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Barre, Vermont – George Straiton (Monument Manufacturer and Dealer) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 522.)

George Straiton, Barre, VT.

Manufacturer and Dealer in Barre Granite Monuments,

Tablets and Cemetery Work.
Barre, Washington County, Vermont - the Straiton Granite Quarry (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, by T. Nelson Dale, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1923.)

The Straiton Quarry was “about 1 ¼ miles east-southeast of the top of Millstone Hill, in Barre.” The operator was George Straiton Quarry Co. of Barry, Vermont. The granite is “light and medium Barre” with a light medium and medium gray color and fine to medium texture.

The Straiton Quarry opened in 1905. In 1907 it measured about 100 feet square and had an average depth of 10 feet.

The granite from this quarry was used for buildings and monuments.
Barre, Washington County, Vermont – J. E. Sullivan Granite Shops (circa 1899) (Granite) (Excerpt from Gazetteer of Washington County, Vermont, 1783-1889, Part First, compiled and published by Hamilton Child, Edited by William Adams, Syracuse, N.Y.: The Syracuse Journal Co., Printers and Binders, April 1899, pp. 147. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

“J. E. Sullivan has a granite shop just west of the National Granite Co. Mr. Sullivan has had over twenty years’ experience as a practical workman in the business. He commenced business in Barre in the winter of 1884 and 1885. He turns out a general line of manufactured goods for the wholesale and retail trade and employs from ten to fifteen men.”
Barre, Washington County, Vermont - the Sunnyside Granite Quarry (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, by T. Nelson Dale, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1923.)

Sunnyside Quarry was in line with the Barclay Quarry. It was operated by the Sunnyside Granite Company of Barre, Vermont.
Barre, Vermont – Troup & Allan (Manufacturers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 518.)

Troup & Allan, Barre, Vermont.

Manufacturers of Barre Granite Monuments and Cemetery Work

From Best Light and Dark Stock. Estimates Cheerfully Given.
Barre, Vermont - Trow & Holden Inc. (tool manufacturer), presented in the “Vermont Products” section of the Central Vermont chamber of Commerce web site. (Scroll down to the entry.)

Trow & Holden Inc. manufactures “the finest stone carving and masonry tools including precision pneumatic hammers, carbide-tipped chisels, hand tools, specialty hammers, stone splitting wedges and shims....”
Barre, Vermont – Vermont Granite Co. (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 510.)
Vermont Granite Co., (Incorporated), Barre, VT.

Quarries of the celebrated Barre Granite. Manufacturers of Monumental and all kinds of Cemetery Work for the Trade. Special attention given to Squaring and Polishing Dies, Caps, Bases, etc., and shipping Unfinished Dimension Granite in the Rough a Specialty.

All Branches of the Work are Done in Our Own shops.
Barre, Washington County, Vermont – the Vermont Granite Co. (circa 1899) (Granite) (Excerpt from Gazetteer of Washington County, Vermont, 1783-1889, Part First, compiled and published by Hamilton Child, Edited by William Adams, Syracuse, N.Y.: The Syracuse Journal Co., Printers and Binders, April 1899, pp. 144. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

“The Vermont Granite Co. is one of the largest granite working firms in Barre. The location of the works is on the opposite side of the railroad track from the depot building, and the plant has an area of four acres. The Vermont Granite Company was organized April 1, 1887, succeeding the well-known firm of White Brothers, which began business in March, 1882. The company has a capital of $60,000, and its officers are: S. C. White, president; A. E. Bruce, vice-president; H. K. Bush, secretary. The directory consists of S. C. White, George F. White, H. K. Bush, and A. E. Bruce. The Messrs. White, named in the directory, were the original proprietors of the industry, and both are practical sculptors and stonecutters of over forty years’ experience. Mr. H. K. Bush has been for many years in hotel business at Saratoga Springs and Troy, N.Y., and is a thorough business man, who brings rare discernment and executive ability to the company. The Messrs. Bruce formerly composed the firm of Bruce Brothers, who conducted stonecutting works in Barre. The Vermont Granite Co. owns 110 acres of quarry property, in different parcels, and their wide range covers every variety of granite found in Barre. The company gives employment to over 100 hands in the various departments of the industry – stonecutting, quarrying, polishing, hauling, etc. Every facility here exists for the rapid and economical conduct of the business, and the company is able to dress granite at the least possible expense. The leading business of the company is in furnishing granite monuments at wholesale, and in dealing in rough granite, shipped in blocks. The company also sells granite quarries.”
Barre, Vermont – W. A. Hambleton Granite Monuments & Statuary Catalog At Wholesale, Book No. 10 (PDF), American & Foreign, Mansfield, Ohio; Barre, Vermont; Aberdeen, Scotland.
Barre, Vermont – W. A. Lane (Cutting Works and Machinery) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 475.)

Granite City Column Cutting Works - W. A. Lane, Proprietor

Rope Buffers Are The Best

(Caption over photo: Granite City Polishing Machine)

Machinery, Samples, Round Monuments.
- Barre, Vermont - W. A. Lane - Turning Lathes (article). The following information is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 507-508.
  
  “We observe that in the notice we gave W. A. Lane in our July letter to the Monumental News, we were made to say that Mr. Lane is making changes in his turning lathes and will soon be able to get carved work from the smallest sizes called for up to fourteen feet in length. Mr. Lane is of an inventive turn of mind but he modestly admits that, so far, he has not been able to produce a lathe which will turn out carved work. However, we shall not be surprised if his fertile genius will some day present to the public a machine which will produce carved work in granite of the most delicate, artistic and highly finished design.”
Barre, Vermont – W. D. Kidder & Co. (Monument Manufacturer) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 524.)
W. J. Kidder W. D. Kidder - W. D. Kidder & Co., Barre, VT.

We beat no drums, but we cut first-class monumental work at prices that simply say “We are in it.” We use both Light and Dark Barre Stock.
Barre, Vermont – W. T. Kenerson & Co. (Monument Manufacturers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 527.)

W. T. Kenerson & Co., Barre, VT.

Manufacturers of Barre Granite Monuments And Cemetery Work.
Barre, Vermont – Walker and Glyssen (Manufacturers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 515.)

Walker and Glyssen, Barre, Vt.

Manufacturers of Barre Granite, Monuments and General Cemetery Work.

We furnish Good Work and Good Stock At Reasonable Prices.
Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Warley & Williams

See: Barre, Washington County, Vermont – the W. M. Warley Granite Shops (circa 1899) (Granite) below.
Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Warley Bros.

See: Barre, Washington County, Vermont – the W. M. Warley Granite Shops (circa 1899) (Granite) below.
Barre, Washington County, Vermont – the W. M. Warley Granite Shops (circa 1899) (Granite) (Excerpt from Gazetteer of Washington County, Vermont, 1783-1889, Part First, compiled and published by Hamilton Child, Edited by William Adams, Syracuse, N.Y.: The Syracuse Journal Co., Printers and Binders, April 1899, pp. 145. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

“W. M. Warley’s granite shops are located on Summer Street. Mr. Warley started the business in Barre in the spring of 1879, when the granite industry was just being developed and only a few men were engaged in the business. Mr. Warley was then of the firm of Batchelder, Warley & Co., and successively since of the firms of Warley Bros. and Warley & Williams. Since January 1, 1887, he has conducted the business alone. He deals in both rough and finished granite, and employs sixteen men.”
Barre, Washington County, Vermont – the Wells, Lamson, & Co. Granite Quarry (AKA Pirie Granite Quarry, AKA Pirie’s Select Barre Granite Quarries, AKA J. K. Pirie Quarry, AKA J. K. Pirie Estate Quarry)
Barre, Vermont – Wells, Lamson & Co. - Barre Granite Quarries (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, back cover.)

Wells, Lamson & Co. - Barre Granite Quarries, Barre, VT.

Dark, Medium and Light

Manufacturers of Monuments, Statuary, Mausoleums and Building Work. Rough Stock A Specialty. Stock Squared and Polished to Order. Our extensive Quarries produce all grades of stock suitable for Monuments. Statuary and Building Work, and of any size, to the limit of transportation. Water Power and Modern Machinery enables us to manufacture at a minimum cost. Write us for estimates.
Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Wells, Lamson & Co. Monument Works (circa 1899) (Granite) (Excerpt from Gazetteer of Washington County, Vermont, 1783-1889, Part First, compiled and published by Hamilton Child, Edited by William Adams, Syracuse, N.Y.: The Syracuse Journal Co., Printers and Binders, April 1899, pp. 143-144. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

“Wells, Lamson & Co. – This well-known firm, which is particularly well qualified to make contracts for the construction of any class of monumental work, and furnish original designs on short notice, was established in March, 1880, by Smith & Wells, the organization of the present firm dating January 1882. The members of the firm are S. O. Wells, George Lamson, and J. K. Pirie. The location of the firm’s shops is near the depot, the office being the nearest to the station of any of the granite firms. Two quarries are operated by Wells, Lamson & Co., one embracing fifteen and one-half acres of dark granite, and the other nine and one-half acres, medium in color. Half a hundred men are employed by the firm. The leading business of Wells, Lamson & Co. is in dark granite, which is very popular, for the reason that the contrast between the polished and the hammered surfaces is very great, enabling inscriptions to be distinguished at considerable distances. Every class of monumental work is executed by this firm, but the leading specialty is heavy work, for which their stone is perfectly adapted, and in much favor.”
Barre, Washington County, Vermont - the Wells Lamson Co. Quarry (AKA the Pirie Granite Quarry ) - “Story of The Pirie Quarry,” in Monumental News: Granite, Marble, Stone, Bronze Sculpture, June, 1923, pp. 343.

“A final decree of settlement was made yesterday in the estate of the late James K. Pirie, prominent Barre quarry owner, by which the extensive quarry is decreed in trust to James G. Pirie and Fred F. Pirie during their lives, to be operated for the benefit of the widow and ten children of the deceased. This trust is created after the bestowal of several private bequests. The order was signed by Judge G. L. Stow of Orange county probate court.

“The decree brings out in some detail an interesting chapter in the history of Barre granite as given in the Barre Times - a chapter which tells of the energy and initiative of a poor boy applied in a field of activity where there was great promise and where those efforts were crowned with such a degree of success that an estate of considerable proportions was left. The amount of the property left in trust is not revealed but it is known that the estate was one of the largest to go through the probate court of the district recently.

“When ‘Jim” Pirie came to Barre in 1880 from Aberdeen, Scotland, by way of Maine and Quincy, Mass., his worldly goods didn’t total very much but he had plenty of enthusiasm and a good working knowledge of granite. He hammered away in Barre stonesheds for a year or so and then, allying himself with George Lamson, he began prospecting on the Barre hill where Midas dreams were to come true in later years.

“‘Jim’ and George went up on S. W. Flint’s pasture, which was worthless as a farm proposition and so poor for pasturage that it couldn’t even be fenced. Their eyes lighted on a boulder that looked promising. So they approached the owner with a view to purchase. They found that while the owner realized he had a worthless pasture he nevertheless wasn’t going to let the land go for little or nothing what with the opening up of quarries in the region.

“So the granite prospectors were somewhat prepared when the owners (sic) asked them $1200 for his stony pasture of a dozen acres - and they readily snapped up the proposition. With eight acres added, Flint ’s pasture has been turning out splendid dark Barre granite by the hundreds of thousands of dollars worth in the forty years since a cow couldn’t find a decent living on the property.

“Having gained title to the flint pasture, Messrs. Pirie and Lamson proceeded in 1882, to strip off what little soil there was and opened a quarry operating under the name of Wells Lamson Co. There they dug out some of the finest Barre granite, and the quarry has since been sending its product to all quarters of the continent. After the settlement of Mr. Lamson’s estate in 1900 Mr. Pirie became the sole operator of the quarry and was at the time of his death in 1921, probably the largest sole operator on the Barre hill.

“For nearly forty years Mr. Pirie was engaged in quarrying operations there. He combined business integrity with a good product and he gained an excellent standing with the trade, so good a standing, in fact, that the company retains on its list of customers today some people who were customers thirty years ago. Thus it will be seen that, starting with the first big rush of the Barre granite industry, Mr. Pirie contributed very largely to the enormous development of the last four decades, maintaining the good will of the trade, of his business associates and of his employees. The Pirie quarry is by no means the largest in the Barre district, but it has always been a prominent factor in the business. It employs under normal times approximately fifty men.

“Several of Mr. Pirie’s boys grew up with the business and two of them, James G. and Fred F., to whom the quarry is left in trust, have been closely associated in the conduct of the business of late. James G. Pirie, has indeed, been actively engaged in the management of the quarrying end of the business for ten years.

“In keeping with the development of the business, a town office of the concern was located in Barre City, being in the Quarry Bank building and being in charge of James G. Pirie, who, a year ago, took up his residence in Barre City and who has since become prominently identified with various affairs of the community. Fred F. Pirie will manage the quarry end of the business and will reside at the quarries where he at present resides. All the eleven heirs to the Pirie estate reside in this vicinity with the exception of one daughter, who is in the south.

“The J. K. Pirie estate on May 5 signed an agreement with the Quarry Workers’ union similar to the agreements made by other quarry companies on the Barre hill which have settled with the union.”
Barre, Washington County, Vermont - the Wells-Lamson Granite Quarry (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, by T. Nelson Dale, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1923.)

The Wells-Lamson Quarry was “640 feet above the city and about northeast of the top of Millstone Hill.” The operator was the Wells-Lamson Quarry Co. of Barre, Vermont. The granite is “light and medium Barre,” with colors of light, medium, slightly bluish-gray and of medium-bluish gray color. texture ranges from fine to medium.

Accessory minerals: Oligoclase, albite(?), titanite (sphene), and apatite.

The Wells-Lamson Quarry opened about 1885. In 1907 it was estimated to measure about “400 feet in a N. 25° W. direction by 300 feet across and from 50 to 60 feet in depth.”

The granite from this quarry was used for monuments and buildings.

Barre, Vermont – The Wells-Lamson Quarry Company Granite Quarry, Barre, Vermont

(postcard photograph; published by The Collotype Co., Elizabeth, N.J. and N.Y., unmailed)

Barre, Vermont - Wells Lamson Quarry, Barre, Vermont

(postcard photograph; unmailed)
Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Wetmore & Morse Granite Co. (circa 1899) (Granite) (Excerpt from Gazetteer of Washington County, Vermont, 1783-1889, Part First, compiled and published by Hamilton Child, Edited by William Adams, Syracuse, N.Y.: The Syracuse Journal Co., Printers and Binders, April 1899, pp. 329-330. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

“The Wetmore & Morse Granite Co. was organized under the laws of Vermont, January 29, 1889. The capital is $80,000. The directors f the company are Albert Johonnott, W. E. Adams, F. A. Dwinell, Fred E. Smith, F. M. Corry, H. H. McIntire, and H. H. Wetmore. The officers are Albert Johonnott, president; W. E. Adams, vice-president; F. A. Dwinell, secretary; and F. L. Eaton, treasurer. This company owns about twenty-six acres of quarry in Barre, and the first one opened there. In the early spring the company intends to erect spacious granite sheds in Montpelier, employ 100 men, and manufacture building granite, statuary, and all kinds of cemetery work, and will also deal in rough granite.”
- Barre, Washington County, Vermont - the Wetmore & Morse Quarry (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, by T. Nelson Dale, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1923.)
  
  The Wetmore & Morse granite quarry was “1,007 feet above the city, lies in a saddle about south-southeast of the top of Millstone Hill and about 200 feet below it.” The operator was Wetmore & Morse Granite Co. of Montpelier, Vermont. The granite is a “light Barre” of a light, medium, slightly bluish-gray color with a fine to medium texture. There is also some “medium Barre” in the quarry.
  
  The Wetmore & Morse Quarry opened about 1875. When it was measured in 1907 it was about “610 feet in N. 60° E. direction by 100 to 20 feet across and in 1917 had reached a depth of 150 feet in some laces and 100 feet in others.”
  
  Granite from this company’s quarries was used in the following examples: The Admiral Schley monument in Arlington Cemetery, Washington; the Andrew J. Frame monument at Waukesha, Wisconsin; and the Everitt mausoleum at Bennington, Vermont.

Barre, Vermont - Wetmore & Morse Granite Quarries - Barre, Vermont

(postcard photograph; 1940s; unmailed)

Caption Reads: "Granite Center of the World"

Barre, Vermont - Wetmore and Morse Granite Quarries

Barre, Vermont – Wetmore & Morse (Stone Dealer) (The following advertisement is from The Reporter: Devoted To The Interests of Marble and Granite Workers, Vol. XVII, No. 6, published by Nichols & Co., Chicago, Illinois, June, 1884, pp. 12.)

Wetmore & Morse,
Wholesale Dealers in Barre Granite.

Make a Specialty of
Fine Granite Monuments, Statuary, Vaults
and General Cemetery and Building Work from the very best
Barre Granite, taken from their own quarries.

Dealers Furnished upon the most Liberal Terms.
Barre, Vermont.
Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Wheaton Granite Quarry (circa 1899) (Granite) (Excerpt from Gazetteer of Washington County, Vermont, 1783-1889, Part First, compiled and published by Hamilton Child, Edited by William Adams, Syracuse, N.Y.: The Syracuse Journal Co., Printers and Binders, April 1899, pp. 146 & 150. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

“P. O. Wheaton’s granite quarry, the first opened in Barre, produces a quality adapted to building purposes, of which Mr. Wheaton makes a specialty. His shops are located near Cobble hill. Mr. Wheaton employs in summer twenty men and in winter from six to eight.”

“Oren Wheaton, son of Pliny and grandson of John, was born in Barre, January 1, 1812. He was a practical granite cutter, and with his father owned the quarry from which the granite was procured to build the State House at Montpelier. He was both farmer and quarryman. He united in marriage with Eliza, daughter of Daniel and Rebecca (Parker) Thompson, and sister of Hon. D. P. Thompson, lawyer, historian, and novelist. Mr. Wheaton died December 6, 1861. Their three children are all living. Pliny O. married Hattie Barnes, of Chelsea, and resides on the home farm. Daniel T. emigrated to Morris, Minn. ( Minneapolis), married, and settled there. Mary (Mrs. Malcolm Crockett) resides in Ohio. Mrs. Wheaton still survives and resides with her son Pliny O….” (The rest of the Wheaton genealogy can be read in the book in Google Book Search – Full View Books.)
Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Whitcomb & Sons Granite Polishing Shops

See: Barre, Washington County, Vermont – L. W. Whitcom & Sons Granite Polishing Shops (circa 1899)
Barre, Vermont – Whitcomb Bros. / Swingle & Falconer (Manufacturer) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 511.)
Whitcomb Bros.,

Manufacturers of Stone Working Machinery. Whitcomb’s Soft Metal Polishing Machines, Column Cutting Lathes, Polishing Lathes, Jenny Lind Polishing Machines, Traveling Cranes, Derricks, Capstans, Etc.

(Letter at left margin of add:

Quincy, Mass., July 12 ’95.

Messrs Whitcomb Bros.,

Gentlemen, we note your advertisement in Monumental News, when you have a prospective customer who wants a derrick just tell them to write to us, we have good things to say about our derreck (sic) bought from you.

Respy, Swingle & Falconer.

(Caption under pictures: Traveling Crane. Giant Polishing Machine.)
- Barre, Vermont - Whitcomb Bros / Swingle & Falconer. The following letter to the magazine and announcement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 517.
  
  “Messrs. Whitcomb Bros., Barre, Vt.
  
  Gentlemen: - We note your advertisement in the Monumental News. When you have a prospective customer who wants a derrick just tell them to write to us; we have good things to say about our derrick bought from you. Respectfully, Swingle & Falconer.
  
  “Swingle & Falconer, granite manufacturers, Quincy, Mass., take this opportunity of extending a cordial invitation to all of the granite and marble dealers who visit Quincy this month. We will keep open house during the stay of the excursionists and will have pleasure in having visitors inspect our works.”
Barre, Washington County, Vermont – White Brothers Granite Works (circa 1882)

See: Barre, Washington County, Vermont – the Vermont Granite Co. (circa 1899) (Granite)
Barre, Washington County, Vermont - the Wildbur Granite Quarry (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, by T. Nelson Dale, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1923.)

The Wildbur Quarry was “on the west side of Cobble Hill, 600 feet above the city and N. 35° E. from the top of Millstone Hill, in Barre.” The granite is “light Barre, a light medium gray color with fine to medium texture. In 1907 the quarry was measured and was found to be “100 feet east and west by 75 feet across. It had a working face 80 feet high on the east.” In 1916 the quarry was idle.

The granite from this quarry was used for monuments and buildings.
Barre, Vermont – Wilkinson & Day (Stone Dealer) (The following advertisement is from The Reporter: Devoted To The Interests of Marble and Granite Workers, Vol. XVII, No. 6, published by Nichols & Co., Chicago, Illinois, June, 1884, pp. 12.)

Wilkinson & Day, Barre, Vermont - Wholesale Dealers in Barre Granite.

Makes a Specialty of Statuary and Fine Monumental Work in
Dark Barre Granite. Exclusively Wholesale. samples
and Estimates Furnished on Application.
- Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Wilkinson & Day
  
  Also see: Barre, Washington County, Vermont – the E. A. Wilkinson Granite Works (circa 1899) (Granite) below.
Barre, Washington County, Vermont – the E. A. Wilkinson Granite Works (circa 1899) (Granite) (Excerpt from Gazetteer of Washington County, Vermont, 1783-1889, Part First, compiled and published by Hamilton Child, Edited by William Adams, Syracuse, N.Y.: The Syracuse Journal Co., Printers and Binders, April 1899, pp. 145. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

“E. A. Wilkinson’s granite works are located on South Main street, where he manufactures a full line of monumental and cemetery work, for the wholesale and retail trade, and gives employment to from ten to fifteen men. Mr. Wilkinson was in business one year with G. W. Mann, previous to 1882. They were the first to use steam-power for polishing granite. In 1882 he formed a partnership in the business with S. B. Huse. At the end of six months he bought Mr. Huse’s interest and took as a partner William P. Day. The firm of Wilkinson & Day closed in July, 1886. Since then Mr. Wilkinson has continued alone.”
Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Charles Young Granite Works (circa 1899) (Granite) (Excerpt from Gazetteer of Washington County, Vermont, 1783-1889, Part First, compiled and published by Hamilton Child, Edited by William Adams, Syracuse, N.Y.: The Syracuse Journal Co., Printers and Binders, April 1899, pp. 147. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

“Charles Young’s granite works are located on South Main street. Mr. Young commenced business in the spring of 1883, with A. H. Gamble as his partner, where H. A. Duffy now has a shop. In the ensuing fall they moved to his present quarters. In the fall of 1887 Mr. Gamble retired from the firm and Mr. Young continues alone. He turns out all kinds of monumental and cemetery work, and employs from fifteen to twenty men.”

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