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The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, Volume 50 |
American watermarks 1690-1835
Oak Knoll Press, 2002 - Art - 363 pages
This new edition, revised with the assistance of Elizabeth Walsh of the Folger
Shakespeare Library, incorporates enhanced illustrations of all the original 700
watermark photographs, and adds more than 320 new watermarks found by
Mr. Gravell during the past twenty years. In all, 1,057 watermarks have now
been computer enhanced and tripled-indexed for better identification. This new
corpus of research includes revised and updated paper-mill histories,
an updated bibliography, a new glossary of papermaking, and new name, geographic,
and iconographic indexes. A new foreword by Keith Arbour recounts
Thomas Gravell's contributions to paper history.
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Wilcox
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Elizabeth
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June 20, 1919
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Plot 204 grave 2 South portion
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Wilcox
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James
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December 27, 1886
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Plot 204 grave 3 North portion
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Wilcox
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Sarah
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September 11, 1859
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Plot 204 grave 4 North portion
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Wallover
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Ann Maria
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January 31, 1818
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Plot C1033 grave 2 South portion
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Wallover
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Margaretta
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September 15, 1846
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Plot C1033 grave 4 North portion
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Wallover
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Peter
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April 17, 1824
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Plot C1033 grave 3 North portion
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Wallover
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Peter W.
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January 26, 1905
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Plot C1033 grave 3 North portion
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Wallover
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December 5, 1871
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Plot 64 grave 1 South portion
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Walton
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Anna Mary
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June 14, 1958
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Plot 340 grave 1 South portion
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Walton
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Charles M.
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July 24, 1941
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Plot 340 grave 1 South portion
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Walton
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Edward B.
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Unknown
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Plot 1285 grave 3 North portion
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Walton
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Elizabeth P.
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April 17, 1896
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Plot 464 grave 4 North portion
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Kartchner
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John Christopher
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Unknown
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Plot 64 grave 2 South portion
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| Sarah Walton | about 1785 , Bucks, Pennsylvania | about 1805 , Bucks, Pennsylvania | Isaac Walton Mary Spencer |
of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Buffalo, N.Y.,Chicago, Ill.: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899, pp. 331-333. gives quite a bit of great information about P.M. Wallover, who it states is the son of William Wallover.
P. M. WALLOVER, an extensive oil producer and refiner of Smith's Ferry, Beaver county, Pa., whose portrait appears on the opposite page, was born near Philadelphia, Pa., in 1824. Several generations of the Wallover family were born in that vicinity. The birth of his father, William H., and of his grandfather, after whom he was named, also occurred in that part of the state. His grandfather, M. P. Wallover, was the son of a well-known sea captain. He was reared and educated in the city of Philadelphia, and at an early age became interested in the manufacture of paper. (?) Why would he come aboard ship? Same person, then? In those pioneer
days all the work was done by hand, and to do an ex- 332 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES tensive business required considerable capital. He was successful in his operations and established two mills, one on Mill Creek, the other on Wissahickon Creek. He became very wealthy. At that early day, only wealthy people could afford to buy a piano, and he bought one of the finest instruments shipped to this country. The whole family became expert players on this instrument. He reared a family of six children, namely: Peter; William H.; Harry, who went to Mexico, and there formed a partnership with a Mr. Bellfield (both of whom showed their patriotism by offering their place to the government for a garrison); Harriet, who became the wife of a Mr. Duckett, a wealthy paper manufacturer; Margaret (Shee); and Mary Ann. William H. Wallover, father of the subject of this sketch, obtained his intellectual training in Philadelphia, and, although the ad-vantages were meagre, he received a fair education. His first business relations were those with his father, whom he assisted in the paper mills. He was interested in that business during all of his active career. He married Harriet Mervine, and they reared three children: P. M., the subject of this sketch; Anna, the wife of General Daniel Dare; and Henry, who died at the age of six years. William H. Wallover died in 1829, and his widow married a Mr. Stott, a mechanic of no mean ability. He it was who put the machinery in the United States steamship Prince-ton. He was superintendent of the Phoenixville Iron Works for many years, and retained this position up to the time of his death, which occurred very suddenly. P. M. Wallover received his education under private tutorship. He learned the trade of a machinist, but, although he never followed it, he has found his knowledge of mechanics very useful during his business life. His first work was in a paper mill of his uncle, near Philadelphia, where he labored for eight months; he was then given the management of the establishment. Afterwards he became interested in two mills, working them on shares, - and continued thus until 1854, when he came to Beaver county to manage a mill opened by a relative on Little Beaver Creek. This mill was operated for three years. Mr. Wallover purchased property near Smith's Ferry, and on February 9, 1860, he began to drill for oil. March 1, of that year, he struck a five-barrel well. This gave him encouragement, and he leased more property and struck a well which produced $60,000 worth of oil. He has drilled and operated twenty-eight wells, and all of them were good producers. In 1863, he started an oil refinery, - it being the first one in this district. He at once began to experiment in the oils, and his efforts were crowned with success. He made the first signal oil used on the Ohio River; he also made the first brand of wool oil used in the woolen mills, and got several brands of fine machinery oil. In those days the war tax was twelve cents per gallon, and one dollar per barrel. The firm name of the refinery was the Wallover Oil Co., but there were three BEAVER COUNTY 333 parties interested in it. Two of them were railroad men, and when the railroad was put through that section, the railroad partners had to withdraw from the Wallover Oil Co., as it was against the rules of the railroad company for any of its stockholders to hold outside interests. Consequently Mr. Wallover purchased their shares and continued the business alone. Our subject was joined in the bonds of wedlock with Margaret Arthur. She was also born in Philadelphia. They have a family of eight children: Charles A., now engaged in paper manufacturing; William H., who is in the oil business, in Indiana; Robert A., who is with his father; Joseph D., a contractor for drilling oil wells; Bert S., deceased; Edwin S., a salesman and teacher of music; Katie, deceased; and Laura (Boyd). Mr. Wallover is a Republican, and has served in minor offices of his town. The family is in accord with the M. E. church, of which he is a liberal supporter.
| Birth: | Mar. 5, 1824 |
| Death: | Jan. 28, 1910 |
Inscription: Father | |
| Burial: Georgetown Cemetery Georgetown Beaver County Pennsylvania, USA | |
books.google.comMag Penn Geol - 1982 - 2894 pages - Snippet view
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| Father: | Peter WALLOVER |
| Birth/Chris: | at ... |
| Death/Burial: | at ... |
| Mother: | Margaretha WALTON |
| Birth/Chris: | ... 1768 at ... |
| Death/Burial: | ... 1844 at ... |
| Married: | ... 1797 at ... |