Rockefeller lived in a modest environment and attended Central High School in Cleveland. When he was 21 years old, he became a trustee of the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church. When he left high school in 1855, he took a business course at Folsom Mercantile College and was employed as an assistant bookkeeper by Hewitt &

Turtle. Eventually, he became the cashier and bookkeeper. With the money he had earned, he formed a partnership in the commission business with a man named Maurice Clark in 1859. The same year, the first oil well was drilled in western Pennsylvania. Soon, Cleveland became a major refining center and Rockefeller and Clark entered the business together as refiners. Then they teamed up with a man named Samuel Andrews and built and operated an oil refinery under the name of Andrews, Clark & Co. Unfortunately, they disagreed about their business practices and decided to sell their refinery. Rockefeller bought the refinery for $72, 500 and with Andrews, created Rockefeller & Andrews. The oil industry rapidly expanded since oil was a heavily used resource. In 1870,

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