Goll family.
John G. Goll was a dominant figure in the Michigan oil industry. Goll was a contractor for Saginaw Prospecting Company. He drilled the first commercial oil well in Michigan in the Deindorfer Woods in August 1925. He was president of Goll, Graves & Mechling and associated with the most important oil discoveries in the state of Michigan. John Goll married Florence Putnam Rathbone in 1909. They had 2 children: a son named John Putnam Goll who was killed in an automobile accident in 1929 and a daughter named Frances Goll Mills. He was a keen hunter and fisher and was active in the Saginaw Gun Club and the Saginaw Field and Stream Club. He was a member of the Saginaw Club, the YMCA and he was associated with several other councils and lodges.
From the description of Goll family papers, 1844-1955. (Public Libraries of Saginaw). WorldCat record id: 58542573
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| creatorOf | Goll family. Goll family papers, 1844-1955. | Public Libraries of Saginaw |
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| associatedWith | Daughters of the American Revolution. Michigan. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | First Congregation Church (Saginaw, Mich.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Goll, Florence Rathbone, 1873-1950. | person |
| associatedWith | Goll, John George, 1866-1944. | person |
| associatedWith | John & Florence Goll Memorial Scholarship (Saginaw, Mich.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | McCabe, Adelaide Taggart, 1907-1984. | person |
| associatedWith | Mills family. | family |
| associatedWith | Mills, Frances Goll, 1909-1982. | person |
| associatedWith | Mills, Kendall A., 1903-1968. | person |
| associatedWith | Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790. | person |
| associatedWith | Rathbone family. | family |
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| Saginaw (Mich.) |
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