George Francis
WILSON
(b.
7 December 1818
,
Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA
d.
19 January 1883
,
East Providence, Rhode Island, USA
)
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George Francis WILSON was born 7 December 1818 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA
George Francis WILSON was the child of Benjamin WILSON and Mercy CRAGIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) John WILSON and Abigail PERRY (maternal) John CRAGIN and Keziah THOMPSONGeorge Francis WILSON died 19 January 1883 in East Providence, Rhode Island, USA .
m. Clarissa "Clara" Bartlett
3 May 1844 Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, USA
In partnership with Professor Eben S. Horsford of Harvard, Wilson operated the Rumford Chemical Works. Born in 1818, Wilson apprenticed as a wool sorter and learned a great deal about machinery early in life. In 1854 he started a chemical merchandising company in Providence, but did not meet with much success. He was able to interest Professor Horsford in the partnership in which Wilson would manufacture chemical products which Horsford developed.
They began in Providence, but soon moved to Seekonk, Massachusetts (which became part of East Providence) and incorporated the Rumford Chemical Works, so named because Horsford held the Rumford Professorship at Harvard named for Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford. The neighborhood around the chemical works also became known as Rumford.
The partnership became a very successful business. While Horford developed the products including Rumford Baking Soda, Rumford Yeast Powder, Horsford's Acid Phosphates (a universal tonic) and Horsford's Bread Preparation (which was meant to replenish in bread those nutrients lost in the flour-refining process), Wilson was able to invent the machinery necessary for their manufacture...
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1818 Birth 7 December 1818
Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA
From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
 renaming the company the Rumford Chemical Works in honor of Horsford, a chemist, who occupied the Count Rumford Chair of Physics at Harvard University.... ephist.org
The Rumford Chemical Works established its presence in East Providence (moving from Providence) c. 1857, and eventually built an extensive complex of buildings centered on the junction of Newman and Greenwood Avenues with North Broadway... map.roadtrippers.com){kind=small}
1890s
Horsfords Acid Phosphate
Rumford Chemical Works
Providence, R.I.
George Francis Wilson was a school teacher and principal of the Chicago Academy in Illinois who had a desire to enter industry. He moved back to his native town of Uxbridge, MA, in 1854. That same year he entered into business in Providence with J. B. Duggan and Eben Horsford selling chemicals. In 1858 he and Horsford moved the business to Seekonk, MA (now East Providence, RI) renaming the company the Rumford Chemical Works in honor of Horsford, a chemist, who occupied the Count Rumford Chair of Physics at Harvard University.... ephist.org
The Rumford Chemical Works established its presence in East Providence (moving from Providence) c. 1857, and eventually built an extensive complex of buildings centered on the junction of Newman and Greenwood Avenues with North Broadway... map.roadtrippers.com
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1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
1883 Death 19 January 1883
East Providence, Rhode Island, USA
He died at the age of 64.
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