George Oenslager (1873-1956) - Find a Grave Memorial

George Oenslager

Birth

25 Sep 1873

Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death

5 Feb 1956 (aged 82)

USA

Burial

Glendale Cemetery

Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA Show Map

Plot

Section 8, Lot 41

Memorial ID

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George Oenslager was born in Harrisburg, Pa. on Sept. 25, 1873 to John Oenslager and Harriet Frainer. He attended Harrisburg & Phillips Exeter Academies, AB 1894, AM 1896. He first worked for the Warren Paper Co in Maine from 1896 untill 1905. Then went to work for the Diamond & B.F. Goodrich Rubber Companies from 1905 untill 1940. George inflated the first Hydrogen Balloon in the US during World War I. He was a member of the Perkin Metal Society American Chemical Engineers, Charles Goodyear Metal American Chemical Society, Dr. Chemical University of Akron 1939, Fellow British Rubber Industry & American Geor. Soc. George married Ruth Alderfer on July 15, 1939. Vestry Man St. Paul's Episcopal Church. He was a classical scholar and an archeologist. He was also a lover and patron of the arts. He was a Christian gentleman. His gravestone reads..."Beloved and inspiring companion of Yokahama Rubber Co., 1919 - 1922." He made rubber a chemical substance. George Oenslager died at sea on Feb. 5, 1956. His remains were returned to Akron, Ohio.
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FROM THE AKRON CITY DIRECTORIES:

1915
George Oenslager, with B.F. Goodrich Rubber Co., rooms - 376 E. Market St.

1925
George Oenslager, Chemist - B.F. Goodrich Co., home - 109 S. Forge St.

1930
George F. Oenslager, chemist - B.F. Goodrich Rubber Co., home - 218 Twin Oaks Rd.

1935
George F. Oenslager, home - 218 Twin Oaks Rd.

1940
George F. Oenslager, (Ruth A.), research chemist - B.F. Goodrich Rubber Co., home - 218 Twin Oaks Rd., Apt. 14.

1946
George F. Oenslager, (Ruth A.), home - 85 N. Wheaton Rd.

1950 same as 1946.
1955 same as 1946.
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