The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-27
CHARLES LOCKH4RT DEAD.
Pioneer OIL Man and an Organizer OF the
Stanharn COMPANY.

PITTsBURG PA Jan 20 Charles Lock-
hart, one of the organizers of the Standard
Oil Company and a director in the Western
Union Telegraph Company, died at his
home in this city at 6oc!ock this morning
He was 80 years old
Mr. Lockhart was one of Pittsburg' 4
most remarkable men. He came here
when a small boy. started his career without
a penny. amassed a fortune and realized
the great wealth that lay in petroleum.
He was among the first TO enter that field
of industry. and was one Of the famous
big four who founded the Standard Oil
Company
Mr. Lockhart was born on Aug 2. 1918,
al Cairn Head near Whithorn. Wigton-
shire. Scotland. At the age of years
he was sent to the care of an uncle. who
was merchant at Charleston, on Wigton
bay There he remained with his uncle
with the exception Of one year, until he
was 10 years old He attended school and
assisted in the store. In 1899 his parents
and their family of seven children removed
TO this country. coming direct to Pittsburg
For time they lived upon farm in Trum-
bull county Ohio
When young Lockhart came to Pittsburg
the city had not within its limits more
industrious hoy For 70 cents a week he
worked from twelve To fourteen hours
II day
From an errand boy at Is cents a day
Mr. Lockhart worked his way up step bv
step until he was admitted To the firm of
James McCully a Co In the firm also were
Major William Frew, u nephew Of the pro-
prietor and afterward partner Of Mr..
Lockhart in oil enterprises.
Mr. Lockhart first learned Of oil through
his connection with the salt warehouse of
McCully Men who owned salt wells brought
IN with them Seneca oil. which came from
the ground at the wells
His first large investment large at that
time. although insignificant in comparison
with later transactions was in salt well
near Iarentum Isaac HUI owned the
we'll and besides producing salt there was
fair production Of oil. Young Lockhart
saw that the investment was a good one
and nut into ltlall the money he had saved
But as soon "a Col Drake tapped the
sand on Oil Creek, Mr. Lockhart foresaw
the ieal beginning Of the great oil industry.
He went 10 that region and soon had large
section OF territory and producing wells
He brought the first oil in any considerable
quantity from on Creek 10 Pittsburg
Ha was also the first man in the United
States to recognize the fact that II there
was cheap and good illtminant in the
market Europe would be a heavy buyer
Of II
BY is6l Lockhart 4 Frew had an oil re-
hnery IN operation at Brilliant Station,
and five years later larger one az Phla-
delphia, called the Atlantic refinery. built
TO supply the demand that was coming
from Europe for the oil. The Standard Oil
Company. Of which he was an organizer.
later took up the business Of Lockhart 4
Frew and Of Warden. Frew 4 Co.. the firm
that was operating the Atlantic refinery
Among the other interests with which
MIR Lockpart was identified during a busy
life were the manufacture Of saws. axes
and shovels. the axe plant being absorbed
- hn AfFNn 4 Toe fFav
the Pittsburg Locomotive Works. the
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, the Jack
son Lumber Company Of Alabama. the
Lockhart Iron 4 Steel Company. silver
and gold mining in Idaho. Colorado and
other States; wheat growing in the Red
River valley. Minnesota and the Interna-
tional Navigation Company, since merged
in the shipping combine He was one Of
the original directors and afterward presi-
dent Of the Plttshurg National Bank Of
Commerce
His real estate holdings in Pittsburg
were large. and his estate is generally put