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JOHN W. WAITS, whose oil production is on the famous “Johnnie Steele” farm, is a son of the late John Waits, who came here from Buffalo in the palmy days of petroleum, and here spent the last days of his life, dying in 1882, at the age of sixty-four years. John W. Waits was born in Albany, New York, in 1858, and was ten years old when his father moved into the oil region. He was educated at the common schools, and at Erie, Pennsylvania, learned the trade of machinist. Before coming on the Steele farm he was managing wells for other parties at Bradford, and he came to this place first as an employe. In 1884 he purchased the property upon which he has now thirty-four producing wells, and is rapidly putting down additional ones.
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.
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