Leon De Chappotin Magaw^[1]

1827 - 1907  (80 years)

• Name	Leon De Chappotin Magaw
  Born	16 Jul 1827	Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Aug 1907	Meadville, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
  Buried	Greemdale Cemetery, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I22670	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2020

  
  

  Mother	Col. William [GQSX-F49] Magaw,   b. 1788, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania ,   d. 29 Sep 1823, Meadville, Franklin County, Pennsylvania  (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Bridget Adeline S. Chappotin,   b. Est 1798, Rhode Island ,   d. 26 Oct 1842, Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 44 years)
  Family ID	F8531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67432868/leon-de_chappotin-magaw. Leon De Chappotin Magaw Birth 16 Jul 1827 Pa Death:4 Aug 1907 (aged 80) Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Burial: Greendale Cemetery Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania LEON C. MAGAW, cheese manufacturer, Meadville, was born July 16, 1827, son of Col. William and Adeline (Chappotin) Magaw. The latter was a native of Rhode Island, of French descent; Col. William Magaw was born in Pennsylvania, and is of Scotch descent; came to Meadville in 1809; clerked for some time under Samuel B. Magaw (one of the early merchants); afterward became a prominent merchant himself, and also entered largely into the manufacture of straw paper, of which he was the inventor. Our subject, Leon Magaw, the elder son, was educated in Meadville, and at a private school, at Buffalo, N. Y. When twenty-two years of age he embarked in the grocery trade, and continued in the same for thirty years, fifteen years of which as a wholesale dealer. In the year 1880 he started a cheese factory, and at present has retired from the grocery trade, and owns and operates fourteen cheese factories. He is the most extensive cheese manufacturer in Pennsylvania; he sells his products throughout the United States and Mexico. Mr. Magaw has been twice married, on first occasion, in 1851, to Sophie M. Selden, of Pittsburgh (of French descent), who bore him the following children: Elizabeth S., wife of A. M. Fuller, merchant here; G. Selden, a merchant in Chicago; Adelaide Louise, wife of John J. Shryock, merchant here. His wife dying in 1864, our subject remarried, in 1866, Mrs. Susan E. Thorp, of Brooklyn, N. Y., formerly Miss Gray, of Newburyport, Mass. By this union are two daughters, Leona and Ethel, and two sons, I. Thorp, and Louis Deb. The entire family are members of the Episcopal Church. History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 752-753. Leon C. Magaw, founder of the Leon C. Magaw Cheese company of Meadville, has resigned as superintendent of factories for the company and will be succeeded by B. R. Van Hoosen of Penn Line. Mr. Magaw is a veteran in the cheese business and retires from active work at the age of 78 years. Titusville Herald, 29 Nov 1905, p.5, Titusville, Pa. MEADVILLE, Sept. 4.?Leon C. Magaw, 72 years old, a veteran businessman and founder of the Magaw cheese interests, who is widely known, died tonight. Titusville Herald, 05 Sep 1907, p.1, Titusville, Pa. Age at death per cemetery records: 80 yrs. 1 mos. 19 days. Parents William Magaw, 1788?1849 Bridget Adeline S Chappotin Magaw, 1798?1842 Spouses Susan Elizabeth Gray Magaw, 1836?1887 (m. 1866) Sophia M. Selden Magaw, 1829?1862 Emily Arthington Magaw, 1859?1891 Children Leon C. Magaw, unknown?1862 Louis D. Magaw, unknown?1897 Elizabeth LeBon Magaw Fuller, 1854?1936 Marian G. Magaw Foster, 1859?1901 Adelaide Louise Magaw Shryock, 1861?1945