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Joseph Stephen Cullinan (December 31, 1860 – March 11, 1937) was a U.S. oil industrialist. Although he was a native of Pennsylvania, his lifetime business endeavors would help shape the early phase of the oil industry in Texas. He founded The Texas Company, which would eventually be known as Texaco Incorporated .
The first large-scale project was oilman Joseph S. Cullinan’s 37-acre Shadyside, begun in 1916. Cullinan was followed into Shadyside by stockbroker Hugo V. “Baron” Neuhaus, cotton exporter...
Dec 7, 2016 · Cullinan, Joseph Stephen (1860–1937). Joseph Stephen Cullinan, oilman, was born on December 31, 1860, near Sharon, Pennsylvania, the oldest son and second of eight children of John Francis and Mary (Considine) Cullinan.
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Joseph Cullinan was born in 1860 in Pennsylvania. He began working in oil fields at age 14 and learned many tasks associated with oil production. At age 22, he became affiliated with Standard Oil, and in 1895, organized a company that managed steel storage tanks.
Joseph S. Cullinan. Texaco. 1902–1913. Industry: Utilities & Energy. Era: 1900. In 1913, when Cullinan resigned his presidency, Texaco controlled over 4% of the nation’s oil production. Cullinan had grown Texaco from an initial capitalization of $3 million to one of $30 million with assets of approximately $60 million.
Oil magnate Joseph Stephen Cullinan was born on December 31, 1860 in western Pennsylvania, the second eldest among eight siblings. In 1891, Cullinan married Lucy Halm, with whom he had five children. Cullinan began working in the Pennsylvania oilfields at age 14 and joined Standard Oil in 1882.
Apr 13, 2017 · The name Joseph Cullinan might not be that familiar to some Texans regarding the state’s oil boom, but he was involved in the development of several of the early large Texas oil fields and had significant interests in several companies that are major energy companies today. Cullinan was born in 1860 in Pennsylvania, the eldest son among his ...
…founded in Beaumont, Texas, by Joseph S. Cullinan (1860–1937), a former Standard Oil field worker, and Arnold Schlaet (1859–1946), a New York investment manager. Their original design was to buy and refine oil in Texas and sell it to Standard Oil Company interests in the north at a profit, but…
Joseph S. Cullinan was one of the major figures in the history of Houston and the early oil industry. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1860 and after his arrival in Corsicana, Texas, as a young man, he became involved in the exploration and production of the Corsicana oil fields.
Sep 20, 2022 · Houston Negro Hospital. This collection contains the documents of Joseph Cullinan related to the founding and early operation of the Houston Negro Hospital. Cullinan, a Houston businessman, helped start the hospital with a monetary donation to be used in construction of the building.
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