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Col Edwin Laurentine Drake

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Col Edwin Laurentine Drake

Birth
Greenville, Greene County, New York, USA
Death
8 Nov 1880 (aged 61)
Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Businessman. Famed for having drilled the world's first oil well, located in Titusville, Pennsylvania.
Businessman. Famed for having drilled the world's first oil well, located in Titusville, Pennsylvania.

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  • Added: Nov 7, 1999
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6884/edwin_laurentine-drake: accessed ), memorial page for Col Edwin Laurentine Drake (29 Mar 1819–8 Nov 1880), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6884, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.