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Hiram Bond Everest

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Pike, Wyoming County, New York, United States
Death: March 05, 1913 (82)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Place of Burial: 1133 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, 14620, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Joseph Everest and Esther Everest
Husband of Mercy Eleanor Everest
Father of Charles Marvin Everest; Albert Perry (Bertie) Everest; Eleanor Augusta (Nellie) Everest; Arthur Joseph Everest and Carrie Esther Clements
Brother of Mary Esther Outerbridge; Horace Durelle Everest and Orilla Jeannette Everest

Occupation: Teacher, Rancher, Vacuum Oil Co founder
Managed by: Sherry Cadenhead Klein
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About Hiram Bond Everest

Hiram Bond Everest

Inventor. While an employee at the Vacuum Oil Company (later Mobil Oil), he discovered the thick oil, which was a by-product of his distilled kerosene, was able to stand the high pressures and temperatures of the new internal combustion engine. Previously the oil had been used only by tanners, but when George Baldwin Selden tried it in his gasoline automobile engine, in 1877, he found it to be the perfect lubricant and it was henceforth known as 'motor oil'.

Vacuum Oil Company

Vacuum Oil was a petroleum company in the United States, founded in 1866. It later merged with Socony, which eventually changed its name to Mobil, and today is part of ExxonMobil. The Vacuum Oil Company was incorporated in 1866 by Matthew Ewing and Hiram Bond Everest.

In 1879, Standard Oil Company, headed by John D. Rockefeller, purchased a three-quarter interest in Vacuum. During the ensuing years, Rockefeller organized his various oil holdings into the Standard Oil Trust, with headquarters in New York. Standard Oil Company of New York (Socony) founded with dissolution of the Standard Oil monopoly in 1911.

In 1930, Vacuum acquired Wadham's Oil Company and the White Star Refining Company.

In 1931, Socony acquired all the assets of Vacuum Oil Company and changed its name to Socony-Vacuum Corporation.

In 1933, Socony-Vacuum and Standard Oil of New Jersey (later to become known as Esso, then Exxon) merged their Far East facilities and interests into a 50-50 venture called Standard-Vacuum Oil Company, or Stanvac.

In 1934, Socony-Vacuum Corp. changed its name to Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc.

In 1955, the name was changed to Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc. In 1966, there was a further change of name to the Mobil Oil Corporation.

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Hiram Bond Everest's Timeline

1830
April 11, 1830
Pike, Wyoming County, New York, United States
1852
October 25, 1852
Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States
1857
November 5, 1857
1860
February 19, 1860
1872
October 23, 1872
Rochester, Monroe Co, New York, United States
1873
October 26, 1873
1913
March 5, 1913
Age 82
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Middlebury Academy, New York
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Mount Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, 14620, United States