Washington McClintock and Eliza Thompson

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Husband Washington McClintock ¹

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           Born: Abt 1814
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         Father: Alexander McClintock (1776-      ) 1
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Wife Eliza Thompson ¹

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         Father: Samuel Thompson (      -      ) 3
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Children

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1 M Oliver McClintock ⁴

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           Born: 20 Oct 1839 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Clara C. Childs (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 7 Jun 1866 5

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2 M Walter L. McClintock ²

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3 M Thompson McClintock ²

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4 M Frank Thompson McClintock ²

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General Notes: Husband - Washington McClintock

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About the year 1850 Washington McClintock, Samuel Thompson's son-in-law and successor in business, actuated by a spirit of commercial enterprise, shipped a stock of carpets to the young and booming town of Cincinnati. In common with many other Pittsburgh merchants of that period, whose capital aided in the development of the West, he also became interested in several river steamboats employed in the transportation business on the western and southwestern rivers. In 1837 Samuel Thompson was succeeded by the firm of W. McClintock & Company, his son-in-law, Washington McClintock, and his son, Robert D. Thompson, being the partners. The firm was dissolved in 1844, and Washington McClintock continued the carpet business exclusively, on the north side of Fourth avenue, upon the site later occupied by the Safe Deposit Company's building. He was burned out in the great fire of 1845. In 1854 he admitted his brothers, Alexander and George Ledlie McClintock, taking the firm name of McClintock Brothers, a partnership which continued for about one year. In 1855 the style became W. McClintock and remained so for seven years. In 1862 he admitted his eldest son, Oliver McClintock, to partnership, the style of the firm becoming W. McClintock & Son. In 1863 Washington McClintock bought out Robinson & Company, their chief competitor in the carpet business, and organized the firm of Oliver McClintock & Company (consisting of Washington McClintock, Oliver McClintock and George R., Sr.), to conduct the newly acquired business as a separate firm. Both stores were continued separately for about a year, but under the same management. In 1864 the firm of W. McClintock & Son was merged into that of Oliver McClintock & Company, and the business continued at No. 219 Fifth avenue, Pittsburgh. Walter L. McClintock, second son of Washington McClintock, was admitted in 1864. In the year 1869 Washington McClintock retired from business because of failing health, which culminated in his death at the age of fifty-six years.

Washington McClintock's fourth son, Thompson McClintock, was admitted to the firm in 1874, and in 1884 Frank Thompson McClintock, the fifth son of the founder, was admitted upon the retirement of George R., Sr. On January 15, 1897, the firm of Oliver McClintock & Company was dissolved, and a new company was incorporated under the title, The Oliver McClintock Company, with Oliver McClintock, president; Walter L. McClintock, treasurer, and Frank T. McClintock, secretary.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 87, 377.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 379.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 87, 378.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 86, 377.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 89, 380.