South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-05
Head of Standard Oil Com
pany Passes Away at His
Home at TarrytOWn, N.
y Tuesday Morning.
HIS WIFE. SON AND ONE
DAUGHTER AT BEDSIDE
Started in Oil Business When
But 16 Years of Age and
Advanced Rapidly-Fu-
neral Thursday.
InternationaI News Service {:

international News Service.
TARRYTOWN. y. Y, Dec. 3. -
John ID. ArchboId. multi-milionaire
associate of John u. Rockefeller,
and president of the Standard oil
60. of New Jersey, died at his home
here at o'clock this morning.
Death followed an operation for APP
pendicitis performed on Nov. %.
and from which he never fully rail-
lied. Mr.. Archbold was 6S years
old.
Heroic efforts were made 20 save
the oil magnate's life. A week ago
otto Mosger. the family chauffeur.
gave up a quart of his blood in an
effort 10 stem his employers wan
ing vitality. Mr. Archbold's condi-
tion was noticeably improved after
the blood TRANSMISSION. but on sun
day he became worse. and sank
steadily until this morning.
At the bedside were his wife. one
son and one daughter. Another
daughter lives in England. The
funeral will be held Thursday morn
ing at 10 o'clock Burial probably
will be i'm the vault at Sleepy Hol-
low. where the body of Mrs. John
ID. Rockefeller lay for some time be-
fore it's removal 20 Cleveland.
Was Self-Made Man.
Mr.. Archbold like his close friend
and associate John D. Rockefeller.
was essentially a self-made man.
lie started into business at the be-
ginning Of the oil boom i'm Pennsyl-
vauia as an Office boy and rose ra-
mildly until az his death he was per-
} haps the largest oil man in the
: world outside OF Mr.. Rockefeller.
Mr.. Archbold was born in Lees
burg. O.. July %, 1S4S. His father
was n Methodist preacher. who died
when the boy was - years old.
leaving the family practically desti-
tute IL was up 90 the 12-year-old boy
10 become the head of the family
and for a number of years he prac-
ticaHy supported il by doing odd
jobs about Leesburg. He studied at
night
He was Is years old when the oil
boom started in Pennsylvania and
ne was among the first 10 join in
the rush Hc started working there
as am office boy in "A small firm i'm
RushviIe So quickly did young
Archbold grasp the details OF the
business that his employer. William
Abbot took him into the firm when
ne was 10 The following year he
was selected 20 open an office for
the firm I'm New York. and success
attended his every venture from the
start
Power in oil business.
Before ne was %, young ArChbOld
was recognized as a power I'm the oil
business 10 was about this time
that John n. Rockefeller was i'm the
height or his stride 10 fame and
power. They became friends. each
respecting the others Judgment and
the result was Rockefeller made
Archbold an offer which he quickly
accepted. In 1875 he was made "a
director OF the Standard oil C OF
New Jersey. then vice president. He
was elected president Of the New
Jersey plant in 1911.
Besides his many business CEN
lures Archbold also was Interested
i'm educational matters He was
president OF the board Of trustees of
Syracuse university a director OF 81.
Christopher Home and Orphanage
and was active in the Metropolitan
Art Museum and the American
Museum Of Natural History.