Culver, C. V. (Charles Vernon)

Charles Vernon Culver was born in Ohio and attended Ohio Wesleyan University; he moved to Pennsylvania and settled in Reno, Venango County. He worked in private business, including the oil business, and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Congress. Bankrupt and imprisoned, he was acquitted after a lengthy trial, and returned to the oil business.

From the description of C.V. Culver stockholder letter to Henry M. Hamilton concerning the Reno Company, 1873 March 1. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 70122984