In 1832 when he was four years old Sebastian Runser moved from the town of Basel in the Province of Alsace which was at that time a part of France. He and his parents Seraphin and Catharine Runser and his brothers and sisters left the port at Le Havre on the sailing ship "Champion" and spent about 65 days on the sea. In later years he recalled his adventures on the ship which got lost at sea for many days and an outbreak of cholera which took many lives including his uncle who was buried at sea. The family landed in New York and finally settled in Ohio.
Sebastian moved to Pennyslvania and...."stayed in Sharpsville two years in the fall of 1850. I was married to Adeline Dunham, living on the road from Sharpsville to Trouts Corners and afterwards bought a piece of land from her Father. On the same road now owned by Albin Dunham, here I erected a small shop to do custom work for the neighborhood and after one years work I found the custom rather limited. I then added a wagon shop to same. This increased my work considerable and I soon had work for several men. I continued untill the spring of 1862 at which time I purchased some property of C. G. Carver in Sharon and the same fall moved my family there to a house that stood on a lot now owned by F. D. Runser. My shops were located on Dock St. near where Walace and Carleys shops now are. I continued the business three years and then in company with Carver and Trout, we formed the Empire Plannin Mill known as Runser, Carver and Trout and continued same until the spring of 1868 at which time I sold my interest to my partners, intending to go west. I changed my mind and in the same spring in company with James Westerman, Wm. McGlonay, Sam Kemberly and my self founded the Sharon Boiler Works under the firm name of S. Runser and Co. and continued the business for some years during which time we put the irons in Mercer Jail. We built several blast furnaces and oil tanks in different parts of the country."
Information from Sebastian Runser's Autobiography dated "Nov. 25, 1891-Sharon, Penna."
Sebastian moved to Pennyslvania and...."stayed in Sharpsville two years in the fall of 1850. I was married to Adeline Dunham, living on the road from Sharpsville to Trouts Corners and afterwards bought a piece of land from her Father. On the same road now owned by Albin Dunham, here I erected a small shop to do custom work for the neighborhood and after one years work I found the custom rather limited. I then added a wagon shop to same. This increased my work considerable and I soon had work for several men. I continued untill the spring of 1862 at which time I purchased some property of C. G. Carver in Sharon and the same fall moved my family there to a house that stood on a lot now owned by F. D. Runser. My shops were located on Dock St. near where Walace and Carleys shops now are. I continued the business three years and then in company with Carver and Trout, we formed the Empire Plannin Mill known as Runser, Carver and Trout and continued same until the spring of 1868 at which time I sold my interest to my partners, intending to go west. I changed my mind and in the same spring in company with James Westerman, Wm. McGlonay, Sam Kemberly and my self founded the Sharon Boiler Works under the firm name of S. Runser and Co. and continued the business for some years during which time we put the irons in Mercer Jail. We built several blast furnaces and oil tanks in different parts of the country."
Information from Sebastian Runser's Autobiography dated "Nov. 25, 1891-Sharon, Penna."
In 1832 when he was four years old Sebastian Runser moved from the town of Basel in the Province of Alsace which was at that time a part of France. He and his parents Seraphin and Catharine Runser and his brothers and sisters left the port at Le Havre on the sailing ship "Champion" and spent about 65 days on the sea. In later years he recalled his adventures on the ship which got lost at sea for many days and an outbreak of cholera which took many lives including his uncle who was buried at sea. The family landed in New York and finally settled in Ohio.
Sebastian moved to Pennyslvania and...."stayed in Sharpsville two years in the fall of 1850. I was married to Adeline Dunham, living on the road from Sharpsville to Trouts Corners and afterwards bought a piece of land from her Father. On the same road now owned by Albin Dunham, here I erected a small shop to do custom work for the neighborhood and after one years work I found the custom rather limited. I then added a wagon shop to same. This increased my work considerable and I soon had work for several men. I continued untill the spring of 1862 at which time I purchased some property of C. G. Carver in Sharon and the same fall moved my family there to a house that stood on a lot now owned by F. D. Runser. My shops were located on Dock St. near where Walace and Carleys shops now are. I continued the business three years and then in company with Carver and Trout, we formed the Empire Plannin Mill known as Runser, Carver and Trout and continued same until the spring of 1868 at which time I sold my interest to my partners, intending to go west. I changed my mind and in the same spring in company with James Westerman, Wm. McGlonay, Sam Kemberly and my self founded the Sharon Boiler Works under the firm name of S. Runser and Co. and continued the business for some years during which time we put the irons in Mercer Jail. We built several blast furnaces and oil tanks in different parts of the country."
Information from Sebastian Runser's Autobiography dated "Nov. 25, 1891-Sharon, Penna."
Sebastian moved to Pennyslvania and...."stayed in Sharpsville two years in the fall of 1850. I was married to Adeline Dunham, living on the road from Sharpsville to Trouts Corners and afterwards bought a piece of land from her Father. On the same road now owned by Albin Dunham, here I erected a small shop to do custom work for the neighborhood and after one years work I found the custom rather limited. I then added a wagon shop to same. This increased my work considerable and I soon had work for several men. I continued untill the spring of 1862 at which time I purchased some property of C. G. Carver in Sharon and the same fall moved my family there to a house that stood on a lot now owned by F. D. Runser. My shops were located on Dock St. near where Walace and Carleys shops now are. I continued the business three years and then in company with Carver and Trout, we formed the Empire Plannin Mill known as Runser, Carver and Trout and continued same until the spring of 1868 at which time I sold my interest to my partners, intending to go west. I changed my mind and in the same spring in company with James Westerman, Wm. McGlonay, Sam Kemberly and my self founded the Sharon Boiler Works under the firm name of S. Runser and Co. and continued the business for some years during which time we put the irons in Mercer Jail. We built several blast furnaces and oil tanks in different parts of the country."
Information from Sebastian Runser's Autobiography dated "Nov. 25, 1891-Sharon, Penna."
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