
The Masseth Brothers in Pithole
One sentence in Edward Adam Masseth's diary — 'the big oil excitement at Pithole PA' — leads to the boomtown where three Masseth brothers opened a liquor store in 1866.

One sentence in Edward Adam Masseth's diary — 'the big oil excitement at Pithole PA' — leads to the boomtown where three Masseth brothers opened a liquor store in 1866.

A small triangular lot in Rochester, New York: bought by Francis Xavier Masseth in 1837, home to his hand-built house and nailsmith shop, and traced through deeds, a will, and four decades of maps.