Calvin Pardee

Calvin Pardee (July 7, 1841 – March 18, 1923) was an American businessman from Pennsylvania. He attended the Luzerne Presbyterian Institute and later the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He did business in Pennsylvania and several other states. His business was mostly related to coal, land, and natural gas.

He worked in the Glendon Iron Company in his youth. He was later the treasurer of numerous companies in Pennsylvania. These were mostly electric companies.

Early life and education Pardee was born on July 17, 1841. He was the son of the industrial tycoon Ario Pardee. He also became an officer of the Hazleton Gas Company in 1879.

Pardee owned several collieries in the Coal Region.

Pardee owned the mines worked by the miners who were massacred in the Lattimer massacre. However, he was in Germantown at the time. He returned to Hazleton on September 15, after the massacre. He was eager to restart his mines and was "disgusted" that his superintendents were unable to get his collieries to resume their running.

Other work In April 1861, Pardee joined the Union Army in the American Civil War. He participated in the Battle of Antietam and several minor battles. He was a captain in the army. He retired on October 30, 1862 after getting typhoid fever.

Personal life On June 4, 1867, Pardee married Mary Byrne Day. The couple had nine children: Estelle, Alice, Calvin, Alfred, Ario, Ellie, Olive, Howard and Helen. Pardee and his family moved to Philadelphia. He bought a summer farm in Whitemarsh in 1889. Near the end of his life, he enjoyed traveling to distant places including the Far East, Russia, Egypt, and Europe. He also regularly hosted family members at his summer home. Pardee's health started failing during the spring of 1922. He died on March 18, 1923.