Fred Paul Grosscup

Fred Paul Grosscup (1854–1925) was a businessman, land developer, and politician who lived in Charleston, West Virginia. He was in the farm implement business, developed a waterworks in Texas, and got into the natural gas and railroad industries. He was also a property developer. He advocated for funding a geological department in West Virginia.[1] A Republican, he campaigned to be governor in the 1920 election.[1] In 1905 he was hospitalized for ptomaine poisoning.

He was born in Ashland County, Ohio, the son of Benjamin and Susan Bowermeister Grosscup.[1] Benjamin S. Grosscup, a lawyer in Tacoma, Washington, and Judge Peter S. Grosscup were his brothers.[2][3]

He married Bertha Maria Coffey of Wooster, Ohio in 1882.[1] He was named on the patents for hay carriers.[4]

From 1905 to 1907 he was Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates.[5]

He served on the Panama-Pacific Exposition Commission[5] organizing West Virginia's involvement in the event to held in San Francisco, California.[6] In 1919 he served as president of the West Virginia Natural Gas Association.[7]

He died in Chicago.[1]

There is a Grosscup Road. His son, Paul Benjamin Grosscup, owned the Grosscup-Meters Realty Company that developed what is now the Grosscup Historic District.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Shawkey, Morris Purdy (March 20, 1928). "West Virginia, in History, Life, Literature and Industry". Lewis publishing Company – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Richards, John T. (1921). "Peter Stenger Grosscup". American Bar Association Journal. 7 (10): 555 – via JSTOR.
  3. ↑ "Judge Grosscup's Brother Ill". July 8, 1905 – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ↑ Office, United States Patent (March 20, 1884). "Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office". The Office – via Google Books.
  5. 1 2 "West Virginia Blue Book". Tribune Printing Company. March 20, 1916 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Virginia, West (March 20, 1915). "Public Documents" – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Gas Age". Harbrace Publications. March 20, 1920 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/47cfcaad-a696-4c35-9533-713933e352f1
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