23 Apr 1923: James Lord, one of the pioneers of what is now the American plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company, in the eastern section of the city, and a prominent citizen for forty years, passed away at his home at Second and Cumberland Streets, on Sunday morning at 9 o'clock.
He had been in failing health for several years, and for a year was so feeble that he seldom left the house on foot. He was 79 years of age, and his passing was not attributed to any organic ailment, but a mere ebbing of exhausted vitality, which terminated slowly into eternal sleep. Mr. Lord was a scion of a southern family of prominence, having been born in Delaware in 1844. After a preliminary education in the public schools, he attended a preparatory school at Andover, Mass., and later graduated from St. John's College, at Annapolis, Md.
In 1861 while still a mere boy, he entered the state service of Maryland as a lieutenant of infantry and upon the disbanding of this organization, he served General H. H. Lockwood, as a volunteer aid without pay. In 1863, he was mustered into the Union Army in the United States service, as a second lieutenant of Calvary, an organization of Maryland volunteers, known as Purnell's Legion. After an honorable record, during which he was promoted to a captaincy, he retired in 1865.
He was almost immediately appointed by the government as a commissioner of Freedmen and abandoned lands in eastern Virginia. After a year of that service, he resigned to enter business in Delaware where he remained for five years. He accepted a position in 1871 as chief clerk at the Sternberg bolt and nut plant, at Reading, which position was taken by Captain H.M.M. Richards in 1882, when Mr. Lord came to Lebanon and established a similar works here. The local plant under the skillful management of Mr. Lord, prospered prodigiously, and soon was one of the leading industries here. Despite a disastrous fire on June 6, 1886, the plant continued to flourish and in 1898, the original capital of $150,000 was increased to $250,000 and about 1,400 men were employed. In 1889, Mr. Lord's financial associates of Reading retired and the Brock and Coleman families of the city bought out their interests. In 1899, Mr. Lord and his fellow officials formed a merger with the Sternberg's at Reading, and the American Iron and Steel Company came into existence.
On the consolidation in 1899 of the Lebanon Iron Company, East Lebanon Iron Company and Pennsylvania Bolt and Nut Company, all of Lebanon, and J. H. Sternbergh and Son, and the National Bolt and Nut Works, of Reading, Mr. Lord became manager. He was later elected to the presidency of the big amalgamated concern. It was understood that when the Bethlehem Steel Company took over the American Iron and Steel concern, Mr. Lord became a heavy stockholder in the new concern. He was one of the pioneer members of the Fourth Street Presbyterian Church on Fourth Street, and was its chief supporter and a member of the Session ever since. Mrs. Lord, a gracious and most kindly lady widely known and beloved everywhere, died some years ago. Mr. Lord leaves three children: Mrs. Harrison Souder, of Cornwall; Miss Lucy Lord, and Wheeler Lord, who operates a large industrial plant near Philadelphia. [Lebanon Semi-Weekly News]
He had been in failing health for several years, and for a year was so feeble that he seldom left the house on foot. He was 79 years of age, and his passing was not attributed to any organic ailment, but a mere ebbing of exhausted vitality, which terminated slowly into eternal sleep. Mr. Lord was a scion of a southern family of prominence, having been born in Delaware in 1844. After a preliminary education in the public schools, he attended a preparatory school at Andover, Mass., and later graduated from St. John's College, at Annapolis, Md.
In 1861 while still a mere boy, he entered the state service of Maryland as a lieutenant of infantry and upon the disbanding of this organization, he served General H. H. Lockwood, as a volunteer aid without pay. In 1863, he was mustered into the Union Army in the United States service, as a second lieutenant of Calvary, an organization of Maryland volunteers, known as Purnell's Legion. After an honorable record, during which he was promoted to a captaincy, he retired in 1865.
He was almost immediately appointed by the government as a commissioner of Freedmen and abandoned lands in eastern Virginia. After a year of that service, he resigned to enter business in Delaware where he remained for five years. He accepted a position in 1871 as chief clerk at the Sternberg bolt and nut plant, at Reading, which position was taken by Captain H.M.M. Richards in 1882, when Mr. Lord came to Lebanon and established a similar works here. The local plant under the skillful management of Mr. Lord, prospered prodigiously, and soon was one of the leading industries here. Despite a disastrous fire on June 6, 1886, the plant continued to flourish and in 1898, the original capital of $150,000 was increased to $250,000 and about 1,400 men were employed. In 1889, Mr. Lord's financial associates of Reading retired and the Brock and Coleman families of the city bought out their interests. In 1899, Mr. Lord and his fellow officials formed a merger with the Sternberg's at Reading, and the American Iron and Steel Company came into existence.
On the consolidation in 1899 of the Lebanon Iron Company, East Lebanon Iron Company and Pennsylvania Bolt and Nut Company, all of Lebanon, and J. H. Sternbergh and Son, and the National Bolt and Nut Works, of Reading, Mr. Lord became manager. He was later elected to the presidency of the big amalgamated concern. It was understood that when the Bethlehem Steel Company took over the American Iron and Steel concern, Mr. Lord became a heavy stockholder in the new concern. He was one of the pioneer members of the Fourth Street Presbyterian Church on Fourth Street, and was its chief supporter and a member of the Session ever since. Mrs. Lord, a gracious and most kindly lady widely known and beloved everywhere, died some years ago. Mr. Lord leaves three children: Mrs. Harrison Souder, of Cornwall; Miss Lucy Lord, and Wheeler Lord, who operates a large industrial plant near Philadelphia. [Lebanon Semi-Weekly News]
23 Apr 1923: James Lord, one of the pioneers of what is now the American plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company, in the eastern section of the city, and a prominent citizen for forty years, passed away at his home at Second and Cumberland Streets, on Sunday morning at 9 o'clock.
He had been in failing health for several years, and for a year was so feeble that he seldom left the house on foot. He was 79 years of age, and his passing was not attributed to any organic ailment, but a mere ebbing of exhausted vitality, which terminated slowly into eternal sleep. Mr. Lord was a scion of a southern family of prominence, having been born in Delaware in 1844. After a preliminary education in the public schools, he attended a preparatory school at Andover, Mass., and later graduated from St. John's College, at Annapolis, Md.
In 1861 while still a mere boy, he entered the state service of Maryland as a lieutenant of infantry and upon the disbanding of this organization, he served General H. H. Lockwood, as a volunteer aid without pay. In 1863, he was mustered into the Union Army in the United States service, as a second lieutenant of Calvary, an organization of Maryland volunteers, known as Purnell's Legion. After an honorable record, during which he was promoted to a captaincy, he retired in 1865.
He was almost immediately appointed by the government as a commissioner of Freedmen and abandoned lands in eastern Virginia. After a year of that service, he resigned to enter business in Delaware where he remained for five years. He accepted a position in 1871 as chief clerk at the Sternberg bolt and nut plant, at Reading, which position was taken by Captain H.M.M. Richards in 1882, when Mr. Lord came to Lebanon and established a similar works here. The local plant under the skillful management of Mr. Lord, prospered prodigiously, and soon was one of the leading industries here. Despite a disastrous fire on June 6, 1886, the plant continued to flourish and in 1898, the original capital of $150,000 was increased to $250,000 and about 1,400 men were employed. In 1889, Mr. Lord's financial associates of Reading retired and the Brock and Coleman families of the city bought out their interests. In 1899, Mr. Lord and his fellow officials formed a merger with the Sternberg's at Reading, and the American Iron and Steel Company came into existence.
On the consolidation in 1899 of the Lebanon Iron Company, East Lebanon Iron Company and Pennsylvania Bolt and Nut Company, all of Lebanon, and J. H. Sternbergh and Son, and the National Bolt and Nut Works, of Reading, Mr. Lord became manager. He was later elected to the presidency of the big amalgamated concern. It was understood that when the Bethlehem Steel Company took over the American Iron and Steel concern, Mr. Lord became a heavy stockholder in the new concern. He was one of the pioneer members of the Fourth Street Presbyterian Church on Fourth Street, and was its chief supporter and a member of the Session ever since. Mrs. Lord, a gracious and most kindly lady widely known and beloved everywhere, died some years ago. Mr. Lord leaves three children: Mrs. Harrison Souder, of Cornwall; Miss Lucy Lord, and Wheeler Lord, who operates a large industrial plant near Philadelphia. [Lebanon Semi-Weekly News]
He had been in failing health for several years, and for a year was so feeble that he seldom left the house on foot. He was 79 years of age, and his passing was not attributed to any organic ailment, but a mere ebbing of exhausted vitality, which terminated slowly into eternal sleep. Mr. Lord was a scion of a southern family of prominence, having been born in Delaware in 1844. After a preliminary education in the public schools, he attended a preparatory school at Andover, Mass., and later graduated from St. John's College, at Annapolis, Md.
In 1861 while still a mere boy, he entered the state service of Maryland as a lieutenant of infantry and upon the disbanding of this organization, he served General H. H. Lockwood, as a volunteer aid without pay. In 1863, he was mustered into the Union Army in the United States service, as a second lieutenant of Calvary, an organization of Maryland volunteers, known as Purnell's Legion. After an honorable record, during which he was promoted to a captaincy, he retired in 1865.
He was almost immediately appointed by the government as a commissioner of Freedmen and abandoned lands in eastern Virginia. After a year of that service, he resigned to enter business in Delaware where he remained for five years. He accepted a position in 1871 as chief clerk at the Sternberg bolt and nut plant, at Reading, which position was taken by Captain H.M.M. Richards in 1882, when Mr. Lord came to Lebanon and established a similar works here. The local plant under the skillful management of Mr. Lord, prospered prodigiously, and soon was one of the leading industries here. Despite a disastrous fire on June 6, 1886, the plant continued to flourish and in 1898, the original capital of $150,000 was increased to $250,000 and about 1,400 men were employed. In 1889, Mr. Lord's financial associates of Reading retired and the Brock and Coleman families of the city bought out their interests. In 1899, Mr. Lord and his fellow officials formed a merger with the Sternberg's at Reading, and the American Iron and Steel Company came into existence.
On the consolidation in 1899 of the Lebanon Iron Company, East Lebanon Iron Company and Pennsylvania Bolt and Nut Company, all of Lebanon, and J. H. Sternbergh and Son, and the National Bolt and Nut Works, of Reading, Mr. Lord became manager. He was later elected to the presidency of the big amalgamated concern. It was understood that when the Bethlehem Steel Company took over the American Iron and Steel concern, Mr. Lord became a heavy stockholder in the new concern. He was one of the pioneer members of the Fourth Street Presbyterian Church on Fourth Street, and was its chief supporter and a member of the Session ever since. Mrs. Lord, a gracious and most kindly lady widely known and beloved everywhere, died some years ago. Mr. Lord leaves three children: Mrs. Harrison Souder, of Cornwall; Miss Lucy Lord, and Wheeler Lord, who operates a large industrial plant near Philadelphia. [Lebanon Semi-Weekly News]
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