Husband Lewis Elmore Mallory 1 2 3 4 5
Born: 6 Apr or 16 Apr 1849 - Cambridge Springs, Crawford Co, PA 1 3 5
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Died: 12 Dec 1922 - Bradford, McKean Co, PA 4 5
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Father: Truman Mallory (1824-1899) 3 6
Mother: Charlotte Lydia Phelps (1829-1903) 7
Marriage: 1 Jan 1873 1 5 8
Wife Emma Jeannette Crawford 1 2 5 8
Born: 23 May 1853 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 5 8
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Died: 23 Dec 1919 5
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Father: Ebenezer Crawford (1821-1897) 9 10 11
Mother: Elizabeth Wilson (1833-1906) 2 9 10
Children
1 M Lewis Elbert Mallory, Jr. 8 12
Born: 18 May 1874 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 8 12
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Died: 13 May 1928 - Bradford, McKean Co, PA 12
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Spouse: Mabelle DeHarte (1881- ) 12
2 F Nellie Emma Mallory 8
Born: 2 Dec 1875 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 8
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Spouse: Frederick G. Crittenden (1867- ) 8
3 F Maude Mallory 8
Born: 2 Aug 1881 8
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Died: 12 Oct 1881 8
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - Lewis Elmore Mallory
Another source states that he was born in Cambridge, Erie County, Pennsylvania.
His early education was obtained in the public schools at Phelps Corners, Washington township, but his school attendance ceased when he was fifteen years of age. He then began work in the oil fields, going first to Bull Run in the oil creek district of Venango County. He continued in that field ten years, finishing up his work at wells on the John Steel farm. In 1863-64 he was at Pleasantville in the same county, going thence to Foster, Venango County, where he was a contractor. At the time of the Angel and Prentice developments, he went to Bully Hill and there drilled the first oil well with five and five-eighths casing and drilled to sand without water; this was the first well of its kind below Oil City.
In 1876 he located in Bradford, but did not confined his operations to that city or section. He was known as one of the largest and most successful operators of the oil and gas country, and was constantly engaged in the development of oil properties, both as an individual operator and in corporate enterprises. He opened up the Watsonville Oil Pool, near Marshburg, in McKean County; the abundant pool in Chipmunk and Second Sands, on Nicholas Run, Cattaraugus County, New York, and the Turkey Mountain Pool, in Tulsa county, Oklahoma. In the Ohio field he operated through the Ohio Fuel Supply Gas Company, of which he was a director; also was a director and member of the executive committee of the Ohio Fuel & Oil Company, a company actively operating in Blue Creek, Kanawha county, West Virginia. The vastness of his oil interests was best explained by the fact that he owned entirely or partially over a thousand producing wells, many of them in the Bradford fields. His experience covered all branches of oil and gas production, beginning as a boy of fifteen when he took up life's battles. He was nobly seconded in many of his enterprises by his son, Lewis Elbert.
He was a Republican in politics, but never actively entered public life, devoting all his energy to his large business interests. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, the Duquesne Club of Pittsburgh, the Bradford Merchants, Country and Bradford Gun clubs. In the latter he enjoyed his favorite recreation, shooting, and with his son helped make and maintain the high reputation the club had in marksmanship against picked clubs of the United States and Canada. He was prominent in the Masonic order, belonging to all bodies of the York and Scottish Rites, holding in the latter the thirty-second degree. His memberships were in Bradford Lodge, No. 334, Free and Accepted Masons; Bradford Council, Royal and Select Masters; Bradford Chapter, No. 260, Royal Arch Masons; Trinity Commandery, No. 58, Knights Templar; Syria Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Pittsburgh, and Pittsburgh Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. He also was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. [GPHAV, 45]
He attended a district school at Phelps Corners until he was fifteen years old and then went to work in the oil fields at Bull Run, Venango County, Pennsylvania. He learned rapidly and was soon doing independent contracting. It is necessary to make reference to a piece of oil history to indicate the time and place of Mr. Mallory, Sr., as a pioneer in this industry. He was ten years old when Colonel Edwin L. Drake sank the first commercially profitable well, August 27, 1859. Despite the immediate "black gold" rush, the first of many, relatively little progress had been made when Lewis E. Mallory was contracting for the sinking of wells while still a beardless youth. The first really big boom began in 1864, when Mallory began his connection with the industry, and he had not reached his majority when he drilled the first well, using five and five-eighths-inch casing to shut out water, one of the important steps toward improved production. This was at Bully Hill, Pennsylvania.
In 1876 Lewis E. Mallory located at Bradford when this field was in its infancy and from then on until his death, he was a power in this territory. During these early years he gained a wide experience in every phase of the gas and oil industry that was to stand him well in later life. It was not long after moving to Bradford that he became one of the most successful operators in the country. Although his holdings in Bradford, both as an individual and in corporate enterprises, were very extensive he did not confine himself to this one area. Mr. Mallory opened the Watsonville pool in McKean County; the rich pool in Chipmunk; and second sand on Nichols Run in Cattaraugus County, New York, and the Turkey Mountain pool in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. He also operated extensively in Ohio as an executive of the Ohio Fuel Supply Company, and in West Virginia through the Ohio Fuel Oil Company located on Blue Creek in Kanawha County. His success was not meteoric but steady, for which courageous enterprise and a keen knowledge of his business were mostly responsible. Although a hard worker he did not even in younger years devote his entire time to business. He was active in club and fraternal affiliations, as well as in the social affairs of the community. From his grandfather Phelps, a noted hunter, he inherited a love of shooting and was a capable marksman. He was a member of the Bradford Gun Club and his skill aided the club to make and maintain a high reputation in marksmanship against picked clubs of the United States and Canada. Fraternally he was a member of Union Lodge, No. 334, Free and Accepted Masons; Bradford Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Bradford Council, Royal and Select Masters; Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar; Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; and Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and among his clubs were the Duquesne Club of Pittsburgh, the Bradford Club and the Country Club of Bradford, and the "Forty Niners." He was a Republican in politics and a member of the First Presbyterian Church which he served as trustee.
At the time of his death, Mr. Mallory was vice-president and director of the Commercial Bank; president of the Bradford Brick & Tile Company; president and director of Oswayo Chemical Company; director of the Genesee Chemical Company; director and member of the executive board of the Ohio Fuel Supply Company, of the Ohio Fuel Oil Company, and senior member of the firm of L. E. Mallory & Son and the Nichols Run Oil Company. A man of unusual energy and resourcefulness he would not be denied success in his chosen field. He was a natural leader and found willing and loyal followers wherever he went because of his ready sympathy and a steadfast desire to accord a square deal to all with whom he came in contact. Few men retained the high regard of all classes as did Mr. Mallory. [HWP, 564]
General Notes: Wife - Emma Jeannette Crawford
She was educated in Emlenton Seminary. She was a member of the Presbyterian church and Bradford Country Club.