Hamilton Hobart Stow
American oil well operator
Hamilton Hobart Stow (June 25, 1837 – November 21, 1905) was an American oil well operator.
Biography
Stow was born on June 25, 1837, in Olean, New York. His parents, Hamilton and Sally Stow, were of English descent. He received his early education at Newtown, Pennsylvania, and Tionesta, Pennsylvania, and attended Allegheny College in Meadville for one year.
Stow married Amanda P. Scott, of Buffalo, New York, in 1859. They had three children together.
In 1862, Stow helped form the firm of Van Vleck & Stow, which later operated over 200 active oil wells. Van Vleck & Stow was described as "one of the largest in this part of the country." He was later a member of the Western Oil Men's Association, the Oil Exchange of Toledo, and the Toledo Yachting Association.
Stow was engaged in lumber business with his father from 1864 to 1872 in Tionesta, later moving to Cincinnati where they operated extensive lumber yards.
In 1876, Stow became the superintendent of the Setron Coal Mining Company located at Hartford City, West Virginia.
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