Author of A BUSINESSMAN'S PERSONAL VIEWS OF THE ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION (1933).
The Book of Chicagoans: a Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the City of Chicago (1905), ed. by J.W. Leonard and A.N. Marquis, page 127:
CLOW, William E., vice-pres. James B. Clow & Sons; b. Industry, Pa., Sept. 23, 1860; s. James B. and Matilda (Ross) Clow; ed. Public schools, Pittsburgh, Pa.; m. Pittsburgh, Pa., June 1, 1882, Margaret A. Sarver; children: William E., Jr., Kent S., Martha M. Began business life at Pittsburgh with his father in 1877, and in 1880, when the business of James B. Clow & Sons was established in Chicago, became a mem. Of the firm, a leader among manufacturers plumbing and sanitary supplies, and upon the subsequent incorporation of the company was elected vice-pres. Clubs: Merchants, Union League, Onwentsia, Edgewater. Office: 342 Franklin St. Residence: 50 Buena Av.
First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest: "The Nativity."
Gothic style stained glass. The artist was Charles J. Connick; the window was donated by. William Ellsworth Clow (1860-1942) and Margaret Sarver Clow (1861-1944) and installed in 1941.
SUMMER SOCIAL REGISTER 1910, p.433:
Clow, Mr. Chas Rhodes…Died at 23 Goethe Apr 6
Clow Mr&Mrs Wm E. (Margaret Sarver) Bank of Scotland
Clow Mr&Mrs Kent S. & Juniors Miss Martha M. " " London
Miss Martha M. Sarver
Clow Mr&Mrs Wm E Jr (Isabella Mann)….Lake Forest, Ill.
Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about William Ellsworth Clow
Name: William Ellsworth Clow
Birth Date: 23 Sep 1860
Birth Place: Industry, PA
Death Date: 14 Sep 1942
Death Place: Highland Park, Lake, Illinois
Burial Date: 15 Sep 1942
Burial Place: Chicago, Cook, Ill.
Cemetery Name: Rosehill
Death Age: 81
Occupation: Manufacturer
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: Lake Forest, Lake, Illinois
Father Name: James B. Clow
Father Birth Place: North Sewickley, PA.
Mother Name: Matilda Ross
Mother Birth Place: Industry, PA.
Spouse Name: Margaret S. Clow
FHL Film Number: 1852107
Coshocton (Ill.) Tribune, Monday, September 14, 1942
W E Clow Sr Dies at Home Near Chicago
W E Clow Sr, who rose from a telegrapher to one of the national leading manufacturers, died last evening at his Lake Forest near Chicago. Death was attributed to resulting from a fractured hip suffered at his horne Wednesday. He had been in failing health for several years.
His career paralleled that of the late Andrew Carnegie. He was... the son of Captain and Mrs James B Clow. At the age of 18 he became a telegraph operator and a few years later was engaged as agent. It was during this period he traveled the mid-western states supplying his client with materials that he noted a scarcity of cast iron manufacturers. Meanwhile his father, a Civil war veteran, had helped in the establishment of a Pittsburgh firm engaged in the manufacture of steel, the Clow, Dalzelle Evans firm In 1877.
Capt Clow moved to Chicago and with his son organized the firm of James B Clow and Sons and became sales agent for several pipe producing firms The firm's first venture in the manufacture of pipe in New Philadelphia came to an abrupt end when the factory burned to the ground in 1895. William and his father then built a plant at Newcomerstown, one that for years was considered a model manufacturing unit.
James B Clow continued as head of the firm until his death in 1908 when he was succeeded by William. At the suggestion of businessmen the firm Decided to build the Coshocton plant in 1908. Production was started in March 1910.,,,
Chicago (Ill.) DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 15, 1942: Death Notices
CLOW—William Ellsworth Clow, Sept. 14, 900 N. Green Bay road, Lake Forest, beloved husband of Margaret S., father of William E. Jr., Kent S. Clow, and Mrs. Donald B. Douglas. Services at residence, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 3 p.m. Interment private at Rosehill cemetery.
Children of William Ellsworth Clow & Margaret Anne Sarver:
1. William Ellsworth Clow Jr.(Yale Class of 1907)
2. Kent Sarver Clow (Yale Class of 1910)
3. Martha Mevey Clow (born 24 Jul 1894 in Chicago). Martha Mevey married Donald Douglas and had 2 children. He was vice president and director of the Quaker Oats Company.
The Book of Chicagoans: a Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the City of Chicago (1905), ed. by J.W. Leonard and A.N. Marquis, page 127:
CLOW, William E., vice-pres. James B. Clow & Sons; b. Industry, Pa., Sept. 23, 1860; s. James B. and Matilda (Ross) Clow; ed. Public schools, Pittsburgh, Pa.; m. Pittsburgh, Pa., June 1, 1882, Margaret A. Sarver; children: William E., Jr., Kent S., Martha M. Began business life at Pittsburgh with his father in 1877, and in 1880, when the business of James B. Clow & Sons was established in Chicago, became a mem. Of the firm, a leader among manufacturers plumbing and sanitary supplies, and upon the subsequent incorporation of the company was elected vice-pres. Clubs: Merchants, Union League, Onwentsia, Edgewater. Office: 342 Franklin St. Residence: 50 Buena Av.
First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest: "The Nativity."
Gothic style stained glass. The artist was Charles J. Connick; the window was donated by. William Ellsworth Clow (1860-1942) and Margaret Sarver Clow (1861-1944) and installed in 1941.
SUMMER SOCIAL REGISTER 1910, p.433:
Clow, Mr. Chas Rhodes…Died at 23 Goethe Apr 6
Clow Mr&Mrs Wm E. (Margaret Sarver) Bank of Scotland
Clow Mr&Mrs Kent S. & Juniors Miss Martha M. " " London
Miss Martha M. Sarver
Clow Mr&Mrs Wm E Jr (Isabella Mann)….Lake Forest, Ill.
Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about William Ellsworth Clow
Name: William Ellsworth Clow
Birth Date: 23 Sep 1860
Birth Place: Industry, PA
Death Date: 14 Sep 1942
Death Place: Highland Park, Lake, Illinois
Burial Date: 15 Sep 1942
Burial Place: Chicago, Cook, Ill.
Cemetery Name: Rosehill
Death Age: 81
Occupation: Manufacturer
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: Lake Forest, Lake, Illinois
Father Name: James B. Clow
Father Birth Place: North Sewickley, PA.
Mother Name: Matilda Ross
Mother Birth Place: Industry, PA.
Spouse Name: Margaret S. Clow
FHL Film Number: 1852107
Coshocton (Ill.) Tribune, Monday, September 14, 1942
W E Clow Sr Dies at Home Near Chicago
W E Clow Sr, who rose from a telegrapher to one of the national leading manufacturers, died last evening at his Lake Forest near Chicago. Death was attributed to resulting from a fractured hip suffered at his horne Wednesday. He had been in failing health for several years.
His career paralleled that of the late Andrew Carnegie. He was... the son of Captain and Mrs James B Clow. At the age of 18 he became a telegraph operator and a few years later was engaged as agent. It was during this period he traveled the mid-western states supplying his client with materials that he noted a scarcity of cast iron manufacturers. Meanwhile his father, a Civil war veteran, had helped in the establishment of a Pittsburgh firm engaged in the manufacture of steel, the Clow, Dalzelle Evans firm In 1877.
Capt Clow moved to Chicago and with his son organized the firm of James B Clow and Sons and became sales agent for several pipe producing firms The firm's first venture in the manufacture of pipe in New Philadelphia came to an abrupt end when the factory burned to the ground in 1895. William and his father then built a plant at Newcomerstown, one that for years was considered a model manufacturing unit.
James B Clow continued as head of the firm until his death in 1908 when he was succeeded by William. At the suggestion of businessmen the firm Decided to build the Coshocton plant in 1908. Production was started in March 1910.,,,
Chicago (Ill.) DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 15, 1942: Death Notices
CLOW—William Ellsworth Clow, Sept. 14, 900 N. Green Bay road, Lake Forest, beloved husband of Margaret S., father of William E. Jr., Kent S. Clow, and Mrs. Donald B. Douglas. Services at residence, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 3 p.m. Interment private at Rosehill cemetery.
Children of William Ellsworth Clow & Margaret Anne Sarver:
1. William Ellsworth Clow Jr.(Yale Class of 1907)
2. Kent Sarver Clow (Yale Class of 1910)
3. Martha Mevey Clow (born 24 Jul 1894 in Chicago). Martha Mevey married Donald Douglas and had 2 children. He was vice president and director of the Quaker Oats Company.
Author of A BUSINESSMAN'S PERSONAL VIEWS OF THE ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION (1933).
The Book of Chicagoans: a Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the City of Chicago (1905), ed. by J.W. Leonard and A.N. Marquis, page 127:
CLOW, William E., vice-pres. James B. Clow & Sons; b. Industry, Pa., Sept. 23, 1860; s. James B. and Matilda (Ross) Clow; ed. Public schools, Pittsburgh, Pa.; m. Pittsburgh, Pa., June 1, 1882, Margaret A. Sarver; children: William E., Jr., Kent S., Martha M. Began business life at Pittsburgh with his father in 1877, and in 1880, when the business of James B. Clow & Sons was established in Chicago, became a mem. Of the firm, a leader among manufacturers plumbing and sanitary supplies, and upon the subsequent incorporation of the company was elected vice-pres. Clubs: Merchants, Union League, Onwentsia, Edgewater. Office: 342 Franklin St. Residence: 50 Buena Av.
First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest: "The Nativity."
Gothic style stained glass. The artist was Charles J. Connick; the window was donated by. William Ellsworth Clow (1860-1942) and Margaret Sarver Clow (1861-1944) and installed in 1941.
SUMMER SOCIAL REGISTER 1910, p.433:
Clow, Mr. Chas Rhodes…Died at 23 Goethe Apr 6
Clow Mr&Mrs Wm E. (Margaret Sarver) Bank of Scotland
Clow Mr&Mrs Kent S. & Juniors Miss Martha M. " " London
Miss Martha M. Sarver
Clow Mr&Mrs Wm E Jr (Isabella Mann)….Lake Forest, Ill.
Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about William Ellsworth Clow
Name: William Ellsworth Clow
Birth Date: 23 Sep 1860
Birth Place: Industry, PA
Death Date: 14 Sep 1942
Death Place: Highland Park, Lake, Illinois
Burial Date: 15 Sep 1942
Burial Place: Chicago, Cook, Ill.
Cemetery Name: Rosehill
Death Age: 81
Occupation: Manufacturer
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: Lake Forest, Lake, Illinois
Father Name: James B. Clow
Father Birth Place: North Sewickley, PA.
Mother Name: Matilda Ross
Mother Birth Place: Industry, PA.
Spouse Name: Margaret S. Clow
FHL Film Number: 1852107
Coshocton (Ill.) Tribune, Monday, September 14, 1942
W E Clow Sr Dies at Home Near Chicago
W E Clow Sr, who rose from a telegrapher to one of the national leading manufacturers, died last evening at his Lake Forest near Chicago. Death was attributed to resulting from a fractured hip suffered at his horne Wednesday. He had been in failing health for several years.
His career paralleled that of the late Andrew Carnegie. He was... the son of Captain and Mrs James B Clow. At the age of 18 he became a telegraph operator and a few years later was engaged as agent. It was during this period he traveled the mid-western states supplying his client with materials that he noted a scarcity of cast iron manufacturers. Meanwhile his father, a Civil war veteran, had helped in the establishment of a Pittsburgh firm engaged in the manufacture of steel, the Clow, Dalzelle Evans firm In 1877.
Capt Clow moved to Chicago and with his son organized the firm of James B Clow and Sons and became sales agent for several pipe producing firms The firm's first venture in the manufacture of pipe in New Philadelphia came to an abrupt end when the factory burned to the ground in 1895. William and his father then built a plant at Newcomerstown, one that for years was considered a model manufacturing unit.
James B Clow continued as head of the firm until his death in 1908 when he was succeeded by William. At the suggestion of businessmen the firm Decided to build the Coshocton plant in 1908. Production was started in March 1910.,,,
Chicago (Ill.) DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 15, 1942: Death Notices
CLOW—William Ellsworth Clow, Sept. 14, 900 N. Green Bay road, Lake Forest, beloved husband of Margaret S., father of William E. Jr., Kent S. Clow, and Mrs. Donald B. Douglas. Services at residence, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 3 p.m. Interment private at Rosehill cemetery.
Children of William Ellsworth Clow & Margaret Anne Sarver:
1. William Ellsworth Clow Jr.(Yale Class of 1907)
2. Kent Sarver Clow (Yale Class of 1910)
3. Martha Mevey Clow (born 24 Jul 1894 in Chicago). Martha Mevey married Donald Douglas and had 2 children. He was vice president and director of the Quaker Oats Company.
The Book of Chicagoans: a Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the City of Chicago (1905), ed. by J.W. Leonard and A.N. Marquis, page 127:
CLOW, William E., vice-pres. James B. Clow & Sons; b. Industry, Pa., Sept. 23, 1860; s. James B. and Matilda (Ross) Clow; ed. Public schools, Pittsburgh, Pa.; m. Pittsburgh, Pa., June 1, 1882, Margaret A. Sarver; children: William E., Jr., Kent S., Martha M. Began business life at Pittsburgh with his father in 1877, and in 1880, when the business of James B. Clow & Sons was established in Chicago, became a mem. Of the firm, a leader among manufacturers plumbing and sanitary supplies, and upon the subsequent incorporation of the company was elected vice-pres. Clubs: Merchants, Union League, Onwentsia, Edgewater. Office: 342 Franklin St. Residence: 50 Buena Av.
First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest: "The Nativity."
Gothic style stained glass. The artist was Charles J. Connick; the window was donated by. William Ellsworth Clow (1860-1942) and Margaret Sarver Clow (1861-1944) and installed in 1941.
SUMMER SOCIAL REGISTER 1910, p.433:
Clow, Mr. Chas Rhodes…Died at 23 Goethe Apr 6
Clow Mr&Mrs Wm E. (Margaret Sarver) Bank of Scotland
Clow Mr&Mrs Kent S. & Juniors Miss Martha M. " " London
Miss Martha M. Sarver
Clow Mr&Mrs Wm E Jr (Isabella Mann)….Lake Forest, Ill.
Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about William Ellsworth Clow
Name: William Ellsworth Clow
Birth Date: 23 Sep 1860
Birth Place: Industry, PA
Death Date: 14 Sep 1942
Death Place: Highland Park, Lake, Illinois
Burial Date: 15 Sep 1942
Burial Place: Chicago, Cook, Ill.
Cemetery Name: Rosehill
Death Age: 81
Occupation: Manufacturer
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: Lake Forest, Lake, Illinois
Father Name: James B. Clow
Father Birth Place: North Sewickley, PA.
Mother Name: Matilda Ross
Mother Birth Place: Industry, PA.
Spouse Name: Margaret S. Clow
FHL Film Number: 1852107
Coshocton (Ill.) Tribune, Monday, September 14, 1942
W E Clow Sr Dies at Home Near Chicago
W E Clow Sr, who rose from a telegrapher to one of the national leading manufacturers, died last evening at his Lake Forest near Chicago. Death was attributed to resulting from a fractured hip suffered at his horne Wednesday. He had been in failing health for several years.
His career paralleled that of the late Andrew Carnegie. He was... the son of Captain and Mrs James B Clow. At the age of 18 he became a telegraph operator and a few years later was engaged as agent. It was during this period he traveled the mid-western states supplying his client with materials that he noted a scarcity of cast iron manufacturers. Meanwhile his father, a Civil war veteran, had helped in the establishment of a Pittsburgh firm engaged in the manufacture of steel, the Clow, Dalzelle Evans firm In 1877.
Capt Clow moved to Chicago and with his son organized the firm of James B Clow and Sons and became sales agent for several pipe producing firms The firm's first venture in the manufacture of pipe in New Philadelphia came to an abrupt end when the factory burned to the ground in 1895. William and his father then built a plant at Newcomerstown, one that for years was considered a model manufacturing unit.
James B Clow continued as head of the firm until his death in 1908 when he was succeeded by William. At the suggestion of businessmen the firm Decided to build the Coshocton plant in 1908. Production was started in March 1910.,,,
Chicago (Ill.) DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 15, 1942: Death Notices
CLOW—William Ellsworth Clow, Sept. 14, 900 N. Green Bay road, Lake Forest, beloved husband of Margaret S., father of William E. Jr., Kent S. Clow, and Mrs. Donald B. Douglas. Services at residence, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 3 p.m. Interment private at Rosehill cemetery.
Children of William Ellsworth Clow & Margaret Anne Sarver:
1. William Ellsworth Clow Jr.(Yale Class of 1907)
2. Kent Sarver Clow (Yale Class of 1910)
3. Martha Mevey Clow (born 24 Jul 1894 in Chicago). Martha Mevey married Donald Douglas and had 2 children. He was vice president and director of the Quaker Oats Company.
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