Today in Wheeling History: December 28--Nelson E. Whitaker, industrialist who built up the iron and steel industry in Wheeling, died (1909).
Nelson Evans Whitaker was born on November 9, 1839 in Principio, Maryland. He came from a family of ironmakers and his father owned the Whitaker Iron Company. Whitaker was president of the Wheeling Corrugating Company, Wheeling, WV, the Whitaker-Glessner Company of Wheeling, the Tyler Tube & Pipe Company, Washington, PA, the Principio Forge Company of Maryland, the Riverside Bridge Company of Martins Ferry, Ohio, the Acme Carbon Company of West Virginia, the Whitaker Iron Company, and Vice-President of the Portsmouth (Ohio) Steel Company, and director of the La Belle Iron Works, Steubenville, Ohio. The Whitaker family's iron and steel assets eventually played a significant role in the formation of Wheeling Steel Company, and following a merger in 1968, it transformed into Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel; Alexander Glass, Whitaker's nephew, served as the president of Wheeling Steel until 1941. He served in the West Virginia Senate from 1897-1899 and also served one term in the West Virginia House of Delegates. Whitaker married Sallie F. Roberts in 1864 and they had four children. He died on December 28, 1909 in Wheeling, West Virginia at the age of 70. Whitaker was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling.
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Photo Credits: Ohio County Public Library, Wheeling WV; Scioto County (Ohio) Public Library, Wikipedia, HistoricBridges.org, Find a Grave, ebay.com
Nelson Evans Whitaker was born on November 9, 1839 in Principio, Maryland. He came from a family of ironmakers and his father owned the Whitaker Iron Company. Whitaker was president of the Wheeling Corrugating Company, Wheeling, WV, the Whitaker-Glessner Company of Wheeling, the Tyler Tube & Pipe Company, Washington, PA, the Principio Forge Company of Maryland, the Riverside Bridge Company of Martins Ferry, Ohio, the Acme Carbon Company of West Virginia, the Whitaker Iron Company, and Vice-President of the Portsmouth (Ohio) Steel Company, and director of the La Belle Iron Works, Steubenville, Ohio. The Whitaker family's iron and steel assets eventually played a significant role in the formation of Wheeling Steel Company, and following a merger in 1968, it transformed into Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel; Alexander Glass, Whitaker's nephew, served as the president of Wheeling Steel until 1941. He served in the West Virginia Senate from 1897-1899 and also served one term in the West Virginia House of Delegates. Whitaker married Sallie F. Roberts in 1864 and they had four children. He died on December 28, 1909 in Wheeling, West Virginia at the age of 70. Whitaker was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling.
To learn more: (http://tinyurl.com/2xr73kxr) (http://tinyurl.com/y677z3zd)
Photo Credits: Ohio County Public Library, Wheeling WV; Scioto County (Ohio) Public Library, Wikipedia, HistoricBridges.org, Find a Grave, ebay.com
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