John Rockefeller was born on July 8th, 1839 in Richford, New York. His mother was a religious and disciplined woman and his father was a ¨pitchman¨. As a child he attended Owego Academy in Owego, New York and he attended high school from 1853 to 1855. He was really good at mental arithmetic and math and he was on his school's debate team. This a very helpful skill for him later in his life.
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