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10 IRON AND STEEL NECROLOGY. general manager of the Columbia Iron Company, of Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa., at Columbia, November 20, aged 68 years. He was a Republican State Senator from 1879 to 1882. Carl Amsler, of the firm of McCIure & Amsler, engineers and contractors, at Pittsburgh, November 22. He was a native of Germany and came to Pittsburgh in 1870. He had charge of the erection of some of the most important iron and steel plants in the country. W. E. Williams, at Muscatine, Iowa, November 22, having resided there for some time superintending the operations of the Williams Rolling Mill. He was aged about 48 years. James Cochran, a prominent coke manufacturer, at Dawson, Pa., November 25, aged 72 years. He was a pioneer iu the Connellsville coke industry, beginning in 1842. He was born in Fayette county, January 15, 1823. Henry Potts Focht, superintendent of the Pencoyd Iron Works, at Roxborough, Pa., December 2, in his 65th year. He was born at Reading, Pa., October 7, 1830. He became an employe- of the Pencoyd Iron Works forty years ago, and progressed from heater to superintendent. Major John Lintou, at his residence at Rochester, Beaver county, Pa., Deceml>cr 5, in his 86th year. Major Linton was born at Frankstown, Blair county, Pa., May 12, 1809. He was in early life a merchant at Johnstown, Pa., afterwards a manufacturer of charcoal pig iron at Johnstown and in its vicinity, and subsequently a contractor in the building of the Pennsylvania Railroad and other railroads in Western Pennsylvania. Samuel S. Robbins, president of the Lime Rock Iron Company, at Lakeville, Conn., December 6, aged 90 years, having been born in Canaan, Conn., in 1804. John Haldeman, a member of the widely known Pennsylvania iron-manufacturing family of the same name, at London, December 13, in his 70th year. Mr. Haldeman was himself engaged in the iron business during the earlier part of his life. Dr. G. G. Palmer, at Stanhope, N. J., December 21, in his 89th year. He owned and operated the Pioneer Furnace, at Pottsville, Pa. about 1840. He afterwards built two of the Andover Furnaces and the two Musconetcong Furnaces in New Jersey and the Montgomery Furnace in Pennsylvania. Robert G. Bushnell, formerly connected with Park, Brother & Co. Limited, steel manufacturers, of Pittsburgh, as selling agent, at Morristown, N. J., December 28, aged 55 years. (1895.) Charles J. Tranter, of Mitchell, Tranter & Co., owners of a rolling mill and open-hearth steel plant at Covington, Ky., at Chicago, January 7, aged 43 years. Edwin Sewall Lenox, inventor of the Unox tie for baling hay, at Worcester, Mass., January :, in i,i. .;-,th year. He was born at New Castle, Maine, February 19,1830. -Richard Sugden, at Spencer, Mass., January 9. aged 79 years. He was born in England and came to this country in 1845, a wire drawer and without friends or capital. At his death he was president of the Spencer Wire Company, a member of the National Wire Fastening Company, of Spencer, and also of the Hobbs Manufacturing Company, of Worcester. James M. McDonald, superintendent of the
IRON AND STEEL NECROLOGY. 11 Phoenix Bridge Works, at Phcenixvillc, Pa., January 10, aged almut 44 years. Mr. McDonald was born in Scotland, and was widely known as a bridge builder and civil engineer. Dr. Robert H. Lainborn, at New York, January 15, aged 58 years. He was born in 1836, near Kennett Square, Chester county, Pa. Dr. Lamborn was for a short time Secretary of the American Iron and Steel Association. He was elected to this office on November 16,1864, and served until September 30, 1865, when he resigned and was succeeded by Henry McAllister, Jr., who served until December 31,1872. A. T. Hay, at Burlington, Iowa, January 22, aged 69 years. He was the inventor of the Hay process for making steel, and is said to have built the first all-steel bridge in the world, across the Missouri river at Glasgow, and the new steel suspension bridge at Niagara Falls. He is also said to have evolved the process of welding iron and also steel by electricity. Andrew F. Dunn, manager of the Moorhead-McCleane Company's rolling mill, at Pittsburgh, February 3. He was born in Ireland and came to Pittsburgh when a boy. He was one of the founders of the Sons of Vulcan, which later became the Amalgamated Association. Edwin H. Mead, president of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, at South Orange, N. J., February 3. He was born in New York City in 1822. In 1882 he became secretary of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, later its treasurer, and eventually its president. W. C. Quincy, at Pittsburgh, February 3, aged 64 years. For several years he had been connected with the shipping and railroad interests of Jones & Laughlins Limited, of Pittsburgh. Samuel A. Miller, president of Dennis Long & Company, pipe manufacturers, of Louisville, at Asheville, N. C, February 3, aged 56 years. William Durfee, at New Bedford, Mass., February 12, aged over 87 years. He was born in December, 1807. The first Siemens gas furnace in this country for melting steel'in pots was erected at the works of Messrs. Anderson & Woods, in Pittsburgh, in the spring of 1868, by Mr. Durfee. He was the father of Win. P. Durfee, the mechanical engineer. William L. Ilearne, at Wheeling, W. Va., February 13. He was born in Delaware, September 24, 1818. In 1867 he located in Wheeling and embarked in the iron business, becoming a stockholder in the firm of Dewey, Vance & Co., then owning the Riverside Iron Works. In 1874 he became general manager of the Riverside Company. Mr. Hearne also acquired an interest in the Woodward Iron Company, of Woodward, Alabama. Percy R. Pyne, a director of the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company, the Lackawanna Coal and Iron Company, the New Jersey Zinc and Iron Company, the Harvey Steel Company, and other organizations, at Rome, Italy, February 15, at the age of 75 years. Mr. Pyne was born in England but came to this country in 1835. George Banfield, at Elwood, Ind., February 15, aged 80 years. He is said to have man. ufactured at McKcesport, Pa., in 1874, the first tinplate ever made in the United States. Simeon Guilford, at Lebanon, Pa., February 16, aged 94 years. He was a native of Northampton, Mass. His name is identified with the ownership of old Swatara Furnace, in Schuylkill
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IRON AND STEEL NECROLOGY. 11<br />
Phoenix Bridge Works, at Phcenixvillc, Pa., January 10, aged almut<br />
44 years. Mr. McDonald was born in Scotland, and was widely known<br />
as a bridge builder and civil engineer. Dr. Robert H. Lainborn, at<br />
New York, January 15, aged 58 years. He was born in 1836, near<br />
Kennett Square, Chester county, Pa. Dr. Lamborn was for a short<br />
time Secretary of the American Iron and Steel Association. He was<br />
elected to this office on November 16,1864, and served until September<br />
30, 1865, when he resigned and was succeeded by Henry McAllister,<br />
Jr., who served until December 31,1872. A. T. Hay, at Burlington,<br />
Iowa, January 22, aged 69 years. He was the inventor of the Hay<br />
process for making steel, and is said to have built the first all-steel<br />
bridge in the world, across the Missouri river at Glasgow, and the new<br />
steel suspension bridge at Niagara Falls. He is also said to have<br />
evolved the process of welding iron and also steel by electricity.<br />
Andrew F. Dunn, manager of the Moorhead-McCleane Company's<br />
rolling mill, at Pittsburgh, February 3. He was born in Ireland and<br />
came to Pittsburgh when a boy. He was one of the founders of the<br />
Sons of Vulcan, which later became the Amalgamated Association.<br />
Edwin H. Mead, president of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, at South<br />
Orange, N. J., February 3. He was born in New York City in 1822.<br />
In 1882 he became secretary of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, later<br />
its treasurer, and eventually its president. W. C. Quincy, at Pittsburgh,<br />
February 3, aged 64 years. For several years he had been<br />
connected with the shipping and railroad interests of Jones & Laughlins<br />
Limited, of Pittsburgh. Samuel A. Miller, president of Dennis<br />
Long & Company, pipe manufacturers, of Louisville, at Asheville, N. C,<br />
February 3, aged 56 years. William Durfee, at New Bedford, Mass.,<br />
February 12, aged over 87 years. He was born in December, 1807.<br />
The first Siemens gas furnace in this country for melting steel'in pots<br />
was erected at the works of Messrs. Anderson & Woods, in Pittsburgh,<br />
in the spring of 1868, by Mr. Durfee. He was the father of Win. P.<br />
Durfee, the mechanical engineer. William L. Ilearne, at Wheeling,<br />
W. Va., February 13. He was born in Delaware, September 24, 1818.<br />
In 1867 he located in Wheeling and embarked in the iron business,<br />
becoming a stockholder in the firm of Dewey, Vance & Co., then<br />
owning the Riverside Iron Works. In 1874 he became general manager<br />
of the Riverside Company. Mr. Hearne also acquired an interest<br />
in the Woodward Iron Company, of Woodward, Alabama. Percy<br />
R. Pyne, a director of the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company, the<br />
Lackawanna Coal and Iron Company, the New Jersey Zinc and Iron<br />
Company, the Harvey Steel Company, and other <strong>org</strong>anizations, at<br />
Rome, Italy, February 15, at the age of 75 years. Mr. Pyne was born<br />
in England but came to this country in 1835. Ge<strong>org</strong>e Banfield,<br />
at Elwood, Ind., February 15, aged 80 years. He is said to have man.<br />
ufactured at McKcesport, Pa., in 1874, the first tinplate ever made in<br />
the United States. Simeon Guilford, at Lebanon, Pa., February 16,<br />
aged 94 years. He was a native of Northampton, Mass. His name is<br />
identified with the ownership of old Swatara Furnace, in Schuylkill
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