Biographical Sketch of Joseph N. PEW; Philadelphia Co., PA

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"Philadelphia, A History of the City and its People; A Record of 225 Years"
Publisher:  S. H. Clark; Philadelphia; 1912.     Vol. 4, Page 313 
Author, Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer
 
JOSEPH N. PEW

     Joseph N. Pew, of Mercer, Pennsylvania, was born July 20, 1848, and is a 
son of John Pew.  The first American ancestor was Abraham Pew, of English birth, 
who came to this country prior to the Revolutionary war.  Joseph N. Pew acquired 
his education in the State Normal School at Edinboro, Pennsylvania, from which 
he was graduated in 1867.  He then became connected with the oil business at 
Titusville, and throughout his entire life has been connected with the 
development of oil and natural gas and with real estate and banking.  He has 
witnessed the greater part of the development of the oil fields of the country 
and has been concerned in the growth of many enterprises connected therewith.  
The Sun Company, of which he is president, owns an oil refinery at Philadelphia 
and one at Toledo, Ohio.  For the past six years he has resided at Philadelphia 
but still maintains his home in Mercer county.  Mr. Pew is president of the 
board of trustees of Grove City College and for many years has been active in 
the management of that institution.