Henry Clay Frick (1849 - 1919)

Born 19 Dec 1849 in West Overton, East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Adelaide Howard (Childs) Frick — married 15 Dec 1881 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Dec 1919 at age 69 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849 – December 2, 1919) was an American industrialist, financier, and art patron from Northern Appalachia.

Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849 – December 2, 1919) was an American industrialist, financier, union-buster, and art patron. He founded the H. C. Frick & Company coke manufacturing company, was chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company, and played a major role in the formation of the giant U.S. Steel steel manufacturing concern. He also financed the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Reading Company,[citation needed] and owned extensive real estate holdings in Pittsburgh and throughout the state of Pennsylvania. He later built the historic neoclassical Frick Mansion (now a landmark building in Manhattan) and at his death donated his extensive collection of old master paintings and fine furniture to create the celebrated Frick Collection and art museum.

Frick was born in West Overton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in the United States, a grandson of Abraham Overholt, the owner of the prosperous Overholt Whiskey distillery.

Frick played a major role in the formation of the giant U.S. Steel manufacturing concern that brought many Appalachians up to Pennsylvania for jobs. The coal from North and Central Appalachia was mined and shipped to help make the steel. Fueling the industrial revolution and the coal mines of Appalachia. He also financed the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Reading Company.

He was also in large part responsible for the alterations to the South Fork Dam that caused its failure, leading to the catastrophic Johnstown Flood in Northern Appalachia.

His vehement opposition to unions also caused violent conflict, most notably in the Homestead Strike. The final result was a major defeat for the union strikers and a setback for their efforts to unionize steelworkers. The battle was a pivotal event in U.S. labor history.

Henry was born in 1849. He passed away in 1919.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay_Frick
• http://research.frick.org/
• 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
  citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  FamilySearch Record: M4ZH-8RQ (accessed 19 May 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-67CQ-WBZ Image number 00649
  Henry C Frick (0) in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States. Born in Pennsylvania.
• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #367 (accessed 19 May 2023)
  Memorial page for Henry Clay Frick (19 Dec 1849-2 Dec 1919), citing Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA (plot: Section 14, Lot 66 Grave 3); Maintained by Find a Grave.

See Also:

• Wikidata: Item Q93709, en:Wikipedia