John Henry Fairbank
(1831-1914)
Canadian businessman and politician
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John Henry Fairbank (July 21,1831 - February 10,1914) was variously a surveyor, oilman, inventor, banker, politician and fire chief in Lambton County, Ontario. Fairbank is best known for his invention of the Jerker-line pumping system, which quickly spread across the world its introduction in the mid-1860s. Fairbank Oil, established by Fairbank in 1861, is the oldest continually operating petroleum company, and the company's property, known as the "First Commercial Oil Field," is included in the List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Ontario.
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1831 Rouses Point, New York
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1 February 1914 (aged 82) Petrolia, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
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