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Wilson, Claude Dewitt - 1901

Alpha Chapter
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
Established June 28, 1855

1901

Wilson, Claude Dewitt, Branch Manager, United States Rubber Company, Indianapolis, Indiana. Died April 27, 1928.

~ The Sigma Chi Directory, 1929, Page 2

Frost, Henry Gilliland - 1901

Alpha Chapter
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
Established June 28, 1855

1901

Frost, Henry Gilliland, A.B. [Bachelor Of Arts], Attorney, Frost & Jacobs, 1301 Traction Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.

~ The Sigma Chi Directory, 1929, Page 2

Dennison, Guy Struble - 1901

Alpha Chapter
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
Established June 28, 1855

1901
Dennison, Guy Struble, A.B. [Bachelor of Arts], Assistant Principal, Wilbur Wright High School, 1215 Kunler Avenue, Dayton, Ohio.
~ The Sigma Chi Directory, 1929, Page 2

You can visit the memorial page for Guy Struble Dennison.

Hollis, William - 1841

Chapter XI
The Furnaces-- List of Furnaces
7.  Clinton Furnace, 1841, on Hemlock Creek, in the extreme northwest corner of Washington township; owned first by Clapp and Seymour; afterward by Samuel F. Plumer, manager, William Hollis; nine and one-half feet across the bosh, thirty-three feet high; production, 1845, 1,000 tons; 1856, 2,000; forge metal, out of fossil buhr-stone and fossil limestone, lower coal measure ore, mined two miles south of the furnace.
~ History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, 1887, Page 117

Plumer, Samuel F. - 1841

Chapter XI
The Furnaces-- List of Furnaces
7.  Clinton Furnace, 1841, on Hemlock Creek, in the extreme northwest corner of Washington township; owned first by Clapp and Seymour; afterward by Samuel F. Plumer, manager, William Hollis; nine and one-half feet across the bosh, thirty-three feet high; production, 1845, 1,000 tons; 1856, 2,000; forge metal, out of fossil buhr-stone and fossil limestone, lower coal measure ore, mined two miles south of the furnace.
~ History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, 1887, Page 117

Haslett, John - 1838

Chapter XI
The Furnaces-- List of Furnaces
6.  Jefferson Furnace, 1838, eight feet bosh, thirty feet high; on Beaver Creek at Jefferson Station; built by Arnold Plumer and S. F. Plumer, the latter became sole proprietor; managed by John Haslett.  It was run very irregularly; produced in 1845, 800 tons; in 1856, about 600 tons of forge metal out of limestone and bog ores; abandoned in 1858, chiefly on account of lack of timber.
~ History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, 1887, Pages 116 & 117

Plumer, Samuel F. - 1838

Chapter XI
The Furnaces-- List of Furnaces
6.  Jefferson Furnace, 1838, eight feet bosh, thirty feet high; on Beaver Creek at Jefferson Station; built by Arnold Plumer and S. F. Plumer, the latter became sole proprietor; managed by John Haslett.  It was run very irregularly; produced in 1845, 800 tons; in 1856, about 600 tons of forge metal out of limestone and bog ores; abandoned in 1858, chiefly on account of lack of timber.
~ History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, 1887, Pages 116 & 117

Plumer, Arnold - 1838

Chapter XI
The Furnaces-- List of Furnaces
6.  Jefferson Furnace, 1838, eight feet bosh, thirty feet high; on Beaver Creek at Jefferson Station; built by Arnold Plumer and S. F. Plumer, the latter became sole proprietor; managed by John Haslett.  It was run very irregularly; produced in 1845, 800 tons; in 1856, about 600 tons of forge metal out of limestone and bog ores; abandoned in 1858, chiefly on account of lack of timber.
~ History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, 1887, Pages 116 & 117

Conrad, M. - 1836

Chapter XI
The Furnaces-- List of Furnaces
5.  Madison Furnace, 1836, steam cold blast, situate on Piney Creek, two miles from the Clarion; nine feet across the bosh; thirty-two feet high; owned originally by Mathiot, Miller & Co., bought by Lyon, Shorb & Co., managed by Thomas McCulloch, Samuel Barr, Calvin Rankin, and M. Conrad; produced, 1845, 1,000 tons; 1856, 2,500 tons of mill metal, out of argillaceous carbonate ores of the coal measures close by; in 1872, made 3,048 tons.  Used chills; abandoned 1873, in consequence of the panic of that year.
~ History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, 1887, Page 116

Rankin, Calvin Alexander - 1836

Chapter XI
The Furnaces-- List of Furnaces
5.  Madison Furnace, 1836, steam cold blast, situate on Piney Creek, two miles from the Clarion; nine feet across the bosh; thirty-two feet high; owned originally by Mathiot, Miller & Co., bought by Lyon, Shorb & Co., managed by Thomas McCulloch, Samuel Barr, Calvin Rankin, and M. Conrad; produced, 1845, 1,000 tons; 1856, 2,500 tons of mill metal, out of argillaceous carbonate ores of the coal measures close by; in 1872, made 3,048 tons.  Used chills; abandoned 1873, in consequence of the panic of that year.
~ History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, 1887, Page 116
 
You can visit the memorial page for Calvin Alexander Rankin.

Barr, Samuel - 1836

Chapter XI
The Furnaces-- List of Furnaces
5.  Madison Furnace, 1836, steam cold blast, situate on Piney Creek, two miles from the Clarion; nine feet across the bosh; thirty-two feet high; owned originally by Mathiot, Miller & Co., bought by Lyon, Shorb & Co., managed by Thomas McCulloch, Samuel Barr, Calvin Rankin, and M. Conrad; produced, 1845, 1,000 tons; 1856, 2,500 tons of mill metal, out of argillaceous carbonate ores of the coal measures close by; in 1872, made 3,048 tons.  Used chills; abandoned 1873, in consequence of the panic of that year.
~ History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, 1887, Page 116

McCulloch, Thomas - 1836

Chapter XI
The Furnaces-- List of Furnaces
5.  Madison Furnace, 1836, steam cold blast, situate on Piney Creek, two miles from the Clarion; nine feet across the bosh; thirty-two feet high; owned originally by Mathiot, Miller & Co., bought by Lyon, Shorb & Co., managed by Thomas McCulloch, Samuel Barr, Calvin Rankin, and M. Conrad; produced, 1845, 1,000 tons; 1856, 2,500 tons of mill metal, out of argillaceous carbonate ores of the coal measures close by; in 1872, made 3,048 tons.  Used chills; abandoned 1873, in consequence of the panic of that year.
~ History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, 1887, Page 116

Long, D. B. - 1835

Chapter XI
The Furnaces-- List of Furnaces
4.  Beaver Furnace, 1835, on Deer Creek, two miles from its mouth; steam and water; hot and cold blast, the last blast was hot; nine feet bosh by thirty-three feet high; owned by Long, Blackstone & Co.; output 1845, 1,200 tons; in 1852, 1,500; abandoned in 1854.

While in the legislature Mr. D. B. Long, one of the firm, procured the passage of an act, forbidding the sale of intoxicating liquors within a radius of three miles from this furnace.
~ History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, 1887, Page 116