Family tree Smith/Bais » Henry Parker Gazzam Sr. (1853-1938)

Personal data Henry Parker Gazzam Sr. 

• He was born April 1853 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
• He died in the year 1938 in Pennsylvania, he was 84 years old.
• A child of Ebenezer F. Gazzam and Elizabeth Ann Stevenson

Household of Henry Parker Gazzam Sr.

He is married to Jane (Jennie) Harris.

They got married on May 7, 1874 at Pittsburgh, Alleghney, Pennsylvania, he was 21 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Elizabeth (Bessie) Gazzam  1882-1966
2. Clara L. Gazzam  1880-1930 
3. John Harris Gazzam  1891-1954 
4. Audley Harris Gazzam  1876-1879
5. Henry Parker Gazzam  1888-1918 

Notes about Henry Parker Gazzam Sr.

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History of Pittsburgh and its Environs, Vol. I, (1922)...

Henry P. Gazzam and family written up
in book: History of Pittsburgh and its

Environs, Vol. 1 (1922)

(page 309 of: History of Pittsburgh and environs, Volume 1, By American Historical
Company)


HENRY P. GAZZAM—Special work along any line of skilled labor bears peculiar
significance to the industrial world. It is the work of beginnings—preparing the way for
the purely mechanical work of the laborer, whose daily toil supplies the needs of the
people. The H. P. Gazzam Machine Company, of Pittsburgh, of which Henry P. Gazzam is
president, are widely known as manufacturers of special machinery of the many kinds. Mr.
Gazzam's life history is of interest to the manufacturing world, and to every one who
watches the progress of mechanics.

Mr. Gazzam is a son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Stevenson) Gazzam, old residents of
Allegheny City, in a day now gone by. Ebenezer Gazzam was a skilled cabinet maker of
that time, when every piece of woodwork was made by hand.

Henry P. Gazzam was born in Allegheny, now a part of Pittsburgh, April 7, 1854. He
attended the public schools of that city, but was only eleven years of age when it became
necessary for him to leave school and go to work. He first secured a position as an errand
boy, then later learned the machinist's trade. Following this trade for eight years, or until
about 1881, Mr. Gazzam formed a partnership with H. C. Bair and founded a

manufacturing business under the name of the Bair & Gazzam Manufacturing Company,
which concern continued until 1907. Mr. Gazzam, in the meantime, severed his connection
and organized the H. O. Gazzam Machine Company, June 20, 1906, Henry P. Gazzam
becoming president and general manager. The plant is modern in every way, and fully
equipped with the most approved facilities. The building is 50x100 feet in area, and two
stories high, entirely improved. Their product is confined exclusively to special machinery,
much of it of the most intricate nature. They employ as many as forty hands, mostly skilled
workmen. The product goes to many different States, and they also do considerable work
for the United States Government.

Mr. Gazzam, as head of this important business, is prominent in manufacturing circles in
Pittsburgh, and thus closely identified with public progress, although not in a political
sense. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, of the Credit Men's Association, and
of the National Manufacturers' Association. He supports the Republican party. Fraternally,
Mr. Gazzam is well known, holding the thirty-second degree in the Masonic order,
member of Milnor Lodge, No. 287, Free and Accepted Masons; Pittsburgh Consistory,

Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, and Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine.

On May 7, 1872, Mr. Gazzam married Jennie Harris, of Pittsburgh, and they have three
children living: 1. Clara L., who was educated in the Pittsburgh institutions, became the
wife of C. C. Rosser, of Detroit, Mich., and has two children: Bessie and Clifford. 2.
Bessie, who was also educated in Pittsburgh, and now resides at home. 3. John Harris,
educated in Pittsburgh, and now draftsman and estimator for his father's plant; married
Susan Orient, of Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr. Gazzam's two other children are now deceased:
Oatey, who died at the age of four years; and Henry Parker, Jr., who was educated in
Pittsburgh, was associated with his father in business for a time, later entering the
automobile business, and died Nov. 15, 1918; he married Christina Smith, and left a little
son, Howard Parker.

rachelkacprzykharveyadded this on 10 Nov 2011

Burial Information:




Linda_Newbroughadded this on 12 Nov 2011

rachelkacprzykharveyoriginally submitted this to Tree by Rachel Kacprzyk Harvey
on 30

Aug 2011

Category Type: Headstone

Birth: 1853 Death: 1938 Inscription: Henry P. Gazzam 1853 - 1938 Father Burial:
Homewood Cemetery Pittsburgh Allegheny County Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Section 15,
Lot 58

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