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Emmet Densmore
Emmet Densmore (May 19, 1837 – March 2, 1911) was an American businessman, physician and natural hygiene advocate who promoted an early version of the Paleolithic diet. Biography Densmore was born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Joel and Sophia Densmore.Anonymous. (1910)''Men and Women of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries'' L. R. Hamersly & Company. p. 485 In his youth he worked at his father's sawmill and worked as a printer at Meadville, Pennsylvania.Crossman, T. E. (1911)''Proceedings of the National Wholesale Druggists' Association Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting at New York City'' New York: Burr Printing House. pp. 190–191 Densmore spent two years at Allegheny College. In 1862, he developed with his brothers one of the first successful oil wells in Oil Creek, Pennsylvania. He bought and sold oil wells and for several years worked with his brother James Densmore in developing the Sholes typewriter. This typewriter later became kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Crawford County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 83,938. Its county seat is Meadville. The county was created on March 12, 1800, from part of Allegheny County and named for Colonel William Crawford. Crawford County comprises the Meadville, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Erie-Meadville, PA Combined Statistical Area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (2.4%) is water. It has a warm-summer humid continental climate (''Dfb'') and average monthly temperatures in Meadville range from 24.9 °F in January to 69.5 °F in July, while in Titusville they range from 24.2 °F in January to 68.8 °F in July Adjacent counties * Erie County, Pennsylvania, Erie County (north) *Warren County (east) * Venango County (southeast) * Mercer County (south) *Trumbull County, Ohio (southwest) *Ashtabula County, Ohio (west) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
