Amasa stone biography

STONE, AMASA (27 Apr. 1818-11 May 1883) was a.
Amasa Stone, Jr. was an American industrialist who is best remembered for having created a regional railroad empire centered in the U.S. state of Ohio from 1860 to 1883.
Amasa Stone, Jr. (April 27, 1818 – May 11, 1883) was an American industrialist who is best remembered for having created a regional railroad empire centered.

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Plain Dealer article written by Bob Rich and published on February 4, 1996

BANKROLLING HIGHER LEARNING PHILANTHROPISTS’ FEUD LED TO FOUNDING

OF TWO SCHOOLS

Author: BOB RICH

On a bitter, cold February day in 1851, a brightly polished new locomotive pulled into Cleveland packed with passengers from Columbus and Cincinnati to celebrate the completion of the city’s first railroad, the Cleveland-Columbus-Cincinnati Co.

Among the officials who greeted the out-of-towners on the courthouse steps were the mayor, William Case, and the superintendent of the railroad, Amasa Stone, who not only had stock in the line, but a salary of $4,000 a year to run it.

These two were to clash in later years, and their mutual dislike and competitiveness would strongly affect higher education in Cleveland.

The famous and accomplished Case family: father, Leonard, and sons, Leonard Jr., and William, were unquestionably the first big names in 19th century Cleveland education, starting with the Cleveland Medical College in 1843. They also made several tries to create a Cleveland unive

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Amasa Stone, Jr. PapersStone, Amasa Jr.Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Railroad CompanyCleveland, Painesville, and Ashtabula Rail Road Company.Railroad companies -- Ohio -- Cleveland.Steel industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- HistoryAmasa Stone, Jr. (1818-11-1883) was a contractor, railroad manager, financier, and philanthropist of Cleveland, Ohio. Collection consists of four bound letter books of correspondence. Western Reserve Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Margaret Burzynski-Bays2014eadManuscript CollectionMS 5259unknownEnglishunknown1874-1881public0.60 linear feet (2 containers)2020-07-28Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Railroad CompanyCleveland, Painesville, and Ashtabula Rail Road Company.Railroad companies -- Ohio -- Cleveland.Steel industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Historypublicdynaxml1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 amasa stone jr papersstoneCleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Railroad Company1874-1881Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Railroad CompanyCleveland, Painesville, and Ashtabula Rail Road Company.Railroad companies -- Oh

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Amasa Stone

American industrialist

Amasa Stone, Jr.
Amasa Stone
Born	(1818-04-27)April 27, 1818 Charlton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	May 11, 1883(1883-05-11) (aged 65) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Bridge builder, railroad executive, businessman
Known for	Philanthropy
Spouse	Julia Ann Gleason
Children	3, including Flora Amelia
Relatives	Helen Hay Whitney (granddaughter)

Amasa Stone, Jr. (April 27, 1818 – May 11, 1883) was an American industrialist who is best remembered for having created a regional railroad empire centered in the U.S. state of Ohio from 1860 to 1883. He gained fame in New England in the 1840s for building hundreds of bridges, most of them Howe truss bridges (the patent for which he had licensed from its inventor). After moving into railroad construction in 1848, Stone moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1850. Within four years he was a director of the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad and the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad. The latter merged with the Lake Shore and Michigan So