BIO: William G. ALGEO, Jr., Beaver County, PA
    
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    BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES.  This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches 
    of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  Buffalo, N.Y., 
    Chicago, Ill.: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899, pp. 64-64.
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    WILLIAM G. ALGEO, Jr., master mechanic of the Union Drawn Steel Works, has
  won an enviable reputation as master of his craft and is a highly esteemed
  and respected citizen of Beaver Falls, Pa., being also well-known through
  Beaver county. He was born February 4, 1854, in Pittsburg, Pa., where he was
  also reared and schooled; his educational advantages, however, were extremely
  limited, and he obtained only a slight knowledge of the common branches. At
  the age of fifteen years, he quit school to learn the trade of a machinist in  
  Pittsburg. After completing his trade, he went to Rochester, Pa., where he
  learned the trade of a cabinet maker with his father, and remained in that
  line of business until 1878. Entering the service of the Western File Works
  of Beaver Falls he remained with them two years, as a journeyman. At the end
  of that time, Mr. Algeo was employed by the Love Sewing Machine Co., at
  Rochester, Pa., and was occupied in the manufacture of sewing machines for
  the next three years. He
    
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  was subsequently engaged by the Standard Horse Shoe Nail Works at Fallston,
  then by the Great Western File Works, and then by the Hartman Steel Company,
  where he remained four years, three of which found him in charge of the
  machine department. Later, Mr. Algeo entered the service of the Union Drawn
  Steel Company, being the first man hired by the company. The plant, though
  small at first, has gradually been improved, and enlarged until it has become
  one of the largest and most substantial enterprises of the town. Mr. Algeo's
  position is that of master mechanic and there is hardly a detail in the whole
  range of the plant but what he can attend to with accuracy and skill. When
  work has passed his expert and trained hand and eye, it is sure to have been
  done right.
    
    Our subject is a stanch Republican, but has never sought nor held office.
  He was at one time a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Jr. O. U. A. M.,
  the I. O. of H., and the Maccabees. Like his honored father, William G.
  Algeo, Sr., whose sketch also appears in this publication, he is a member of
  the Episcopal church. Our subject was joined in marriage by the beautiful and
  impressive Episcopal service, with Nora Clayton, a lady of rare
  accomplishments. Two children, Mabel and Alice, blessed their home for a
  short time, but were taken away by the "grim reaper."
    
    Our subject is a prominent citizen, public-spirited, generous, and liberal,
  and has ever labored zealously to promote the welfare and prosperity of his
  town and county. In his business sphere, he is everywhere known as a man of
  indomitable spirit, extreme integrity, and correct method. The growing and
  valuable interests he directs show the impress of a master mind. They are of
  the utmost importance not only to the people of Beaver Falls, but to the
  manufacturing world as well. Mr. Algeo is recognized as a moving spirit of
  the business and is accordingly esteemed and respected.