Guide to the Papers of the Hogg Family, 1785-1914
1785-1914
Metadata Details
- Title
- Hogg family papers 1785-1914, Hogg family
- Creator
- Subject
- Hogg family, Banks and banking--Pennsylvania--Fayette County, Churches--Pennsylvania--Brownsville, Glass manufacture--Pennsylvania--Brownsville, Brownsville (Pa.)--History, Fayette County (Pa.)--Genealogy, Fayette County (Pa.)--History
- Description
- These papers consist of financial and real estate material, a scrapbook and miscellaneous material that documents the land holdings and business transactions of William, George and George E. Hogg. Of special note is a scrapbook of Mary Ann Hogg Brunot which contains information as to the founding of the YWCA., The Hogg Family was prominant in Fayette County from late 18th through the late 19th century. Individual family members were noted for their activities in banking, merchandise, transportation, glass production and farming. The earliest Hogg, William (1755-1841) came over from England to the American colonies as a British soldier. George Hogg is known for establishing the Brownsville Glass Factory (1827-47). George's son, George E. Hogg was one of the most prominent of his family's children in this area., Gift of Mrs. Edward Henesey., Papers MSS 208 Sept. 1995 Kim Fortney
- Publisher
- Contributor
- Breading, Nathaniel , 1751-1822, Brunot, Mary Ann (Hogg) , 1822-1899, Hogg, George , 1784-1849, Hogg, George E. , d. 1893, Hogg, John T. , 1820-, Hogg, Mary Ann (Breading), Hogg, William , 1755-1841, Brownsville Episcopal Church (Pa.), Brownsville Glass Factory (Pa.), Kenyon College, Monongahela Bank of Brownsville (Pa.), Monongahela Navigation Company, Pittsburgh, Brownsville and Geneva Packet Company, Young Women's Christian Association, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1785-1914
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- Identifier
- Source
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-MSS208, pdcp_noharvest
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Brownsville, Pennsylvania, Brownsville, Brownsville (Pa.), Fayette County (Pa.), Fayette County (Pa.), Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)
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