The bridge notes are that the Vacuum Oil Company was founded in 1866 after an accidental discovery of a residue from distilling kerosene - it became a lubricant that was used in steam engines & internal-combustion engines. Standard Oil purchased the company in 1879 which originated the Mobil trademark but it was broken up again in 1911 because of the Sherman Antitrust Act - basically an Act that attempted to curtail monopolies.
In 1931, the Vacuum Oil & Standard Oil Company of New York (aka Socony) merged again, this time it became known as the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company. In 1963, the company became known as Mobil and it had a new logo - in 1998 Mobil became ExxonMobil
Madison Barker Wilbur was the son of Franklin Fellows Wilbur & Flora Catherine Smith. He married Mahala Belle Haviland, the daughter of George Haviland & Allena Stewart; they had a daughter named Clara Belle Wilbur.
Times Record, 14 May 1941
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Madison B Wilbur
Funeral services for Madison B Wilbur, 32, were conducted at 3 pm yesterday from the home of his parents, Mr and Mrs Frank F Wilbur, Quaker Springs. Rev Donald MacDonald, pastor of the Baptist Church, Bellerose, L I, officiated, assisted by Rev Harvey Hoffman, pastor of the Reformed Church of Schuylerville. Interment was in Friends Cemetery, Quaker Springs. Mr Wilbur died in Albany Hospital Saturday. He had been residing in Queens Village, L I, where he was employed as laboratory technician by the Socony Oil Co. Other survivors include his wife; one daughter; two sisters, Mrs Paul Henninger, East Greenbush and Mrs R Carl Robison of New York.
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Madison's sister, Gladys, married Reuben Carl Robinson, the son of Ralph Robinson & Lucy Morehouse and they too had 1 daughter - Carleen.
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Robinson Rite Monday in Saratoga
Saratoga Springs - Funeral services for R Carl Robinson, 66, of Tempe, Ariz, a former area resident who died yesterday morning in Saratoga Hospital, will be conducted at 11 am Monday at the Bussing & Cuniff funeral Home by the Rev Herbert C Johnson. Burial will be in Friends Cemetery, Quaker Springs. He was born in Greenfield Center Sep 29, 1906, and before his retirement was an executive administrative assistant with the Mobil Oil Corp in New York for 40 years. While in New York City, he was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and in Tempe, he was a member of Faith Evangelical Free church and a member of the Gideons International. Survivors include his wife, Gladys Wilbur Robinson; one daughter, Mrs Ormiston T Ellis, Tempe; his mother, Mrs Lucy M Robinson, Greenfield Center; two brothers, Donald M Robinson, Guilderland and Earl H Robinson, Pittman, NY. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow from 7 to 9 pm. Friends are asked to make contributions to Faith Evangelical Free Church, East Southern Avenue, Tempe, Ariz.
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