https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/xtq3bqkyn24w Made with an open mind en-us 2017-11-01 19:31:39 UTC 2024-05-16 05:20:23 UTC hello@padlet.com 820336 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/xtq3bqkyn24w/wish/202694020 He was born on August 10, 1821, in Sandusky, Ohio,  He was named for John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. His father name was  Eleutheros Cooke and he was an railroad investor, attorney, and real estate speculator. He went to a local schools in Sandusky, Ohio, when he was 14 he became a clerk in a local store. A year later when he was 15  he moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and took a position in a wholesale business. Cooke lost nearly all of his entire fortune, He later regained his wealth through various investments during the late 1800s,  He died on February 16, 1905.
 Resource:
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Jay_Cooke]]> 2017-11-01 19:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/xtq3bqkyn24w/wish/202694020 820336 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/xtq3bqkyn24w/wish/202694487 He was born in Branford, Conn. on October 27, 1819, He was involved in the build of the railroad. He entered Loudoun County High School in Leesburg, Virginia he was a stellar student. When he was 6 years old his father and sister died of typhus. Years later his mother found someone else and married him and took henry to live at Martinsburg New York, later they move to New Haven Conn., and he attended a school there. His Grandmother Betsy Plant offered him an education in Yale College but turned it down and got a job as a captains boy.
Resource:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_B._Plant

]]> 2017-11-01 19:47:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/xtq3bqkyn24w/wish/202694487 820336 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/xtq3bqkyn24w/wish/202694783 He was born  in New Jersey in 1848. his mother was a well  connected socialite from New Jersey.  His father was an ordained deacon in the Presbyterian Church. He went to school in New Jersey and New York but he dropped out at age 14. He later becoming a managing clerk and then, in 1870, a stock broker with a seat on the New York stock exchange.
Resource:
https://www.pbs.org/harriman/1899/1899_part/participantharriman.html]]> 2017-11-01 19:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/xtq3bqkyn24w/wish/202694783 820336 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/xtq3bqkyn24w/wish/202695866 He was born near in Conway on August 18, 1834, he was born on a farm. His father name was John Field IV and he was a farmer his mother name was Fidelia Nash. When he was 17 he moved to Pittsfield where he got his first job in a dry goods store. Later he left Pittsfield and went to he west for new opportunities, When he turned 21 he left to live with his brother in chicago. He died in new york on January 16, 1906 at age 71 from a case of Pneumonia contracted after playing Golf on New Yorks day with his nephew.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Field

]]> 2017-11-01 19:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/xtq3bqkyn24w/wish/202695866 820336 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/xtq3bqkyn24w/wish/202696422 He was born in Hartford, Connecticut  in April 17, 1837, he started his career in the  financial industry at new york in the late 1850s. His father name was Junius and his mother names was Juliet Pierpont. his father was a partner of a successful dry goods business. His mother was the daughter of noted minister and poet John Pierpont. His grandfather Joseph was a founder of the Aetna Insurance Company.
Resource:
https://www.biography.com/people/jp-morgan-9414735]]> 2017-11-01 19:53:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/xtq3bqkyn24w/wish/202696422