John Dustin Archbold
John Dustin
Archbold
John Dustin
Archbold (July 26, 1848
– December 6, 1916) was an American capitalist and one of the United States' earliest
oil refiners. He was the grandfather of zoologist Richard Archbold.
Contents
- 1 Personal life
- 2 Professional life
- 2.1 Standard Oil Company
- 2.2 Syracuse University
- 2.3 Theodore Roosevelt scandal
- 2.4 Assassination attempt
- 3 Death
- 4 Legacy
- 5 See also
- 6 References
- 7 External links
Personal life
Archbold was
born on July 26, 1848, to the Reverend Israel Archbold, a Methodist minister, and Frances Foster Dana
(Archbold) at Leesburg, Ohio.
Archbold was educated in public schools. He moved to Pennsylvania by 1864.[1]
On February 20,
1870, Archbold married Annie Eliza Mills, "daughter of Samuel Myers Mills
of Titusville and Lavinia Jenkins."[2] The couple had four children:
- Mary Lavina Archbold (b 1871)
- Anne Mills Archbold (b 1873), mother of John Dana Archbold[3]
- Frances Dana Archbold (b 1875)
- John Foster Archbold (b 1877-1930),[1] father of zoologist Richard Archbold
In 1885,
Archbold purchased a large mansion in Tarrytown, New York.
The estate, called Cedar Cliff, was located at 279 S. Broadway just
across from the Carmelite Transfiguration
Church.[4]
Professional life
John Dustin
Archbold
Standard Oil Company
In 1864 he went
to the north-west Pennsylvania oil fields and spent eleven years in the oil
industry there. When John D. Rockefeller's
Standard Oil Company began buying up refiners in
this oil-rich region, many independent refiners felt squeezed out, and Archbold
was among Standard's harshest and loudest critics.
However,
Archbold was subsequently recruited by Rockefeller to Standard Oil where he
became a director and served as its vice-president and president until its
dissolution in 1911.
From 1911-1916,
Archbold was president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.[5]
Archbold
Stadium, Syracuse University
Syracuse University
In 1886,
Archbold became a member of the board of trustees of Syracuse University,
and was the board’s president from 1893 until his death in 1916. From
1893-1914, he contributed nearly $6,000,000 for eight buildings, including the
full cost of Archbold Stadium
(opened 1907, demolished 1978; the Carrier Dome was built on this site), Sims Hall
(men's dormitory, 1907), Archbold Gymnasium
(1908, nearly destroyed by fire in 1947, but still in use), and the oval
athletic field.
1912 political
cartoon (Thomas E. Powers, US Library of Congress)
Theodore Roosevelt scandal
Archbold was
involved in a scandalous affair involving monetary gifts to the Republican
Party. In 1912, he was called to testify before a committee which
was investigating political contributions made by the Standard Oil Company
to the campaign funds of political parties.
He claimed that
President Theodore Roosevelt
was aware of the $125,000 contribution made by Standard Oil Company
to the 1904 campaign fund of the Republican
Party, but President Roosevelt
produced letters written by him which directed his campaign managers to return
such monetary contributions if they were offered.
Assassination attempt
In 1915 an
attempt was made by anarchists and Industrial
Workers of the World radicals to assassinate him at Cedar Cliff
by planting a large dynamite bomb at the entrance to the estate.[6][7] The bomb, which failed to go off, was
discovered by Archbold's gardener. Police suspected that the attempted bombing
was precipitated by the execution by firing squad of 'Joe Hill', alias Joseph Hillstrom in Salt Lake City, Utah
the day before. Joe Hill was an IWW member, songwriter and labor organizer who
had been convicted of murder.[8]
The Archbold
Mausoleum, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, New York
Death
Main Entrance,
Hall of Languages, Syracuse University
Archbold died
of complications from appendicitis in Tarrytown, New York,
on December 6, 1916.[7][9] He is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
in Sleepy Hollow, New
York.
Legacy
- In 1914, the "John Dustin Archbold College of Liberal Arts" at Syracuse University was renamed in his honor.[10] The entrance to the university's Hall of Languages remains inscribed with this name.
- The John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital, now the Archbold Medical Center, in Thomasville, Georgia, was established in 1925, through a donation by his son, John Foster Archbold.[11]
- His grandson, John Dana Archbold, was a member of the Board of Trustees of Syracuse University from 1976-1993.[3]
- The John Dana Archbold Theatre at Syracuse Stage (Central New York's only professional theater) is named after his grandson.[12]
See also
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References
Notes
1.
The Archbold Collection, Edinboro
University of Pennsylvania. Accessed: March 9, 2014.
2.
Dwight, Benjamin W. (1874). The History of the
Descendents of John Dwight, of Dedham, Massachusetts, Vol. 2.
J.F. Trow & Son, p. 662.
3.
John D. Archbold Papers, Clemson University.
Accessed: March 9, 2014.
4.
Steiner, Henry, The Other Oil Tycoon, River Journal Online,
retrieved 20 July 2011: Cedar Cliff was demolished in 1980, and is now a
condominium development known as The Quay; the old stone pillars marking
the entrance to the estate are still visible.
5.
"Archbold, John D. (John Dustin), 1848-1916,"
Library of Congress Name Authority File. Accessed: March 9, 2014.
6.
"DYNAMITE BOMB FOR J.D. ARCHBOLD; Four One-Pound Sticks
Found Hidden in Roadway of His Tarrytown Estate. PERCUSSION CAPS ATTACHED.
Explosive Was So Placed That Auto Wheel Would Have Fired It. POLICE SUSPECT THE
I.W.W. Believe Attempt to Kill Standard Oil President Was Protest Against
Hillstrom Execution.". New York Times. November 22, 1915. Retrieved
2011-02-27.
7.
Steiner, Henry, The Other Oil Tycoon, River
Journal Online, retrieved 20 July 2011
8.
DYNAMITE BOMB FOR J.D. ARCHBOLD, The New York Times, 22 November 1915
9.
"J. D. ARCHBOLD DIES; MOURNED BY MANY; Office Boys and
Elevator Men Join in Regret with John D. Rockefeller. NEVER KNOWN TO BE ANGRY.
Left Office Whistling Two Week Ago for Operation. Fortune Estimated at
$100,000,000". New York Times. December 6, 1916. Retrieved
2011-02-27.
10.
Greene, John Robert. (2000). The Hill: An Illustrated
Biography of Syracuse University, 1870-present. Syracuse
University Press. Accessed: March 9, 2014.
11.
"Our History," Archbold Medical Center.
Accessed: March 9, 2014.
12.
John Dana Archbold Theater, Syracuse University
buildings. Accessed: March 9, 2014.
Further reading
- Chernow, Ron. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. London: Warner Books, 1998.
- Yergin, Daniel. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.
External links
- "Archbold, John Dustin," Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1918, pp. 20–22
- Burton, Rick. (2011). "Archbold's Greatest Gift," Syracuse University Magazine 30(3)
- Archbold Biological Station, Venus, Florida
- Archbold Mausoleum, Mausoleums.com
- John D. Archbold Family Papers, Syracuse University
- The New York Times (1916, December 6). "J.D. Archbold Dies; Mourned by Many."
- Steiner, Henry. (2003, October 6). "The Other Oil Tycoon," River Journal, Tarrytown, New York
- John Dustin Archbold at Find a Grave
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- American philanthropists
- American academics
- Syracuse University people
- People from Highland County, Ohio
- People from Tarrytown, New York
- Burials at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
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