler's daughter? Castleden, Louise Decatur. Flagler's wife died shortly after the partnership was formed. It soon was doing one tenth of all the petroleum business in the United States. He is known as the father of Miami, Florida, and founded the city of Palm Beach. Bowman, Bryan & Kathy Roberts Forde. The future "founder" of Florida found St. Augustine to be dirty, depressing, and worst of all boring. Who was Henry Flagler? "The Mary Lily Kenan Conspiracy." Mary Flagler Cary (1901-1967) was the daughter of Harry Harkness Flagler, and granddaughter of Henry Morrison Flagler, one of the founders of Standard Oil. Though a hard worker, Flagler was widely recognized as a ruthless businessman. Throughout it all, Mary was made to brave her condition without her husband, who had taken to staying at the Buckingham Hotel in New York, completely immersed in the business of Standard Oil. Flagler's stepbrother Stephen V. Harkness invested $100,000 (equivalent to $1.94million in 2021[6]) on the condition that Flagler be made a partner. Henry Flagler, son of a Presbyterian minister, had Memorial Presbyterian Church built in memory of his daughter Jennie Louise Flagler Benedict and her newborn daughter Margery, both of whom died in 1889. The company expanded into the grain and distillery businesses, and the latter was sold after making considerable money. Flagler County, Florida, Flagler Beach, Florida and Flagler, Colorado are also named for him. Standard's most potent weapons against competitors were underselling, differential pricing, and secret transportation rebates. Flagler wanted to take advantage of additional trade with Cuba and Latin America as well as the increased trade with the west that the Panama Canal would bring. [3], Flagler attended local schools through eighth grade. Flagler renamed it the Hotel Cordova, after the street that it was on. He was the baby of the household, being born several years after the youngest of his siblings. Commander John Flagler, USN. Reynolds, Charles B. The Early Years of The Ponce de Leon: Clippings from an Old Scrap Book of those days. Such incentive led to the development of Miami, which was an unincorporated area at the time. Flagler's affiliation with the Harkness family would have a fortuitous effect upon his future. https://staughs.com/the-mary-lily-kenan-conspiracy/. Though he didn't recognize him through his medicinal stupor, Henry Flagler's only son, Harry Harkness, was at his father's bedside alongside Mary Lily Kenan Flagler, whom Harry was actually meeting for the first time. NY By genealogy.com user October 24, 1999 at 04:39:45. His parents were very poor and struggled to feed their family. Smith helped train the masons on the mixing and pouring techniques he used on Zorayda. Her great-nephew Lawrence Louis Junior utilized some of those funds in founding Flagler College, where Henry Flagler's legacy lives on to this day. Played by Tom Amandes. His father was a Presbyterian minister, Isaac Flagler. By the mid-1860s, Cleveland had become the center of the oil refining industry in America and Rockefeller left the grain business to start his own oil refinery. Layton, 33001, United States of America - Excellent location - show map. "[39] Not only did Flagler and Rockefeller's Standard Oil company become well known in Ohio, they expanded to other states, as well as gained additional capital in purchasing smaller oil refining companies across the nation. Henry Flagler was John D. Rockefeller's most significant business partner at Standard Oil. Flagler was eighteen years older than his 35-year-old bride. The rumor mill suspected that this change in priorities was due to Henry's association with one Ida Alice Shourds a red-haired, green-eyed actress who was rumored to have been Mary Harkness Flagler's nursemaid during her final years. In 1913, Henry Flagler passed away after breaking his hip falling down a staircase at Whitehall. This conflict created a breach between father and son that lasted until Henry Flagler was on his deathbed. Chandler, David Leon. Biography. He was connected with government officials and industry elites. . To add to the tragic circumstances, her baby daughter also died. He also built the Alcazar Hotel as an overflow hotel for the Ponce de Leon Hotel. He was also a key figure in the development of the eastern coast of Florida along the Atlantic Ocean and was founder of what became the Florida East Coast Railway. It was Henry M. Together, the three set their sights on opening a distillery that would serve nearby railroad workers. Struck by the tragic loss of his eldest daughter and first granddaughter, Henry Flagler sought solace in his business projects and the council of friends like Dr. Andrew Anderson. Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 - May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, which was first based in Ohio. In an overall calculation of America's oil refineries' assets and capital, Standard Oil surpassed all. Henry explained: "We worked night and day, making good oil as cheaply as possible and selling it for all we could get. Mary Harkness Flagler was the sweet, unpretentious first wife of Henry. But they had never played fair, and that ruined their greatness for me." At last in 1911, the Supreme Court of the United States found Standard Oil Company of New Jersey in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Her eldest daughter, Jennie Louise, was twenty- six. That craze mounted when two months later, Flagler filed for divorce in Dade County and was granted such on August 13th, 1901. Henry Flagler's first visit to Florida was in the winter of 1878-9. It was Flagler's idea to use the rebate system to strengthen the firm's position against competitors and the transporting enterprises alike. The family being of moderate means, Henry struck out from New York to Republic, Ohio in 1844. When he was a toddler, his two older half-sisters moved to New York to live with family, and Caroline ('Carrie') and Dan were Henry's constant companions. During the early 1880s, Flagler outsourced the care of young Harry to his half-sister Carrie and daughter Jennie Louise. Pennsylvania revoked the cartel's charter, and non-preferential rates were restored for the time being. The accommodation features a satellite TV. [21], Standard Oil gradually gained almost complete control of oil refining and marketing in the United States through horizontal integration. Covert, Robert. St. Augustine, Florida Imagine how many different perspectives a group of people can have about the same topic. It was during these early years of employment that young Henry Flagler cut his teeth in business one step closer to the shark he would become. 2. This is somewhat my case. The couple had two daughters, Jennie Louise, born in 1855, and Carrie, born in 1858. He became president of the Symphony Society of New York in 1914 . Henry M. Flagler, in full Henry Morrison Flagler, (born January 2, 1830, Hopewell, New York, U.S.died May 20, 1913, West Palm Beach, Florida), American financier and partner of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., in establishing the Standard Oil Company. Although not much is known about Ida Alice Flagler, many sources claim she became fond of opulent parties and leisurely pursuits that were available to the fabulously wealthy. Zacharra worked in England for several years before moving to Dutchess County, New York, in 1710. Flagler. 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