In the development of the steel business of
Pittsburgh he was ably seconded by James Scott, George Lauder (his
cousin), Robert Pitcairn, Charles Lockhart, and others--all Scots.
James McClurg Guffey (b. 1839), oil producer and capitalist, was of
Galloway descent. He developed the oil fields of Kansas, Texas,
California, West Virginia, and Indian Territory. The town of Guffey,
Colorado, is named in his honor. His brother Wesley S. Guffey was also
prominent in the oil industry. John Arbuckle (1839-1912), merchant and
philanthropist, known in the trade as the "Coffee King," was born in
Scotland. Robert Dunlap (b. 1834), hat manufacturer and founder of
Dunlap Cable News Company (1891), was of Ulster Scot origin. William
Chalk Gouinlock (1844-1914), physician and manufacturer, of Scottish
ancestry, was one of the first to establish the salt industry in
Western New York (1883), and in 1887 established the first salt-pan
west of the Mississippi (at Hutcheson, Kansas). Edward Kerr, born in
Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, in 1842, was founder of the Laurenceville
Bronze Company (1891); and William Mackenzie (1841-1914), born in
Glasgow, was founder of the Standard Bleachery at Carlton Hill, New
Jersey. Hugh J. Chisholm (1847-1912), capitalist and manufacturer, was
of Scottish parentage. James Smith Kirk (1818-86), soap manufacturer
in Chicago, was born in Glasgow. George Yule, born in Rathen,
Aberdeenshire, in 1824, was distinguished in manufactures.
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