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His funeral took place at his home, "Faunbrook" on June 26, and he was buried at Oaklands Cemetery in West Chester. [2] In 1851, Darlington married Mary Edwards Baker. [1] They were the parents of 11 children, four of whom died in infancy. [1] Their daughter Isabel became the first woman to practice law in Chester County. [3]
The Oil City North Side Historic District, also known as Cottage Hill, Palace Hill, and Polish Hill, is a national historic district that is located in Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania. Situated directly north of the Oil City Downtown Commercial Historic District , it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
The Oil City South Side Historic District, also known as Venango City and Laytonia, is a national historic district that is located in Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania, and is situated directly south of the Oil City Downtown Commercial Historic District. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]
Oil City had fewer than six families living there in 1859. [8] The discovery of oil changed that. By 1868, a number of boomtowns had emerged in the region, including Oil City, Petroleum Center, Pithole, Rynd Farm, [14] and Titusville. [15] By 1860, the oil trade was far and away the dominant industry in the Oil City area. [9]
Notable buildings include the General Telephone Company Building (1942), Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (1924), the Oil City Boiler Works, Downs Block (1894), Veach Block (1896, 1913), the Drake Building (1928), and the Oil City National Bank (1926). [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]
Service Corporation International is an American provider of funeral goods and services as well as cemetery property and services. It is headquartered in Neartown, Houston, Texas, and operates secondary corporate offices in Jefferson, Louisiana (near New Orleans). [5] [6] SCI operates more than 1500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries. [1]
Oil City is an unincorporated community in east-central Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, located at the confluence of Bens Creek and the Little Conemaugh River. [1] The bridge over Bens Creek is on the National Register of Historic Places .
Thomas Morrison Carnegie (October 2, 1843 – October 19, 1886) was a Scottish-born American industrialist. He was the brother of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie and co-founder of the Edgar Thomson Steel Works (a steel manufacturing company).