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Thomas Mellon (February 3, 1813 – February 3, 1908) was an Irish American businessman, judge, and lawyer who was best known as the founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of the Mellon family of Pittsburgh.
Jul 8, 2014 · Most of America's Gilded Age fortunes have dissipated over time. Yet two centuries after Thomas Mellon arrived in America with his family, the Mellons are worth $12 billion.
Inspired by The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas A. Mellon decided in 1834 to enroll at the Western University of Pennsylvania rather than try to eke out a living on his family’s farm.
Following the discovery, Thomas Mellon built the Gulf refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. The firm continued to develop oil fields in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, as well as in Mexico and Venezuela; by 1923 the Port Arthur refinery was the largest in the world.
Apr 22, 2024 · Thomas Mellon arrived in America in 1818 when his family immigrated from Ireland, settling in Western Pennsylvania. Leaving the family farm for the rapidly expanding city of Pittsburgh, he...
Jan 13, 2020 · The judge : a life of Thomas Mellon, founder of a fortune. by. Mellon, James, 1942- Publication date. 2011. Topics. Mellon, Thomas, 1813-1908, Mellon family, Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography. Publisher. New Haven : Yale University Press. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled. Contributor. Internet Archive.
History. In 1885, at the age of seventy-two and "in the evening of life," Thomas Mellon published his autobiography in a limited edition exclusively for his fa...
May 24, 2011 · Offering a singular and insightful characterization of the Scotch-Irish value system that governed the patriarch's work and life, James Mellon captures the judge's complexities and contradictions, revealing him as a truly human figure.
- James Mellon
Thomas Mellon was a distinguished and highly successful Pittsburgh entrepreneur, judge, and banker. Two of his sons, Andrew William and Richard Beatty, were to join Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller as the four wealthiest men in the United States.
Thomas Mellon was a distinguished and highly successful Pittsburgh entrepreneur, judge, and banker. Two of his sons, Andrew William and Richard Beatty, were to join Henry Ford and...
