[p. 931] superintendent
of the New Castle works of the Carnegie
Steel Company, has been identified with
the iron and steel industries ever since he
was about thirteen years of age. He was
born at New Castle, Pa., in September
1869, and belongs to an old pioneer family
of this place.
John Henry Hartsuff, the grandfather of O. J. H., came to this section and was among the founders of New Castle's commerce. For more than forty years he was associated with the Cunninghams as a member of the firm, and was interested in many of the city's infant enterprises. At the time of his death he was the oldest member of the Masonic fraternity in Lawrence County.
The late Henry John Hartsuff, son of John Henry and father of O. J. H., was born at New Castle, and died in the same city in 1900. For years he was prominently identified with New Castle's manufacturing interests, and was a member of the old firm of Cunningham & Company.
O. J. H. Hartsuff left school in boyhood to enter the iron works of the old Cunningham Company, which once represented the acme of business progress here, and continued there until about 1891. For the past seventeen years he has been associated with what is now the Carnegie Steel Company, for twelve years being deputy superintendent and for the past two years has filled his present very important position with this great corporation.
For many years Mr. Hartsuff has been identified with the Masonic fraternity, and is a member of Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council, Commandery and Lodge of Perfection. His membership in the Lawrence and the Country clubs contribute to his social needs.
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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