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Joseph B Wells 1911 - 1990

Joseph B Wells was born on October 9, 1911, and died at age 78 years old on September 19, 1990. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joseph B Wells.
Joseph B Wells
October 9, 1911
September 19, 1990
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  • 10/9
    1911

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    October 9, 1911
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  • 09/19
    1990

    Death

    September 19, 1990
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    Joseph B Wells lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1911, in the year that Joseph B Wells was born, 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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In 1923, Joseph was just 12 years old when the Teapot Dome scandal became the subject of an investigation by Senator Walsh and severely damaged the reputation of the Harding administration. Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall was convicted of accepting bribes from oil companies and became the first Cabinet member to go to prison. At the time, the Teapot Dome scandal was seen as "greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics".
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