SAMUEL A. PICKERING born June 1, 1874
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Biographical Review Volume XXIV
Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Pittsburgh and the Vicinity Pa
Boston: Biographical Review Publishing Company 1897
Pg. 41
SAMUEL A. PICKERING, an enterprising furniture dealer of Pittsburgh, was born in the city of Allegheny, June 1, 1874, son of THOMAS and MARY H. PICKERING.The father, a native of Blackburn, England, was a descendant of an old English family, which had lived in that town for several generations.Having grown to manhood in Blackburn, he came to America about the year 1870, and soon became interested in the retail carpet trade in Allegheny.He afterward moved to Pittsburgh,and opened a furniture and carpet store on Penn Avenue and Tenth Street, where he did a large and constantly growing business up to the time of his death in December, 1892.His five children are: MOSES, who does business with his (pg. 42) brother SAMUEL; ALICE, the wife of GEORGE E. HOUSE, of Wheeling, W. Va.; SADIE, who is married to R. P. McCHESNEY, of Pittsburgh; THOMAS, now in Colorado; and SAMUEL A. PICKERING, the subject of this sketch.He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and both he and his wife were for many years active supporters of the Trinity Episcopal Church of Pittsburgh.After attending the public schools of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, SAMUEL A. PICKERING took a commercial course in the business college of Iron City.Finishing his schooling at the age of 17, he entered the store of his father as clerk.He had served in this capacity only one year when, he was taken into the firm.On the death of his father MR. PICKERING took full charge of the business, and through his efficient management it so increased as to oblige him to erect a new store.This building, which was begun in June, 1895, is one of the finest of its kind in the city.It is much larger than the old building, extending 110 feet on Tenth Street and 42 feet on Penn Avenue, and rising 7 stories high, thus giving a floor area of more than 32,000 square feet.The brick used in the construction of the outer walls is of a buff color, and the front is ornamented with terra cotta trimmings.It is occupied entirely by the business of MR. PICKERING, and is among the largest houses in the city devoted exclusively to the furniture line.The number of person in this store is over 50, while the yearly sales amount to nearly 3,000 dollars.MR. PICKERING and his mother live in the East End, where they have recently built a new residence on Stanton Avenue.
Pittsburgh – The Distributing Point For the West and South
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Compiled by the Mercantile Illustrating Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. , 1900
Pg. 110
PICKERING'S Furniture and Carpet House, that stands today as a monument to the genius of one man, the late THOMAS PICKERING.This progressive firm, since its establishment in 1841, over half a century ago, has been steadily increasing in size until it now occupies the entire six-store brick building at Penn Avenue and Tenth Street (with warehouses located conveniently nearby), with a frontage of 44 feet on the former and 110 feet on the latter. (describes everything carried in the store)
The active management of the business is under the control of MR. S. A. PICKERING, a native of Pittsburgh.The advertising and credit manager of the house is MR. J. H. WILLIAMS.He was born in Durham County, England, and came to this country with his parents when ten years old.He graduated from the Grove City College, then went to work in a rolling mill, which position he relinquished to travel for a Rochester, N. Y. hardware company.He has been with PICKERING'S for the past decade.MR. WILLIAMS resides in Crafton with his wife and four children, is a member of the Methodist Church there.(pg. 111 – picture of STORE and WAREHOUSE, PICKERING FURNITURE AND CARPET HOUSE; has the number 1004 PICKERING'S WAREROOMS on one of the pictures)