History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . lA. J\Wvjo^ V JAjy^XxAji^ ^ BIOGRAPHICAL 143 family that has been for three centuries prominent inNew York and Pennsylvania. Col. George W. Elkins was a representative of theline whose life activity, occurring principally in thelatter half of the nineteenth century, was productive ofsubstantial benefit to his time. He was a son of GeorgeW. and Susannah (Howell) Elkins, his father a pioneerpaper manufacturer and one of Philadelphias wealthyand influential citizens of an early day. Col. Geo
History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . lA. J\Wvjo^ V JAjy^XxAji^ ^ BIOGRAPHICAL 143 family that has been for three centuries prominent inNew York and Pennsylvania. Col. George W. Elkins was a representative of theline whose life activity, occurring principally in thelatter half of the nineteenth century, was productive ofsubstantial benefit to his time. He was a son of GeorgeW. and Susannah (Howell) Elkins, his father a pioneerpaper manufacturer and one of Philadelphias wealthyand influential citizens of an early day. Col. GeorgeW. Elkins was born in Philadelphia, March 15, 1828,the death of the father occurring when the son was aboy at school. He attended Philadelphia institutionsand. marrying in young manhood, came to Pittsburgh in1868. The oil business offered him his first field ofwork, his first venture in association with his brother,William L. Elkins, in the organization of the River-side Oil Company, whose works were the largest andmost complete in the district. This company marketedthe first gasoline in Pittsburgh and
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