Son of Daniel Shupe and Caroline Hitchman.
G.A.R.
At the age of twenty-one Oliver Perry Shupe became associated as superintendent of the firm of Shupe and Wade distillers, retaining the position for fourteen years. After the death of his father, Daniel Shupe, he purchased the distillery and converted it into the first roller-process flour mill in western Pennsylvania. He was also the director of the Mount Pleasant branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, and was largely instrumental in securing the charter for the Mount Pleasant Water Company. He was also the vice president and director of the Citizens' Savings & Trust Company of Mount Pleasant.
Socially he was by nature a kindly, agreeable man. Being a man of strict integrity he despised any species of fraud, and was not slow in condemning the wrong in both business and social circles. He was of Scotch-Irish blood from both branches of the maternal side. He married Sallie B. Dick the daughter of Reverend William B. Dick, formerly a minister of the United Brethren church of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania.
NOTES & SOURCES:
1. Census records -- Mt. Pleasant Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA --
1870 - Oliver Shupe, 26, distiller; Sallie B. 26; James W. 5;
William D. 3; Carrie V. 1.
1880 - Oliver P. Shupe, 37, flour & grain dealer; Nellie B. 37;
James 15; William D. 13; Virginia B. 8; Irene June 3. Living in
the village of Texas, near Mt. Pleasant.
1900 - ED 121, Mt. Pleasant Boro, Ward 3 - O.P. Shupe 57, b. Jan 1843;
Sarah b. 57, b. Aug. 1843 (marr. 36 yrs., 6 children/ 3 living). Also Virginia
Dick (mother) 84, b. 1816 (1 child/1 living)
1910 - ED 164, 3A - Mt. Pleasant Boro, 3rd Ward - Oliver P. Shupe 67,
Sarah B. 67 (marr. 46 yrs., 6 children/2 living). Also Virginia Hood (daughter) 34,
divorced, & Sarah Hood (grandaughter) 13.
In the 1867 Atlas Oliver Perry Shupe was listed as a distiller in Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., PA. Oliver purchased the steam powered flour mill at Mt. Pleasant in 1878, which was previously owned by his father Daniel Shupe and a James R. Wade. Oliver Perry (O.P.) Shupe contracted George Washington Bollinger to converted the mill to the first Hungarian roller process flour mill in Western PA in 1880/1882. O.P. Shupe was known to keep a drink of Whiskey for the truck drivers that were making deliveries or pick-ups at the mill.
The East End of Mount Pleasant was called Texas after the Mexican War of 1846-48. By 1872, two railroads, The Broadford and Mt. Pleasant Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio and the Southwest Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad served the town - industry thrived.
Civil War service was in Dick's Independent Cavalry Company, a Mt. Pleasant unit that existed from July 9, 1863 until Oct. 31, 1863. Page 496 of "History of Westmoreland Co.,
PA" by George Dallas Albert, 1882, shows "Sgt. O.P. Shupe" and "Pvt. D. Shupe" (probably his brother David Shupe.)
John Murtha and Mary Ann Boyle bought their first house of their own in 1890, a white two-story house on the east side of Mount Joy Road in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, a small hamlet outside of Mount Pleasant. When John borrowed the money to buy the house from the Mount Pleasant State Bank, he told the banker, O.P. Shupe, “With luck, I’ll pay off the debt before the due date.” “Don’t say that,” Shupe replied. “You make your own luck in this world.” On his way home, John swore off drinking until the mortgage was paid off, and he kept his pledge.
Alexander Tichenor Collins son-in-law of O. P. Shupe served as Treasure of Westmoreland Co., PA. Auditor and Paymaster at Louisville, KY Traction Co. between 1888 and 1904. Managed O. P. flour Mill since 1904. Resided in Greensburg, PA.
According to the Old Home Week souvenir program of July 4-10, 1910, among the industries which were located in Texas: O.P. Shupe (flour mill) - 20 employees. O. P. Shupe also served as Vice President of the Citizens Savings and Trust Company in Mt. Pleasant.
Christopher Kearney was a veteran of World War I, having enlisted in the National Guard on April 22, 1917, about two weeks after the U.S. declared war on Germany. This seems to have been the central experience in Chris' life, reports his daughter Kathleen: He didn’t talk much, but he liked to talk about the war. The September 11, 1917 edition of the Mount Pleasant Journal recorded the departure of Chris' unit: Company E, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry of National Guardsmen, and the local members of this district called to serve in the National Army, have left for their southern training camps, the former at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia...but the loyal people of Mount Pleasant did not allow them to depart until fitting tributes were paid both alike as becomes those who go forth to fight in defense of the Nation’s honor.... Thousands of loyal people...looked with proud eyes on Captain Zundell and his 151 sturdy, sunburnt boys as they swung along with that step that told of faithful training both here and on the Mexican border.... There were both cheers and tears as the sturdy young soldiers swept down the long street and entrained at the station after a few farewell remarks were made them from the steps of the O.P. Shupe mill.
William E. Pritts "Bill Pritts" purchased the Oliver Perry Shupe Flour Mill in 1940. In 1946 the roller process flour mill was discontinued, the equipment was removed, and either scraped or sold for use in South America. The flour mill was replaced by a feed manufacturing and blending plant. Known as the Pritts Feed Mill, Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., PA. He also converted the feed mill from steam power to electric motor power.
Member of Mt Pleasant Lodge #2280 of Knights of Honor.
A Town that Grew at the Crossroad: Mt Pleasant, PA, p. 172:
Dick's Independent Cavalry Co in Civil War:
Sergeants: O P Shupe, W J Hitchman
Pvt: D W Shupe
Mt Pleasant United Presby Cm, Mt Pleasant Tp, Westmoreland Co PA, p. 96-97:
Mt Pleasant Boro, Westmoreland Co Atlas Map, 1867:
Robert Hitchman proprietor of Hitchman House
James Hitchman distiller
A B Hitchman farmer
W J Hitchman tanner, currier, farmer
David M Kough engineer
Daniel Shupe merchant distiller & grain dealer
Daniel distiller
O P Shupe distiller
Lewis Shupe distiller
A Town that Grew at the Crossroad: Mt Pleasant, PA, p. 198-199:
Photo of the house of O P Shupe near Mt Pleasant PA.
In 1910, O P Shupe's flour & feed mill had 20 employees.
A Town that Grew at the Crossroad: Mt Pleasant PA:1978 p.35:
O. P Shupe had the first automobile in Mt Pleasant PA
Contributor: Prof. K. Edward Lay (46991226) • [email protected]
G.A.R.
At the age of twenty-one Oliver Perry Shupe became associated as superintendent of the firm of Shupe and Wade distillers, retaining the position for fourteen years. After the death of his father, Daniel Shupe, he purchased the distillery and converted it into the first roller-process flour mill in western Pennsylvania. He was also the director of the Mount Pleasant branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, and was largely instrumental in securing the charter for the Mount Pleasant Water Company. He was also the vice president and director of the Citizens' Savings & Trust Company of Mount Pleasant.
Socially he was by nature a kindly, agreeable man. Being a man of strict integrity he despised any species of fraud, and was not slow in condemning the wrong in both business and social circles. He was of Scotch-Irish blood from both branches of the maternal side. He married Sallie B. Dick the daughter of Reverend William B. Dick, formerly a minister of the United Brethren church of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania.
NOTES & SOURCES:
1. Census records -- Mt. Pleasant Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA --
1870 - Oliver Shupe, 26, distiller; Sallie B. 26; James W. 5;
William D. 3; Carrie V. 1.
1880 - Oliver P. Shupe, 37, flour & grain dealer; Nellie B. 37;
James 15; William D. 13; Virginia B. 8; Irene June 3. Living in
the village of Texas, near Mt. Pleasant.
1900 - ED 121, Mt. Pleasant Boro, Ward 3 - O.P. Shupe 57, b. Jan 1843;
Sarah b. 57, b. Aug. 1843 (marr. 36 yrs., 6 children/ 3 living). Also Virginia
Dick (mother) 84, b. 1816 (1 child/1 living)
1910 - ED 164, 3A - Mt. Pleasant Boro, 3rd Ward - Oliver P. Shupe 67,
Sarah B. 67 (marr. 46 yrs., 6 children/2 living). Also Virginia Hood (daughter) 34,
divorced, & Sarah Hood (grandaughter) 13.
In the 1867 Atlas Oliver Perry Shupe was listed as a distiller in Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., PA. Oliver purchased the steam powered flour mill at Mt. Pleasant in 1878, which was previously owned by his father Daniel Shupe and a James R. Wade. Oliver Perry (O.P.) Shupe contracted George Washington Bollinger to converted the mill to the first Hungarian roller process flour mill in Western PA in 1880/1882. O.P. Shupe was known to keep a drink of Whiskey for the truck drivers that were making deliveries or pick-ups at the mill.
The East End of Mount Pleasant was called Texas after the Mexican War of 1846-48. By 1872, two railroads, The Broadford and Mt. Pleasant Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio and the Southwest Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad served the town - industry thrived.
Civil War service was in Dick's Independent Cavalry Company, a Mt. Pleasant unit that existed from July 9, 1863 until Oct. 31, 1863. Page 496 of "History of Westmoreland Co.,
PA" by George Dallas Albert, 1882, shows "Sgt. O.P. Shupe" and "Pvt. D. Shupe" (probably his brother David Shupe.)
John Murtha and Mary Ann Boyle bought their first house of their own in 1890, a white two-story house on the east side of Mount Joy Road in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, a small hamlet outside of Mount Pleasant. When John borrowed the money to buy the house from the Mount Pleasant State Bank, he told the banker, O.P. Shupe, “With luck, I’ll pay off the debt before the due date.” “Don’t say that,” Shupe replied. “You make your own luck in this world.” On his way home, John swore off drinking until the mortgage was paid off, and he kept his pledge.
Alexander Tichenor Collins son-in-law of O. P. Shupe served as Treasure of Westmoreland Co., PA. Auditor and Paymaster at Louisville, KY Traction Co. between 1888 and 1904. Managed O. P. flour Mill since 1904. Resided in Greensburg, PA.
According to the Old Home Week souvenir program of July 4-10, 1910, among the industries which were located in Texas: O.P. Shupe (flour mill) - 20 employees. O. P. Shupe also served as Vice President of the Citizens Savings and Trust Company in Mt. Pleasant.
Christopher Kearney was a veteran of World War I, having enlisted in the National Guard on April 22, 1917, about two weeks after the U.S. declared war on Germany. This seems to have been the central experience in Chris' life, reports his daughter Kathleen: He didn’t talk much, but he liked to talk about the war. The September 11, 1917 edition of the Mount Pleasant Journal recorded the departure of Chris' unit: Company E, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry of National Guardsmen, and the local members of this district called to serve in the National Army, have left for their southern training camps, the former at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia...but the loyal people of Mount Pleasant did not allow them to depart until fitting tributes were paid both alike as becomes those who go forth to fight in defense of the Nation’s honor.... Thousands of loyal people...looked with proud eyes on Captain Zundell and his 151 sturdy, sunburnt boys as they swung along with that step that told of faithful training both here and on the Mexican border.... There were both cheers and tears as the sturdy young soldiers swept down the long street and entrained at the station after a few farewell remarks were made them from the steps of the O.P. Shupe mill.
William E. Pritts "Bill Pritts" purchased the Oliver Perry Shupe Flour Mill in 1940. In 1946 the roller process flour mill was discontinued, the equipment was removed, and either scraped or sold for use in South America. The flour mill was replaced by a feed manufacturing and blending plant. Known as the Pritts Feed Mill, Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., PA. He also converted the feed mill from steam power to electric motor power.
Member of Mt Pleasant Lodge #2280 of Knights of Honor.
A Town that Grew at the Crossroad: Mt Pleasant, PA, p. 172:
Dick's Independent Cavalry Co in Civil War:
Sergeants: O P Shupe, W J Hitchman
Pvt: D W Shupe
Mt Pleasant United Presby Cm, Mt Pleasant Tp, Westmoreland Co PA, p. 96-97:
Mt Pleasant Boro, Westmoreland Co Atlas Map, 1867:
Robert Hitchman proprietor of Hitchman House
James Hitchman distiller
A B Hitchman farmer
W J Hitchman tanner, currier, farmer
David M Kough engineer
Daniel Shupe merchant distiller & grain dealer
Daniel distiller
O P Shupe distiller
Lewis Shupe distiller
A Town that Grew at the Crossroad: Mt Pleasant, PA, p. 198-199:
Photo of the house of O P Shupe near Mt Pleasant PA.
In 1910, O P Shupe's flour & feed mill had 20 employees.
A Town that Grew at the Crossroad: Mt Pleasant PA:1978 p.35:
O. P Shupe had the first automobile in Mt Pleasant PA
Contributor: Prof. K. Edward Lay (46991226) • [email protected]
Son of Daniel Shupe and Caroline Hitchman.
G.A.R.
At the age of twenty-one Oliver Perry Shupe became associated as superintendent of the firm of Shupe and Wade distillers, retaining the position for fourteen years. After the death of his father, Daniel Shupe, he purchased the distillery and converted it into the first roller-process flour mill in western Pennsylvania. He was also the director of the Mount Pleasant branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, and was largely instrumental in securing the charter for the Mount Pleasant Water Company. He was also the vice president and director of the Citizens' Savings & Trust Company of Mount Pleasant.
Socially he was by nature a kindly, agreeable man. Being a man of strict integrity he despised any species of fraud, and was not slow in condemning the wrong in both business and social circles. He was of Scotch-Irish blood from both branches of the maternal side. He married Sallie B. Dick the daughter of Reverend William B. Dick, formerly a minister of the United Brethren church of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania.
NOTES & SOURCES:
1. Census records -- Mt. Pleasant Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA --
1870 - Oliver Shupe, 26, distiller; Sallie B. 26; James W. 5;
William D. 3; Carrie V. 1.
1880 - Oliver P. Shupe, 37, flour & grain dealer; Nellie B. 37;
James 15; William D. 13; Virginia B. 8; Irene June 3. Living in
the village of Texas, near Mt. Pleasant.
1900 - ED 121, Mt. Pleasant Boro, Ward 3 - O.P. Shupe 57, b. Jan 1843;
Sarah b. 57, b. Aug. 1843 (marr. 36 yrs., 6 children/ 3 living). Also Virginia
Dick (mother) 84, b. 1816 (1 child/1 living)
1910 - ED 164, 3A - Mt. Pleasant Boro, 3rd Ward - Oliver P. Shupe 67,
Sarah B. 67 (marr. 46 yrs., 6 children/2 living). Also Virginia Hood (daughter) 34,
divorced, & Sarah Hood (grandaughter) 13.
In the 1867 Atlas Oliver Perry Shupe was listed as a distiller in Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., PA. Oliver purchased the steam powered flour mill at Mt. Pleasant in 1878, which was previously owned by his father Daniel Shupe and a James R. Wade. Oliver Perry (O.P.) Shupe contracted George Washington Bollinger to converted the mill to the first Hungarian roller process flour mill in Western PA in 1880/1882. O.P. Shupe was known to keep a drink of Whiskey for the truck drivers that were making deliveries or pick-ups at the mill.
The East End of Mount Pleasant was called Texas after the Mexican War of 1846-48. By 1872, two railroads, The Broadford and Mt. Pleasant Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio and the Southwest Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad served the town - industry thrived.
Civil War service was in Dick's Independent Cavalry Company, a Mt. Pleasant unit that existed from July 9, 1863 until Oct. 31, 1863. Page 496 of "History of Westmoreland Co.,
PA" by George Dallas Albert, 1882, shows "Sgt. O.P. Shupe" and "Pvt. D. Shupe" (probably his brother David Shupe.)
John Murtha and Mary Ann Boyle bought their first house of their own in 1890, a white two-story house on the east side of Mount Joy Road in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, a small hamlet outside of Mount Pleasant. When John borrowed the money to buy the house from the Mount Pleasant State Bank, he told the banker, O.P. Shupe, “With luck, I’ll pay off the debt before the due date.” “Don’t say that,” Shupe replied. “You make your own luck in this world.” On his way home, John swore off drinking until the mortgage was paid off, and he kept his pledge.
Alexander Tichenor Collins son-in-law of O. P. Shupe served as Treasure of Westmoreland Co., PA. Auditor and Paymaster at Louisville, KY Traction Co. between 1888 and 1904. Managed O. P. flour Mill since 1904. Resided in Greensburg, PA.
According to the Old Home Week souvenir program of July 4-10, 1910, among the industries which were located in Texas: O.P. Shupe (flour mill) - 20 employees. O. P. Shupe also served as Vice President of the Citizens Savings and Trust Company in Mt. Pleasant.
Christopher Kearney was a veteran of World War I, having enlisted in the National Guard on April 22, 1917, about two weeks after the U.S. declared war on Germany. This seems to have been the central experience in Chris' life, reports his daughter Kathleen: He didn’t talk much, but he liked to talk about the war. The September 11, 1917 edition of the Mount Pleasant Journal recorded the departure of Chris' unit: Company E, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry of National Guardsmen, and the local members of this district called to serve in the National Army, have left for their southern training camps, the former at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia...but the loyal people of Mount Pleasant did not allow them to depart until fitting tributes were paid both alike as becomes those who go forth to fight in defense of the Nation’s honor.... Thousands of loyal people...looked with proud eyes on Captain Zundell and his 151 sturdy, sunburnt boys as they swung along with that step that told of faithful training both here and on the Mexican border.... There were both cheers and tears as the sturdy young soldiers swept down the long street and entrained at the station after a few farewell remarks were made them from the steps of the O.P. Shupe mill.
William E. Pritts "Bill Pritts" purchased the Oliver Perry Shupe Flour Mill in 1940. In 1946 the roller process flour mill was discontinued, the equipment was removed, and either scraped or sold for use in South America. The flour mill was replaced by a feed manufacturing and blending plant. Known as the Pritts Feed Mill, Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., PA. He also converted the feed mill from steam power to electric motor power.
Member of Mt Pleasant Lodge #2280 of Knights of Honor.
A Town that Grew at the Crossroad: Mt Pleasant, PA, p. 172:
Dick's Independent Cavalry Co in Civil War:
Sergeants: O P Shupe, W J Hitchman
Pvt: D W Shupe
Mt Pleasant United Presby Cm, Mt Pleasant Tp, Westmoreland Co PA, p. 96-97:
Mt Pleasant Boro, Westmoreland Co Atlas Map, 1867:
Robert Hitchman proprietor of Hitchman House
James Hitchman distiller
A B Hitchman farmer
W J Hitchman tanner, currier, farmer
David M Kough engineer
Daniel Shupe merchant distiller & grain dealer
Daniel distiller
O P Shupe distiller
Lewis Shupe distiller
A Town that Grew at the Crossroad: Mt Pleasant, PA, p. 198-199:
Photo of the house of O P Shupe near Mt Pleasant PA.
In 1910, O P Shupe's flour & feed mill had 20 employees.
A Town that Grew at the Crossroad: Mt Pleasant PA:1978 p.35:
O. P Shupe had the first automobile in Mt Pleasant PA
Contributor: Prof. K. Edward Lay (46991226) • [email protected]
G.A.R.
At the age of twenty-one Oliver Perry Shupe became associated as superintendent of the firm of Shupe and Wade distillers, retaining the position for fourteen years. After the death of his father, Daniel Shupe, he purchased the distillery and converted it into the first roller-process flour mill in western Pennsylvania. He was also the director of the Mount Pleasant branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, and was largely instrumental in securing the charter for the Mount Pleasant Water Company. He was also the vice president and director of the Citizens' Savings & Trust Company of Mount Pleasant.
Socially he was by nature a kindly, agreeable man. Being a man of strict integrity he despised any species of fraud, and was not slow in condemning the wrong in both business and social circles. He was of Scotch-Irish blood from both branches of the maternal side. He married Sallie B. Dick the daughter of Reverend William B. Dick, formerly a minister of the United Brethren church of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania.
NOTES & SOURCES:
1. Census records -- Mt. Pleasant Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA --
1870 - Oliver Shupe, 26, distiller; Sallie B. 26; James W. 5;
William D. 3; Carrie V. 1.
1880 - Oliver P. Shupe, 37, flour & grain dealer; Nellie B. 37;
James 15; William D. 13; Virginia B. 8; Irene June 3. Living in
the village of Texas, near Mt. Pleasant.
1900 - ED 121, Mt. Pleasant Boro, Ward 3 - O.P. Shupe 57, b. Jan 1843;
Sarah b. 57, b. Aug. 1843 (marr. 36 yrs., 6 children/ 3 living). Also Virginia
Dick (mother) 84, b. 1816 (1 child/1 living)
1910 - ED 164, 3A - Mt. Pleasant Boro, 3rd Ward - Oliver P. Shupe 67,
Sarah B. 67 (marr. 46 yrs., 6 children/2 living). Also Virginia Hood (daughter) 34,
divorced, & Sarah Hood (grandaughter) 13.
In the 1867 Atlas Oliver Perry Shupe was listed as a distiller in Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., PA. Oliver purchased the steam powered flour mill at Mt. Pleasant in 1878, which was previously owned by his father Daniel Shupe and a James R. Wade. Oliver Perry (O.P.) Shupe contracted George Washington Bollinger to converted the mill to the first Hungarian roller process flour mill in Western PA in 1880/1882. O.P. Shupe was known to keep a drink of Whiskey for the truck drivers that were making deliveries or pick-ups at the mill.
The East End of Mount Pleasant was called Texas after the Mexican War of 1846-48. By 1872, two railroads, The Broadford and Mt. Pleasant Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio and the Southwest Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad served the town - industry thrived.
Civil War service was in Dick's Independent Cavalry Company, a Mt. Pleasant unit that existed from July 9, 1863 until Oct. 31, 1863. Page 496 of "History of Westmoreland Co.,
PA" by George Dallas Albert, 1882, shows "Sgt. O.P. Shupe" and "Pvt. D. Shupe" (probably his brother David Shupe.)
John Murtha and Mary Ann Boyle bought their first house of their own in 1890, a white two-story house on the east side of Mount Joy Road in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, a small hamlet outside of Mount Pleasant. When John borrowed the money to buy the house from the Mount Pleasant State Bank, he told the banker, O.P. Shupe, “With luck, I’ll pay off the debt before the due date.” “Don’t say that,” Shupe replied. “You make your own luck in this world.” On his way home, John swore off drinking until the mortgage was paid off, and he kept his pledge.
Alexander Tichenor Collins son-in-law of O. P. Shupe served as Treasure of Westmoreland Co., PA. Auditor and Paymaster at Louisville, KY Traction Co. between 1888 and 1904. Managed O. P. flour Mill since 1904. Resided in Greensburg, PA.
According to the Old Home Week souvenir program of July 4-10, 1910, among the industries which were located in Texas: O.P. Shupe (flour mill) - 20 employees. O. P. Shupe also served as Vice President of the Citizens Savings and Trust Company in Mt. Pleasant.
Christopher Kearney was a veteran of World War I, having enlisted in the National Guard on April 22, 1917, about two weeks after the U.S. declared war on Germany. This seems to have been the central experience in Chris' life, reports his daughter Kathleen: He didn’t talk much, but he liked to talk about the war. The September 11, 1917 edition of the Mount Pleasant Journal recorded the departure of Chris' unit: Company E, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry of National Guardsmen, and the local members of this district called to serve in the National Army, have left for their southern training camps, the former at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia...but the loyal people of Mount Pleasant did not allow them to depart until fitting tributes were paid both alike as becomes those who go forth to fight in defense of the Nation’s honor.... Thousands of loyal people...looked with proud eyes on Captain Zundell and his 151 sturdy, sunburnt boys as they swung along with that step that told of faithful training both here and on the Mexican border.... There were both cheers and tears as the sturdy young soldiers swept down the long street and entrained at the station after a few farewell remarks were made them from the steps of the O.P. Shupe mill.
William E. Pritts "Bill Pritts" purchased the Oliver Perry Shupe Flour Mill in 1940. In 1946 the roller process flour mill was discontinued, the equipment was removed, and either scraped or sold for use in South America. The flour mill was replaced by a feed manufacturing and blending plant. Known as the Pritts Feed Mill, Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., PA. He also converted the feed mill from steam power to electric motor power.
Member of Mt Pleasant Lodge #2280 of Knights of Honor.
A Town that Grew at the Crossroad: Mt Pleasant, PA, p. 172:
Dick's Independent Cavalry Co in Civil War:
Sergeants: O P Shupe, W J Hitchman
Pvt: D W Shupe
Mt Pleasant United Presby Cm, Mt Pleasant Tp, Westmoreland Co PA, p. 96-97:
Mt Pleasant Boro, Westmoreland Co Atlas Map, 1867:
Robert Hitchman proprietor of Hitchman House
James Hitchman distiller
A B Hitchman farmer
W J Hitchman tanner, currier, farmer
David M Kough engineer
Daniel Shupe merchant distiller & grain dealer
Daniel distiller
O P Shupe distiller
Lewis Shupe distiller
A Town that Grew at the Crossroad: Mt Pleasant, PA, p. 198-199:
Photo of the house of O P Shupe near Mt Pleasant PA.
In 1910, O P Shupe's flour & feed mill had 20 employees.
A Town that Grew at the Crossroad: Mt Pleasant PA:1978 p.35:
O. P Shupe had the first automobile in Mt Pleasant PA
Contributor: Prof. K. Edward Lay (46991226) • [email protected]
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