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George Shimp 1901 - 1988

George Shimp of Marshalltown, Marshall County, IA was born on June 20, 1901, and died at age 86 years old on April 15, 1988.
George Shimp
Marshalltown, Marshall County, IA 50158
June 20, 1901
April 15, 1988
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George Shimp's History: 1901 - 1988

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  • 06/20
    1901

    Birthday

    June 20, 1901
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  • 04/15
    1988

    Death

    April 15, 1988
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    George Shimp lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1901, in the year that George Shimp was born, John Pierpont "J. P." Morgan created U.S. Steel. J.P. Morgan was an American banker and financier who dominated U.S. business at this time. He had previously overseen the creation of General Electric, as well as International Harvester and AT&T. He has been referred to as America's greatest banker. U.S. Steel was the first billion dollar company in the world, worth $1.4 billion in 1901.
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In 1911, at the age of just 10 years old, George was alive when the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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