[p. 973] oil producer, operating extensively in the Butler County fields, occupies an office at No. 51½ East Washington Street, New Castle, where a large part of his business is transacted. Mr. Falls belongs to an old Lawrence County family, and was born at New Castle, in 1855.
Wilson Falls, the father of Thomas W., was born on the present site of New Castle, in 1819, and was a son of Thomas Falls, who came to this section of Pennsylvania when it was in a wild condition. Wilson Falls was a tanner, and followed this trade during the whole of his active life. He died at New Castle in 1880.
Thomas W. Falls was educated in the New Castle schools. Prior to becoming interested in the oil fields, in 1906, he was connected with the window glass manufacturing industry, and later was engaged in the life insurance business. In 1880 Mr. Falls was married to Ada F. Stewart, who is a daughter of William J. Stewart, of Chicago, Ill. They have two children, Wilson S., and Sue, the former of whom is associated with his father in the oil business. The daughter, Sue, is the wife of Ralph M. Lowry, of New Castle. Mr. and Mrs. Falls are members of Trinity Episcopal Church, of which he has been a vestryman for a number of years. He is a Mason and belongs to many of the higher branches of the fraternity.
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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