MEADVILLE, March 30.-Evans W. Shippen, aged 86 years, well known as inventor, oil producer and inventor, died at his home in this city at 3:15 o'clock this afternoon.
He was a son of the late Judge Henry Shippen and was born in Huntingdon, Pa., on March 16, 1824. He was brought as a child, in arms to Meadville. He was educated in the common schools and had one year in the preparatory department of Allegheny college.
At an early age he gave indication of an inventive and mechanical turn of mind. In 1844 he was employed as manager of iron furnaces in Lancaster and York counties, remaining there for six years. Then he went to Philadelphia and for twelve years he was engaged in the foundry business.In 1861, he returned to Meadville and turned his attention to the oil business. He operated on Sugar creek in Venango county and was successful. It is said of him that he built a refinery in Philadelphia in 1862 and refined and shipped the first full cargo of oil to England, overstocking the market for a year. In 1864, he organized a company and drilled in Venango county. At one time he had an income of $1,800 a day. In 1860, he imported the first Percheron horse into Pennsylvaiia.
He was married in 1851 to Miss Catherine Y. McElwee, great granddaughter of Judge Jasper Yeates of the supreme court of Pennsylvania. She died a few years ago. He is survived by three children, Harry H. Shippen and Mrs. Frances Hollister of Meadville and Mrs. Katherine Tarr of New York.
Titusville Herald, 31 Mar 1910, p. 2, Titusville, Pa.
of New York.
Age at death per cemetery records: 86 yrs., 15 mo's.
He was a son of the late Judge Henry Shippen and was born in Huntingdon, Pa., on March 16, 1824. He was brought as a child, in arms to Meadville. He was educated in the common schools and had one year in the preparatory department of Allegheny college.
At an early age he gave indication of an inventive and mechanical turn of mind. In 1844 he was employed as manager of iron furnaces in Lancaster and York counties, remaining there for six years. Then he went to Philadelphia and for twelve years he was engaged in the foundry business.In 1861, he returned to Meadville and turned his attention to the oil business. He operated on Sugar creek in Venango county and was successful. It is said of him that he built a refinery in Philadelphia in 1862 and refined and shipped the first full cargo of oil to England, overstocking the market for a year. In 1864, he organized a company and drilled in Venango county. At one time he had an income of $1,800 a day. In 1860, he imported the first Percheron horse into Pennsylvaiia.
He was married in 1851 to Miss Catherine Y. McElwee, great granddaughter of Judge Jasper Yeates of the supreme court of Pennsylvania. She died a few years ago. He is survived by three children, Harry H. Shippen and Mrs. Frances Hollister of Meadville and Mrs. Katherine Tarr of New York.
Titusville Herald, 31 Mar 1910, p. 2, Titusville, Pa.
of New York.
Age at death per cemetery records: 86 yrs., 15 mo's.
MEADVILLE, March 30.-Evans W. Shippen, aged 86 years, well known as inventor, oil producer and inventor, died at his home in this city at 3:15 o'clock this afternoon.
He was a son of the late Judge Henry Shippen and was born in Huntingdon, Pa., on March 16, 1824. He was brought as a child, in arms to Meadville. He was educated in the common schools and had one year in the preparatory department of Allegheny college.
At an early age he gave indication of an inventive and mechanical turn of mind. In 1844 he was employed as manager of iron furnaces in Lancaster and York counties, remaining there for six years. Then he went to Philadelphia and for twelve years he was engaged in the foundry business.In 1861, he returned to Meadville and turned his attention to the oil business. He operated on Sugar creek in Venango county and was successful. It is said of him that he built a refinery in Philadelphia in 1862 and refined and shipped the first full cargo of oil to England, overstocking the market for a year. In 1864, he organized a company and drilled in Venango county. At one time he had an income of $1,800 a day. In 1860, he imported the first Percheron horse into Pennsylvaiia.
He was married in 1851 to Miss Catherine Y. McElwee, great granddaughter of Judge Jasper Yeates of the supreme court of Pennsylvania. She died a few years ago. He is survived by three children, Harry H. Shippen and Mrs. Frances Hollister of Meadville and Mrs. Katherine Tarr of New York.
Titusville Herald, 31 Mar 1910, p. 2, Titusville, Pa.
of New York.
Age at death per cemetery records: 86 yrs., 15 mo's.
He was a son of the late Judge Henry Shippen and was born in Huntingdon, Pa., on March 16, 1824. He was brought as a child, in arms to Meadville. He was educated in the common schools and had one year in the preparatory department of Allegheny college.
At an early age he gave indication of an inventive and mechanical turn of mind. In 1844 he was employed as manager of iron furnaces in Lancaster and York counties, remaining there for six years. Then he went to Philadelphia and for twelve years he was engaged in the foundry business.In 1861, he returned to Meadville and turned his attention to the oil business. He operated on Sugar creek in Venango county and was successful. It is said of him that he built a refinery in Philadelphia in 1862 and refined and shipped the first full cargo of oil to England, overstocking the market for a year. In 1864, he organized a company and drilled in Venango county. At one time he had an income of $1,800 a day. In 1860, he imported the first Percheron horse into Pennsylvaiia.
He was married in 1851 to Miss Catherine Y. McElwee, great granddaughter of Judge Jasper Yeates of the supreme court of Pennsylvania. She died a few years ago. He is survived by three children, Harry H. Shippen and Mrs. Frances Hollister of Meadville and Mrs. Katherine Tarr of New York.
Titusville Herald, 31 Mar 1910, p. 2, Titusville, Pa.
of New York.
Age at death per cemetery records: 86 yrs., 15 mo's.
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