Individual Details

Birth

Sauters, William Davis, coal operator, was born at Upper St. Clair, Allegheny county, Pa., Nov 25, 1869, son of John David and Elizabeth (Espy) Sauters. His father, who was proprietor of a general store and a coal operator, served in the Federal army during the Civil War as a member of the 62d regiment Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, part of the time as lieutenant on the staff of Maj. Gen. Darius N Couch (q.v.). The maternal grandfather of the subject was Capt. Espy of the 62d Pennsylvania regiment, who was killed in action at Gaines Mil, Va., in 1862. William D Sauters received his education in the public schools: at Trinity Hall, Washington, Pa., and at Duff's Commericial School, Pittsburg. At the age of twenty he began his business career at McDonald, Pa., as bookkeeper for his father. About 1894 he removed to Cleveland, O., and in a small way began an independent career in the coal business, with a yard at Newberg. He engaged also in jobbing in car lots, subsequently added another yard on the west side of the city, and then sold out his yards ad gave his entire attention to jobbing. Until 1903 he was a member of the Sauter-Skeele Coal Co. He then organized the Sauters Coal Co., a close corporation of which he remains the executive head until his death, and he was also a co-partner with his brother, Thomas E Sauters, in the Pittsburgh & Cleveland Coal Co., coal mine owers and operators. The latter concern was incorporated under the same title at the beginning of 1916, and he was elected president, continuing in that relation until his death. He was a member of Westwood Golf, Cleveland Athletic, and Clifton Clubs, Cleveland and of the Masonic fraternity. He founded;nd his chief recreation in golf. His political affiliation was with the Republican party, and he was a communicant of the Presbyterian church. He contributed largely to the upbuilding of Cleveland. He married at Newark, O., Oct 18, 1892, Mary Abbott, daughter of Dr. Oliver P Sook, a physician of Newark; she survived him, with two children: Lois Elizabeth and William Frederic Sauter, college students. He died in Cleveland, O., July 9 1917.

Residence

Bellevue Pennsylvania, is a fitter

Note

Sauters, William Davis, coal operator, was born at Upper St. Clair, Allegheny county, Pa., Nov 25, 1869, son of John David and Elizabeth (Espy) Sauters. His father, who was proprietor of a general store and a coal operator, served in the Federal army during the Civil War as a member of the 62d regiment Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, part of the time as lieutenant on the staff of Maj. Gen. Darius N Couch (q.v.). The maternal grandfather of the subject was Capt. Espy of the 62d Pennsylvania regiment, who was killed in action at Gaines Mil, Va., in 1862. William D Sauters received his education in the public schools: at Trinity Hall, Washington, Pa., and at Duff's Commericial School, Pittsburg. At the age of twenty he began his business career at McDonald, Pa., as bookkeeper for his father. About 1894 he removed to Cleveland, O., and in a small way began an independent career in the coal business, with a yard at Newberg. He engaged also in jobbing in car lots, subsequently added another yard on the west side of the city, and then sold out his yards ad gave his entire attention to jobbing. Until 1903 he was a member of the Sauter-Skeele Coal Co. He then organized the Sauters Coal Co., a close corporation of which he remains the executive head until his death, and he was also a co-partner with his brother, Thomas E Sauters, in the Pittsburgh & Cleveland Coal Co., coal mine owers and operators. The latter concern was incorporated under the same title at the beginning of 1916, and he was elected president, continuing in that relation until his death. He was a member of Westwood Golf, Cleveland Athletic, and Clifton Clubs, Cleveland and of the Masonic fraternity. He founded;nd his chief recreation in golf. His political affiliation was with the Republican party, and he was a communicant of the Presbyterian church. He contributed largely to the upbuilding of Cleveland. He married at Newark, O., Oct 18, 1892, Mary Abbott, daughter of Dr. Oliver P Sook, a physician of Newark; she survived him, with two children: Lois Elizabeth and William Frederic Sauter, college students. He died in Cleveland, O., July 9 1917.