J. Hartwell Hillman Jr.

John Hartwell Hillman (1880–1959) was an American businessman, active in coal, steel and gas.

Early life

John Hartwell Hillman was born in 1880, the son of J. Hartwell Hillman Sr. and Sallie Murfree Frazer.[1]

Career

J. Hartwell Hillman headed his family company, J. H. Hillman & Sons, in partnership with his brothers Ernest Hillman (1883–1969) and James Frazier Hillman (1888–1972).[2] Eventually, this became Pittsburgh Coke & Chemical, and is now Calgon Carbon.

Hillman House

In 1919, Hillman bought a late-1870s red brick, three-storey house in "Millionaires' Row" on Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, built for James Rees a boat and engine builder. He engaged the architect Benno Janssen to build a new house, but changed his mind and had Edward Mellon remodel the house, encasing it in limestone, and renaming it "Hillman House". It stayed in the family until 1975.[3]

Personal life

He married Juliet Cummins Lea (1885–1940).[2]

He subsequently married Dora Butcher Hillman.[4]

His son John Hartwell Hillman III was in the Princeton class of 1932, and president of the National Garden Supply Corporation, and died on March 21, 1974 of heart failure at his Pittsburgh home.[5]

His son Henry Lea Hillman (1918–2017), was a billionaire investor.

Death

Hillman died in 1959.

References
  1. John F. Baker (5 January 2010). The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: Stories of My Family's Journey to Freedom. Simon and Schuster. p. 270. ISBN 978-1-4165-6741-7. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. "About Elsie Hillman". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. Smith, Craig (April 25, 2010). "McCook mansion in Shadyside returns to 'Millionaires' Row' glory". TribLive. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  4. "Doris B. Hillman, 77, prominent civic leader". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 27, 1982. p. 12. Retrieved 2019-10-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Princeton Alumni Weekly. 75. princeton alumni weekly. 1974. p. 22. PRNC:32101081978262. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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