Joseph N. Pew was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, to John Pew and Nancy Glenn. He worked on the family's farm as a child. Pew attended public schools in Mercer and graduated from Edinboro Normal School (1866). Pew taught school for two years and then became a real estate broker.
In 1881, he developed the Keystone Gas Company[2] which used the by-products of oil, such as natural gas, to provide heat and light for the community of Bradford, Pennsylvania, a town that emerged as a wild oil boom town in the Pennsylvania oil rush in the late 19th century. The area's Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil has superior qualities and is free of asphaltic constituents, contains only trace amounts of sulfur and nitrogen, and has excellent characteristics for refining into lubricants. By 1889 Pew's Keystone Gas Company was delivering gas to Pittsburgh.
The Haymaker Gas Well in Murrysville, Pennsylvania was the United States's first commercial natural gas well. For some time, it remained the largest commercial gas well in the world.[3] In 1885 and 1886, individuals who established the Haymaker Gas Well moved on to Ohio and created Sunoco.
Eventually, and in partnership with E.O. Emerson, he developed the Peoples Natural Gas Company.[2][4]
joseph, newton, july, 1848, october, 1912, founder, company, sunoco, prominent, philanthropist, born, 1848, july, 1848mercer, county, pennsylvania, diedoctober, 1912, 1912, aged, philadelphia, pennsylvania, nationalityamericanoccupationbusinessmanknown, forsun. Joseph Newton Pew July 20 1848 October 12 1912 was the founder of Sun Oil Company now Sunoco and a prominent philanthropist Joseph Newton PewBorn 1848 07 20 July 20 1848Mercer County Pennsylvania U S DiedOctober 12 1912 1912 10 12 aged 64 Philadelphia Pennsylvania U S NationalityAmericanOccupationBusinessmanKnown forSun Oil Contents 1 Early life 2 Oil industry 3 Later life 4 ReferencesEarly life editJoseph N Pew was born in Mercer County Pennsylvania to John Pew and Nancy Glenn He worked on the family s farm as a child Pew attended public schools in Mercer and graduated from Edinboro Normal School 1866 Pew taught school for two years and then became a real estate broker Oil industry editPew invested in Pennsylvania oil fields With several partners he began piping natural gas Pew founded several petroleum related companies and in 1880 incorporated Sun Oil Company Pew donated to various charities and sat on the board of directors of Grove City College in Grove City Pennsylvania He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Republican Party Pew s sons J Howard Pew and Joseph N Pew Jr took over management of the company after their father s death in 1912 and later with their sisters founded The Pew Charitable Trusts 1 1082 In 1881 he developed the Keystone Gas Company 2 which used the by products of oil such as natural gas to provide heat and light for the community of Bradford Pennsylvania a town that emerged as a wild oil boom town in the Pennsylvania oil rush in the late 19th century The area s Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil has superior qualities and is free of asphaltic constituents contains only trace amounts of sulfur and nitrogen and has excellent characteristics for refining into lubricants By 1889 Pew s Keystone Gas Company was delivering gas to Pittsburgh The Haymaker Gas Well in Murrysville Pennsylvania was the United States s first commercial natural gas well For some time it remained the largest commercial gas well in the world 3 In 1885 and 1886 individuals who established the Haymaker Gas Well moved on to Ohio and created Sunoco Eventually and in partnership with E O Emerson he developed the Peoples Natural Gas Company 2 4 Later life editBeginning in 1904 Pew lived in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania at his estate named Glenmede which was designed by architect William Lightfoot Price References edit Ingham John N 1983 Biographical dictionary of American business leaders Greenwood Publishing Group vol 1 ISBN 9780313213625 a b The Pew Legacy Grove City College Because Faith and Freedom Matter 7 February 2013 retrieved 29 January 2015 Murrysville Gas Well Historical Marker 2011 retrieved 29 January 2015 Waple David A 10 January 2014 The Natural Gas Industry in Appalachia A History from the First Discovery ISBN 9780786491544 nbsp This business related biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joseph Newton Pew amp oldid 1199292136, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
