Widener family
American family founded by Peter A. B. Widener / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Widener family is an American family from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Founded by Peter Arrell Browne Widener (1834ā1915) and his wife, Hannah Josephine Dunton (1836ā1896), it was once one of the wealthiest families in the United States. Widener was ranked #29 on the American Heritage list of the forty richest Americans in history, with a net worth at death of $23 billion to $25 billion. In 1883, Peter Widener was part of the founding partnership of the Philadelphia Traction Company, and he used the great wealth accumulated from that business to become a founding organizer of U.S. Steel and the American Tobacco Company.[citation needed]