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Active 1799
Active 1857
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Biographical notes:

Charles F. Brush, of Cleveland, Ohio, was an electrician, inventor, and the founder of the Brush Electric Company.

From the description of Patents granted to Charles F. Brush relating to electric machinery and apparatus, 1878-1894. (Smithsonian Institution Libraries). WorldCat record id: 154324631

Newell was from Haverhill, Mass.

From the description of Letters patent, 1890 January 14 : issued to Isaiah Newell. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 48522894

Turner lived in Lonsdale, R.I., at time of the invention but later moved to Methuen, Mass., and worked in the Arlington Mills.

From the description of Letters patent, 1875 April 13 : issued to John Turner. 1875. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 48954166

Established and attached to Dept. of State by act of 4 July 1836; transferred to Dept. of Interior by act organizing that department, 3 Mar. 1849.

From the description of U.S. Patent Office letters of patent, 1908 Oct. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 243468604

Hey was born in England and came to Baltimore in 1816. He then went to Dedham, Mass. to start a small worsted mill. He soon after returned to the Philadelphia area, first to Germantown, then to Manayunk, where he built a factory to manufacture broad cloth. When this failed financially, he moved to Blockley and then Springfield, Penn. There he began a successful business of spinning worsted and woolen yarns.

From the description of Letters patent, 1850 Oct. 8 : issued to Moses Hey. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 51561297

Abel was from Bennington, Vermont, but living in Lowell, Mass. when the patent was issued in 1870.

From the description of Certified copy of letters patent, 1871 March 7 : issued by Samuel A. Duncan. 1871. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 232638675

No further information is available on these inventors.

From the description of Letters patent and specifications, 1891,1908. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 45130532

William H. Story (d. 1907), a civil engineer, was the son of William W. Story (d. 1875) and Maria (Martense) Story of the town of Flatbush in Kings County. He married Myra (or Maria) Bergen in Flatbush in 1872.

Sources: Ditmas, Charles Andrew. "The Martense-Story Homestead." Accessed July 15, 2011. http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Town/Homesteads/MartenseStory.html Schulze, Lorine McGinnis. "New Netherland New York Genealogy." Accessed July 15, 2011. http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/flatbush_mar9.shtml

From the guide to the William H. Story patent, 1871, (Brooklyn Historical Society)

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