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. - mb. M ► » •V»Blii ol mja Old J’loneer, /William Harrey Ewing dlelt;l yeaterdsy Ht til# bom©, 430 Dnqneene Wfcj, aged Vi yours, Deceuied *u a life-long resident of Pittabnrg and had been retired from basinesK for many year*. He wh *ome Ilf teen or twenty years ago a very proml nent aud very wealthy lumber dealer.— Pittsburg Time*.The abate dipping frota the Pittsburg Time* ot Doo, 31, will recall to the “49 era” ot olldom one of fcbeir rapidly diminishing number, who wan prominent and eminently enooesidul In the oi» bu»i-o«KH oo Oil Creek in the early 60'«.Mr. Ewing entered into the oil business in connection with Mobbm. John H, JDalzell and J Willi* DaUeJl, also of 1'ittsbarg. in. th© year lbOO. Their residents© nod headquarter* were in thfa oily, where they were prominently Identified with the exolting erents of a period which rivalled, if not exceeded, in interest, th« waiting *den©H of tb© early year* following the discovery of gold In California. They acquired by purchase , jieve rid farm* on the oreek In the vloimty of Petroleum Oantre, wbiob were w mdorfuily productive of oil when that ootomodity was selling at a high tiguro. When the excitement w*» at ite height they titapemed of tbelr iutorest and rotired from the bas{no*« with a fortune aggregating about two millions of dollarfi,Mr. Ewing about the your 1863 was married to Catherine S. Torbelt grand daughter of the ihto Joseph L. Ohafi©. Esq., of this ©ity, and greatgrand*d'iUghter of Jonathan Titos, the founder of Titnftviile.l’he deceased wan a gentleman of inoit pleasing uddro i» ami genial disposition, nnd the news of his death will be read with feelings of regret by his old-time friends hero and throughout the oilregjrtwi.
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Titusville Herald
Titusville, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Jan 02, 1893
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