| Vandergrift, Jacob Jay | |||||||
| type | Collector | ||||||
| dates | 1827-1899 | ||||||
| city | Pittsburgh | ||||||
| state | PA | ||||||
| other cities | Allegheny, PA; | ||||||
| sex | M | ||||||
| history |
Captain Jacob Jay Vandergrift was an art collector and businnesman. Vandergrift was involved in oil, steel and natural gas concerns and was a stockholder of the Apollo Iron and Steel Company. Vandergrift was the founder of the United Pipe Lines, the Imperial Refining Company and the town of Vandergrift. He married Henrietta V Morrow in 1853, she died in 1881, and two years later he married Frances G. (Anshutz) Hartley. |
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| decades | 1870-1880 1880-1890 1890-1900 |
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| updated | 03/22/2024 12:09:31 | ||||||
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