William Hawkins Abbott (October 27, 1819 – January 8, 1901) was a producer of petroleum who also built the first oil refinery.
He entered the general merchandise business himself in 1845, and married Jane Wheeler in September of that same year.
In 1862 he moved to Titusville himself, and there established the first retail coal business.
He also established the first oil pipeline consolidation and revived interest in the Union & Titusville Railroad Co, which he reopened in 1871.
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