2004-10-30/2022-08-30 - Born in Philadelphia, 1855. Died in Philadelphia, 1933. Buried at Fernwood Cemetery, Upper Darby, PA. From the OHS PC Database, derived from *A Guide to North American Organbuilders*, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). (With the Roosevelt firm branch shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania): he was listed as "head voicer" of the shop in a newspaper article in *Cameron County Press*, Feb 1, 1906; Oliver B. Culley's name was found on pipes of a c.1890-1895 organ by the Miller firm of Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He was a partner with Samuel L. Bates in Bates & Culley of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1895. The Bates & Culley Organ Factory was originally located at 1827 S 11th St, Philadelphia PA. Sources: The Diapason: February 1913. One or more local directories of the place and period. John Speller.
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