Bios: DON H. AMSBURY, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
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DON H. AMSBURY,
[p. 969] superintendent of the city of New Castle Water Company plant,
and vice-president of the New Castle Paint and Varnish Company, has been
identified with New Castle interests for the past eleven years. He was
born in 1869 in Illinois.
Mr. Amsbury remained in his native State through his educational period.
Prior to coming to New Castle, in 1897, he had, for years, been
connected with the American Water Works Guarantee Company, first as
bookkeeper, and after being transferred to the auditing department,
traveled all over the country to their different plants. He has become a
fixture at New Castle, making business investments and accepting a high
office in one of the city's prospering concerns. He has interested
himself also in local politics, with a view to advance the prosperity of
the city and makes his influence felt.
In 1900 Mr. Amsbury was married to Miss Isabel Peebles, who was born and
reared at New Castle. Mr. and Mrs. Amsbury are members of Trinity
Episcopal Church. Fraternally he is a Mason, and has attained the
fourteenth degree in the Lodge of Perfection. An active business man he
belongs to the New Castle Chamber of Commerce, while he maintains social
relations with the Lawrence Club.
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20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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