William P. Hurst

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Husband William P. Hurst ^{1 2}

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           Born: 26 Jan 1863 - ? Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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         Father: John Hurst (1839-      ) 4 5 6
         Mother: Euphemia Parker (      -      ) 4 5 6

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General Notes: Husband - William P. Hurst

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He was educated in the public schools and remained on the farm until 1880, when he came to Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and in company with his brother, Harry R., conducted a mercantile establishment for several years. In 1889 he engaged in the coal business, prospecting and locating coal properties in Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio for other parties, and in 1891 began operating on his own account at Smock, Fayette County, where he opened mines which he operated until 1894, when he disposed of them. In 1895 he opened mines at Pine Hill, Somerset County, which he operated until 1898, and then disposed of them. He then entered West Virginia, locating in Barbour and Preston counties, where they would operate on an extensive scale, planning to establish a large coking plant, operating under the firm name of the Midland Coal and Coke Company. He was also the promoter of the Clements Coal and Coke Company, Barbour County, West Virginia, the Candace Coal and Coke Company, Barbour County, West Virginia, and the Kingwood Coal and Coke Company, Preston County, West Virginia. Mr. Hurst was manager of these plants and took much the same roll for the Midland Coal and Coke Company. The whole scheme covered a territory of about nine thousand acres, and all of the properties produced a good grade of coking coal.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 162.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 767.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 163.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 160, 162.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 268.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 766.