Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-09-28
AN UNIQUE CHARACTER
Has Been Well Known in the
Oil Fields for Many Years.
He Was Taken Iil I'm this City Some
Time Ago and FromI Here Taken 10
wheeling, shortly After
ward His Mind Became Deranged and
He was Taken 40 Weston.
From Fridays Daily

From Fridays Daily
The intelligence was received in
this city, this morning that Simon
Bluestine, one of the best known
characters in the oil fields of the
country during, the past twenty
years, had died at the insane asylum
at Weston where he had been tax
en- few weeks ago. About four
weeks ago Bluestine was taken very
i'll in this city and few days later
was sent to the hospital at Wheel
ing. He remained there but a short
time until it was noticed that his
mind was deranged, when he was
committed to the hospital at Wes-
ton, where he remained until death
relieved his sufferings.
There is, perhaps, not man in
the oil country today that has not
at some time or other seen or heard
of Bluestine. He has been one of
the fixtures of the oil country for
great many years and has always
made many friends nearly all the
followers of the business knew him.
He was one Of those whole-souled,
big hearted fellows, one often meets
in the oil country and whenever he
had cent, friend could get it and
no words were passed.
Bluestine was we'll known in the
upper oil country especially in the
fields around Bradford, Pa where
he was in business for long time
and where he is yet remembered.
His business was in the line of
clothing and gents furnishings and
he was one of the first people to
come into Sistersville and open up
a store after the oil had been found
in this section.
His first store was in the build
ing now occupied by W. H. Rob-
erts, on Wells street, and in that
little builIing, which was much
smaller than it is now, he made
great deal of money, but ne always
spent it with a lavish hand. He
was in business in that building for
several years and later sold out to
Brown & Roberts, one of whom is
row running the store.
About a year after this he started
another store in the building now
occupied by w. H. Brown, on
Wells street, and here also he did
we'll and made a great deal of money
but he got into Strengthened circum.
stances through love for the gam
ing table, and it all went. He sold
out to w. H. Brown, who is located
there yet.
After this for some time he
was around in the different pools
of the field and did very little but
gamble until the time he was taken
i'll. He was a good, hard gambler,
and when in luck could win a great
deal of money. During the past
year he was unfortunate, and lost
all he had.
Bluestine was a man of about so
years of age. and had been married
once, but at the time of his death,
and for several years before, he had
not lived with his wife, having, it
is understood, procured a divorce.
So far as is known he has no re-
latives, and the last request he
made in a lucid interval just b. fore
he died, was that he be buried in
the Hebrew cemetery at Wheeling.
He was a man, who, while he
had some bad traits, had more good
ones and he would never do man
an injury if he could help it. It he
could not say a good word for a
man, he would say nothing and for
this he gained the respect of a host
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