Benjamin Bakewell (1767-1844), Pittsburgh's first successful flint glass manufacturer, founded Bakewell, Pears & Co. in 1807. During the Civil War, his grandson, Benjamin Bakewell (1833-1897), served in the 12th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment and was adjutant of the 15th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Militia of 1862. Benjamin Bakewell worked in the family's glassmaking firm and married Ellen Frances Boardman (1845-1901) in 1866; she was the daughter of Philadelphia clergyman Henry Augustus Boardman (1808-1880). The Bakewells had three daughters. Novelist Mary Ella Bakewell (1868-1960) worked for women's suffrage and studied theology. Euphemia Bakewell (1870-1921) was a bookbinder who went to France at the end of World War I with the YMCA's Educational Department to teach and deliver lectures to soldiers. Martha Harding Bakewell (1870-1966) married T.H.B. McKnight (1859-1935), treasurer of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
From the description of Bakewell-McKnight oversize photograph collection 1861-1925. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 38160778
