Lewis Leeds Houpt (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, railroad agent and entrepreneur)
b. 1826-04-20 d. 1898-09-17
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, railroad agent and entrepreneur. Pennsylvania native. Married to Louisa C. Keller Houpt. Father of Charles Houpt, Harry Houpt, and William Houpt. Agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in 1860 and 1861. Founding member of the Hardwick Oil Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1864.
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- White
Bibliography
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Ward 15, p. 176; McElroy's Philadelphia City Directory, 1861 (Philadelphia: Sherman & Co., 1861), 1207; Find A Grave, "Lewis Leeds Haupt (1826-1898)," Memorial #143658961, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=143658961&ref=acom (accessed May 10, 2017).
Citation
Houpt, Lewis Leeds. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213589 (November 12, 2026).
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