|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
George Maloney |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
GEORGE MALONEY, of the firm of Maloney & Company, dealers in hardware and manufacturers of oil well supplies, was born at Ithaca, Tompkins county, New York, December 27, 1849, of Irish parentage. In the summer of 1862 the family removed to Petroleum Center, Venango county. Our subject received a limited education in the public schools, and afterward served an apprenticeship of three years at the printer’s trade. While at Petroleum Center he was in the employ of the Central Petroleum Company for several years, and subsequently was connected with the banking house of George H. Bissell & Company of that then booming oil town. In April, 1871, he came to Franklin with James Smith, and was employed at the Boston Iron Works until 1879, when he formed a partnership with J. Hurley, under the firm name of Maloney & Hurley, dealers in oil well supplies. Since that time Mr. Maloney has been the senior member of the firm under the several changes of proprietorship, as well as the leading spirit in the growth and development of the business, which is now the largest institution of its kind in Franklin. Mr. Maloney has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Melissa A. Gordon, of Salisbury Center, Herkimer county, New York, who bore him two daughters: Carrie A., wife of Rowland W. Stewart of Bangor, Maine, and Blanche S. Mrs. Maloney died August 17, 1886, and he was again married December 22, 1887, to Mrs. Anna J. Hanson nee Brigham, a native of Franklin. Politically Mr. Maloney has always been an active, aggressive Democrat. He has served two terms as mayor of Franklin, and several years on the city council. He belongs to the Masonic order, the I. 0. 0. F., K. of H., K. and L. of H., and E. A. U., and is grand master of the A. 0. U. W. in this state. He is recognized as one of the most enterprising citizens of his adopted county.
History of Venango County, Pennsylvania
: its past and present, including its aboriginal history, the French and
British occupation of the country, its early settlement and subsequent
growth, a description of its historic and interesting localities, its rich
oil deposits and their development, sketches of its cities, boroughs,
townships, and villages, neighborhood and family history, portraits and
biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc.,
etc.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
