Taylor, a signer of the Declaration of Independence) in Durham Township, Pennsylvania and revived it. In 1855 George and Joseph purchased an interest in the Crescent Iron Works in Wheeling in what was then Virginia. At the beginning of the Civil War George and Joseph divided their properties, George receiving the Maryland and Virginia share, Joseph the Pennsylvania holdings. In 1863 George purchased the Crescent ironworks outright and ran it until 1868, when it was bought by others. George repurchased the works after the owners went bankrupt and created the "Whitaker Iron Company", with George as president and his son Nelson E. Whitaker as secretary. George P. Whitaker served one term in the Maryland legislature, in 1867, and also represented Maryland on the board of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Third Generation William P. C. Whitaker (1812-1888), eldest son of Joseph Whitaker II, helped run the family furnaces at Principio and erected new ones at Havre de Grace, Maryland. Joseph Coudon (III) (1823-1880), a member of a wealthy Maryland family (owner of the estate Woodlands), married Caroline Whitaker (1833-1898), daughter of George Price Whitaker, in 1854. He became a partner in Whitaker & Coudon, which sold iron products from the family furnaces and elsewhere in Philadelphia. Joseph Rusling Whitaker (1824-1895), son of Joseph Whitaker II, helped his brother William erect ironworks at Havre de Grace, Maryland in 1845 and became for ten years the family's manager at the Durham Iron Works after his father and uncle purchased it in 1848. He was later president of the Swede Iron Company and made lucrative investments in street railways in Philadelphia. In 1878 he moved to Delaware and was a delegate to the national Republican convention of 1888. George W. Whitaker (1826-1891), son of Joseph Whitaker II, served as president of the Saucon Iron Company in Hellertown, Pennsylvania, in which he and his brother Joseph R. Whitaker had shares. Nelson Evans Whitaker (1839-1909) was the son of George Price Whitaker and inherited a share of his iron and steel interests in West Virginia and Maryland. He ran the businesses successfully and became a politician in West Virginia as well, serving as president of the state senate 1897-9. Edmund Simmons Whitaker (1838-1898) was another son of George Price Whitaker. He managed the Durham Iron Works in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the Principio Furnace for many years. Fourth Generation Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker (1843-1916) was a