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Orah Shaw 1882 - 1978

Orah Shaw of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on June 17, 1882, and died at age 96 years old in December 1978.

Orah Shaw
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Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60640
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June 17, 1882
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Orah Shaw Orah Shaw (1882 - 1978)
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In 1882, in the year that Orah Shaw was born, on September 4th, the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in the U.S. - at 255-257 Pearl Street - was flipped by Thomas Edison. It lit one square mile of lower Manhattan and was powered by coal. The "electrical age" had begun.
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In 1898, at the age of 16 years old, Orah was alive when magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company controlled 84% of the oil and pipelines in the United States. Rockefeller grew Standard Oil through the merger of several other small oil companies throughout the U.S., creating a monopoly.
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Shaw, Leucinda (Born Jan 16, 1881) Shaw, Ernie (Born Mar 16, 1908) Shaw, Barbara (Born Jan 19, 1875) Shaw, James (Born Oct 20, 1878) Shaw, William (Born Dec 12, 1852) Vickerman-Shaw, Margaret (Born 1922) Shaw, Wallace (Born c. 1870) Shaw, John (Born c. 1870) Shaw, Louvenia (Born Feb 13, 1877) Shaw, Jordan (Jan 6, 1916 - Feb 1975)
Shaw, Joel (Dec 28, 1903 - Mar 1984) Shaw, Frederic (Oct 28, 1889 - Dec 1975) Shaw, Bernard (Mar 28, 1908 - Jul 1981) Shaw, Jesse (Oct 11, 1891 - Mar 1978) Shaw, Clifton (Jul 11, 1899 - Apr 13, 1991) Shaw, Lindsay (Nov 6, 1902 - Feb 1969) Shaw, William (Dec 11, 1909 - Dec 13, 1996) Shaw, Clara (Apr 5, 1905 - Oct 1979) Shaw, Fred (Nov 13, 1880 - Dec 1964) Shaw, Harry (Oct 21, 1888 - Jan 1974)
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