James Ellsworth (industrialist)
| James W. Ellsworth | |
|---|---|
.jpg) James Ellsworth, Oct. 1897. | |
| Born |
13 October 1849 Hudson, Ohio |
| Died |
2 June 1925 Florence, Italy |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | industrialist |
James William Ellsworth (Hudson, Ohio October 13, 1849 - Florence, Italy June 2, 1925) was an American industrialist and a Pennsylvania coal mine owner. The coal town of Ellsworth, Pennsylvania is named after him.[1] He also served as president of the Caxton Club and the Jekyll Island Club.
Ellsworth married Eva Francis Butler on November 4, 1874. They had two children, Lincoln and Claire. But Mrs. Ellsworth died in 1888 at the age of 36. Ellsworth married a second time to Julia Muirheid Clarke. The second Mrs. Ellsworth lived to be 74 years old; she died in 1921.[2]
In 1907, following the completion of the Monongahela Railway, Ellsworth sold the coal mines to Bethlehem Steel and purchased the Villa Palmieri, Fiesole, in part to further his interests as a collector of art and rare coins.[3]
His son, Lincoln Ellsworth, was a pilot in the Amundsen-Ellsworth Polar Flying Expedition of May 1925 which James Ellsworth sponsored. James Ellsworth died in Italy in 1925 while awaiting the news of his son's safety.[4]
References
- ↑ Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed. (1908). Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States: 1908–1909 (PDF). Chicago: A. N. Marquis & Company. p. 579. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6444885
- ↑ Heritage Numismatic Auctions Presents the Gold Rush Collection 1932899448 Ivy Press - 2004
- ↑ The Daily Republican from Monongahela, Pennsylvania "In the late nineties he came to this part of Penn sylvania and purchased options on coal lands near the present sites of Ellsworth for as low as $30 an acre.."