Category:Horace C. Wilcox
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- Henry Hall (1895) America's successful men of affairs. An encyclopedia of contemporaneous biography, vol. II, The New York Tribune, pp. 872−873. Retrieved on 4 April 2024. "HORACE C. WILCOX. one of the founders of the Meriden Britannia Co., Meriden, Conn., born on a farm in Westfield parish, Jan. 24, 1824, died in Cottage City, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., Aug. 27, 1890. The farm occupied him until the age of twenty, and then he peddled tin ware for two years, and, in 1850, Mr. Wilcox began to sell britannia ware as salesman for James Frary, and later for William Lyman and John Munson, of Wallingford, Conn., and I. C. Lewis & Co., of Meriden. In 1852, with Dennis Wilcox and the men whose goods he had been selling, Mr. Wilcox took a part in organizing The Meriden Britannia Co., Mr. Wilcox secretary and treasurer. In 1865, the stockholders elected him president. The company soon developed an enormous business in the manufacture both of britannia and silver plated ware. Mr. Wilcox was, as nearly as possible, a type of the universal Yankee, and he promoted a great variety of enterprises, all of which thrived under his advice and direction. He was at different times president of the Waterbury & Connecticut River Railroad and The Wilcox & White Organ Co., and a director of The Meriden Silver Plate Co., The Meriden Saddlery & Leather Co., The Manning & Bowman Co., The Æolian Organ & Music Co., the Meriden horse car line, The Meriden Fire Insurance Co., Rogers Bro's of Waterbury, The Howe National Bank, The City Savings Bank, and several other associations. He exercised a wide influence, and was greatly loved and respected, by other manufacturers and the people of the city. George H. Wilcox is now president of The Meriden Britannia Co. "
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- Manning, Bowman & Co. (6 F)