- Source: List of Glass Companies Led by Former Employees of Hobbs, Brockunier and Company
This is a list of glass factories with ties to the J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier and Company glass works in Wheeling, West Virginia. This company was one of the leading glass manufacturers in the United States during the 19th Century. Former employees of the Hobbs works were essential employees, founders, or top management for over 20 glass factories in West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana. Wheeling's Hobbs glass works was renamed multiple times during its existence of approximately 60 years. Listed below are names used by the Hobbs glass works.
Barnes, Hobbs & Company
Hobbs, Barnes & Company
Barnes, Hobbs & Company
Hobbs & Barnes
J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier & Company
Hobbs, Brockunier & Company
Hobbs Glass Company
Factory H of United States Glass Company
Glass factories
Glass factories tied to former employees of the Hobbs and Brockunier glass works are listed below in the sortable list. The first five categories in the list can be sorted. The list's default sort orders the properties alphabetically by name. Notes are listed in the last section.
Notes
References
Baker, Gary E. (June 1986). The Flint Glass Industry in Wheeling, West Virginia: 1829-1865 (MA). University of Delaware. Archived from the original on 2023-07-12. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
Bredehoft, Neila M.; Bredehoft, Thomas H. (1997). Hobbs, Brockunier and Co., Glass: Identification and Value Guide. Paducah, KY: Collector Books. ISBN 978-0-89145-780-0. OCLC 37340501.
Crammer, Gibson L.; Jepson, Samuel L.; Trainer, John H.S. and William Morrison; Taneyhill, R. H. (1890). History of the Upper Ohio Valley: with family history and biographical sketches. A statement of its resources, industrial growth and commercial advantages… Vol. I & II. Madison, WI: Brant & Fuller. OCLC 49762897.
Hawkins, Jay W. (2009). Glasshouses and Glass Manufacturers of the Pittsburgh Region: 1795–1910. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4401-1494-6.
Murray, Melvin L. (1992). Fostoria, Ohio Glass II. Fostoria, OH: M. L. Murray. OCLC 27036061.
Paquette, Jack K. (2002). Blowpipes, Northwest Ohio Glassmaking in the Gas Boom of the 1880s. Xlibris Corp. ISBN 1-4010-4790-4. OCLC 50932436.
Paquette, Jack K. (2010). The Glassmakers, Revisited. Xlibris Corp. OCLC 650854108.
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