![GEORGE H. BISSELL](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/The_History_of_the_Standard_Oil_Company_Vol_1_-_George_H._Bissell.png/250px-The_History_of_the_Standard_Oil_Company_Vol_1_-_George_H._Bissell.png)
GEORGE H. BISSELL
Founder of the first oil company in the United States.
![JONATHAN WATSON](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/The_History_of_the_Standard_Oil_Company_Vol_1_-_Jonathan_Watson.png/250px-The_History_of_the_Standard_Oil_Company_Vol_1_-_Jonathan_Watson.png)
JONATHAN WATSON
One of the owners of the land on which the first successful well was drilled for oil.
![SAMUEL KIER](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/The_History_of_the_Standard_Oil_Company_Vol_1_-_Samuel_Kier.png/250px-The_History_of_the_Standard_Oil_Company_Vol_1_-_Samuel_Kier.png)
SAMUEL KIER
The first petroleum refined and sold for lighting purpose was made by Mr. Kier in the '50s in Pittsburg.
![JOSHUA MERRILL](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/The_History_of_the_Standard_Oil_Company_Vol_1_-_Joshua_Merrill.png/250px-The_History_of_the_Standard_Oil_Company_Vol_1_-_Joshua_Merrill.png)
JOSHUA MERRILL
The chemist and refiner to whom many of the most important processes now in use in making illuminating and lubricating oils are due.