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Jay Cooke (August 12, 1821 – February 16, 1905) was an American financier who helped finance the Union war effort during the American Civil War and the postwar development of railroads in the northwestern United States. He is generally acknowledged as the first major investment banker in the United States and creator of the first wire house firm. Cooke was born at Sandusky, Ohio, the son of Eleutheros Cooke and Martha Carswell Cooke. Eleutheros Cooke was a pioneer Ohio lawyer and Whig, a member of the Ohio General Assembly and member of Congress from Ohio in 1831-1833.]]> 2018-10-17 18:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/996xb4esi15a/wish/294027318 511286 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/996xb4esi15a/wish/294031833 Source: Wikipedia
Daniel Drew (July 29, 1797 – September 18, 1879) was an American businessman, steamship and railroad developer, and financier. Summarizing his life, Henry Clews wrote: "Of all the great operators of Wall Street ... Daniel Drew furnishes the most remarkable instance of immense and long-continued success, followed by utter failure and hopeless bankruptcy". Drew was born in Carmel, New York in the family of Gilbert Drew and Catherine Muckleworth. He was poorly educated and saw hardship after his father, who owned a small cattle farm, died when Daniel was fifteen years old.]]> 2018-10-17 18:19:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/996xb4esi15a/wish/294031833 511286 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/996xb4esi15a/wish/294034708 Source: Wikipedia
Jason "Jay" Gould May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892) was a leading American railroad developer and speculator. He has been portrayed as one of the ruthless robber barons of the Gilded Age, whose success at business made him one of the richest men of his era. He was hated and reviled, with few defenders then and now. Jason Gould was born in Roxbury, New York, to Mary More (1798–1841) and John Burr Gould (1792–1866). His maternal grandfather, Alexander T. More, was a businessman, and his great-grandfather John More was a Scottish immigrant who founded the town of Moresville, New York. Jay Gould studied at local schools and the Hobart Academy in Hobart, Delaware New York.]]> 2018-10-17 18:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/996xb4esi15a/wish/294034708 511286 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/996xb4esi15a/wish/294037428 Source: Wikipedia
Marshall Field (August 18, 1834 – January 16, 1906) was an American entrepreneur and the founder of Marshall Field and Company, the Chicago based department stores. His business was renowned for its then-exceptional level of quality and customer service. Field is also known for some of his philanthropic donations, providing funding for the Field Museum of Natural History and donating land for the campus of the University of Chicago. Marshall Field was born on a farm in Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts, the son of John Field IV and wife Fidelia Nash. His family was descended from Puritans who had come to America as early as 1650.]]> 2018-10-17 18:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/996xb4esi15a/wish/294037428 511286 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/996xb4esi15a/wish/294070142 Source: Wikipedia
Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 – June 21, 1893) was an American tycoon, industrialist, politician, and the founder (with his wife, Jane) of Stanford University. Migrating to California from New York at the time of the Gold Rush, he became a successful merchant and wholesaler, and continued to build his business empire. He spent one two-year term as Governor of California after his election in 1861, and later eight years as a senator from the state. As president of Southern Pacific Railroad and, beginning in 1861, Central Pacific, he had tremendous power in the region and a lasting impact on California. He is widely considered a robber baron. Stanford was born in 1824 in what was then Watervlient, New York (now the Town of Colonie). He was one of eight children of Josiah and Elizabeth Phillips Stanford. Among his siblings were New York State Senator Charles Stanford (1819–1885) and Australian businessman and spiritualist Thomas Welton Stanford (1832–1918).]]> 2018-10-17 19:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/996xb4esi15a/wish/294070142