Records, 1864-1981.

Ayers, Rufus A. 1849-1926.

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Penn Virginia Corporation

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The companies in this section of the Penn Virginia archive represent its post-1960 diversification effort. Prior to the 1960s, the Virginia Coal & Iron Company's subsidiary companies all performed support services to its real estate holdings in southwestern Virginia. By that time, however, these secondary functions had ceased to be productive and could better be carried on by others. Most were therefore sold to larger firms engaged in the same line of work. The Inter...

New York Mining and Manufacturing Company

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Pardee, Calvin, 1841-1923

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Calvin Pardee (1841-1923) was the son of anthracite coal entrepreneur, Ariovistus ("Ario") Pardee, Jr. Calvin graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1860 and was a member of Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. After graduating, he went to work for the Glendon Iron Company (Easton, PA), of which his father was primary owner. He joined the Union Army during the Civil War and served with two regiments of the Pennsylvania Volunteers. Calvin spent the next 22 years working in his father's busines...

Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company

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The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company was a railroad that served the southeastern part of the United States. From the description of Employee Pass, 1899 March 4. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49251564 Chartered in 1850 and also known as the L & N Railroad and Old Reliable. It was a small regional railroad until after the Civil War when it underwent expansion into a major Midwestern and Southern area railroad stretching from Louisville, to ...

Leisenring family.

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Kemmerer, Mahlon S.

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Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company

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Incorporated in Virginia, Jan. 10, 1899; merged into Bates Manufacturing Co., Oct. 31, 1969; an integrated iron producer operating iron works in Va., Ky., and Tenn.; coal and iron mines in Va., Tenn., N.C., Ga., and Ky.). From the description of Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company records, 1790-1966 (bulk 1835-1895). (East Tennessee State University). WorldCat record id: 36499540 Incorporated in Virginia, Jan. 10, 1899; merged into Bates Manufacturing Co., Oct. 31, 1969; an...

Taggart, Ralph E. (Ralph Enos), 1887-1951

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Virginia, Tennessee and Carolina Steel and Iron Company.

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Leisenring, E. B. 1895-1952.

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Westmoreland Coal Company

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Southern Appalachian coal producer, incorporated 1902, active in Lee and Wise counties, Va. Merged into the Westmoreland Coal Company in 1964. From the description of Westmoreland Coal Company collection of the Stonega Coke and Coal Company papers, 1915-1957. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53966093 The Westmoreland Coal Company (Del.) was formed on April 30, 1964, by the merger of the Westmoreland Coal Company (Pa.) and the Stonega Coke & Coal...

Leisenring, E. B. 1926-2011.

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Southern Railway (U.S.)

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Organized in 1894 from the bankrupt Richmond and Danville Railroad Company and several other railroad companies; headquartered in Washington, D.C. From the description of Records, 1891-1972. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28410983 Formed in 1894; combined with Norfolk and Western Railway to become Norfolk Southern Corporation in 1982. From the description of Records, 1899-1950. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 28414535 ...

Norfolk and Western Railway Company

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Reorganized in 1896 from Norfolk and Western Railroad Company. From the description of Records, 1896-1969. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28420979 The Norfolk and Western Railroad was created and organized in 1881 when Clarence H. Clark and his associates purchased property and franchises belonging to the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Company. As a result of the purchase, the combined track length owned by Clark and associates was just over 400 miles. By 1900...

Leisenring, Edward B. (Edward Barnes), 1845-1894

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Kemmerer, John L., 1869-1944

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Clinchfield Coal Corporation

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Imboden, John D. (John Daniel), 1823-1895

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C.S.A. general and author. From the description of Signature clipped from the register of Brown's Hotel : Washington, 1854 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269555505 Confederate general, land developer. From the description of Papers of John D. Imboden [manuscript], 1880-1881. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647820542 Imboden commanded the Staunton Artillery in the capture of Harper's Ferry in April 1861. Ezra Ayres Carman rose to be ...

Mineral Development Company.

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Wentz, Daniel B. (Daniel Bertsch), 1872-1926

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Westmoreland Incorporated.

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Boone County Coal Corporation.

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Wentz family.

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Leisenring, John, 1819-1884

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Taggart, John K., 1851?-1896

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John K. Taggart, a mining engineer, was born in Northumberland, Pa., around 1851. Taggart became a protege of John Leisenring, a Mauch Chunk, Pa., coal operator, and was sent to the western Pennsylvania coke fields to manage Leisenring's Connellsville Coke & Iron Company in 1881. After this operation was sold in 1889, he returned to Northumberland to assist his father in his spike and nail factory, but in 1890 he was appointed superintendent of Leisenring's Virginia ...

Wentz, John S. (John Shriver), 1838-1918

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Blackwood Coal and Coke Company.

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Bullitt, Joshua F. (Joshua Fry), 1856-1932

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