Josiah Copley Thaw

William was the owner of the Red Star and American Steamship Lines, and the VP of the Pennsylvania RR Company Lines West, of Pennsylvania. He was the son of John Thaw and Eliza Thomas of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, PA.

Mary Sibbett Copley was the daughter of Josiah Copley and Margaret Welden of Armstrong County, PA.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Husband of Mary Harrington Thomson, married November 18, 1903, in Port Huron, Michigan. Mary was the daughter of John Webster Thompson and Ida Harrington.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Josiah and Mary were the parents of -

Margaret Copley, b. May 7, 1905, Pittsburgh, PA. Married first, Newbold Augustus Morris, #88590413, about 1925, divorced 1940; they had two sons.

Married second, Harry William Seckel, an architect, on September 24, 1949, at the Thaw family summer in Southampton, Long Island. That marriage also ended in divorce in 1962. This information courtesy of contributor L. R. (#49395269)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Education - Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, PA. Yale, Ph.B., 1896, mechanical engineering.

Career - Stoner, Thaw & Co, LTD, Pittsburgh, PA, President, 1907-1926. Stoner Thaw & Co manufactured large filters, such as the Davis Water Filter, for city water supplies. He retired in 1926.

- He was engaged in US postal censorship work during WWI.

Personal - Member of the Presbyterian church.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name: Josiah Copley Thaw Event Type: Death Event Date: 15 Mar 1944 Event Place: Manhattan, New York, New York Address: 761 Fifth Ave Residence Place: New York, New York, New York Gender: Male Age: 69 Marital Status: Married Race: White Occupation: retired-engineer Birth Date: 13 Jun 1874 Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Burial Date: 16 Mar 1944 Cemetery: Freshpond Crematory Father's Name: William Thaw Father's Birthplace: US Mother's Name: Mary Copley Mother's Birthplace: US Spouse's Name: Mary Thomson Thaw Frame Number: 1046 Source: New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949