Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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A. M. Kent and Rose E. Hall




Husband A. M. Kent 1 2

           Born: 1840 - Vermont 1
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Wife Rose E. Hall 3

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         Father: Chapin Hall (1816-1879) 1 3
         Mother: Susan Bostwick (      -Aft 1887) 3



   Other Spouse: Charles C. Wetmore (1829-1867) 1 4 - 15 Dec 1857 3


Children
1 M Morgan Kent 1

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General Notes: Husband - A. M. Kent


He came to Corry, Pennsylvania, in 1865; was first with Wetmore, Hutchinson & Dudley; then bought and ran for a few years the Kent Oil Works. He was President of the Jamestown, New York, Water-works, built in 1882, and also President and principal owner of the Warren, Pennsylvania, works, built by himself and brother in 1873. He was interested in lumbering and manufacturing pails from before the Civil War. His works afforded employment for 100 men; they turned out daily 2,000 pails, 500 washtubs and 300 butter tubs, consuming 3,000,000 feet of timber annually. In addition to the above industries, Mr. Kent was principal owner of the Corry Gas and Water Works, he and his brother being the principal promoters in establishing the same in 1867. He also had an interest in a log saw mill at Salamanca, on the Allegheny River, and in a large sash and door factory, established in Newark, New Jersey, in 1872.

The Corry Wooden Ware Manufactory owes its origin to Wilder & Howe, who in 1865-66, built a pail factory on East Main street, Corry, Pennsylvania. It burned down in 1867, and was rebuilt on another site, the corner of Washington and East Wayne streets, in 1868. In 1869, the Corry Manufacturing and Lumber Company was organized, and operated the works until succeeded by D. H. Wilder. A. M. Kent & Co., the present owners, assumed control in 1878. Lard and butter packages, tubs and pails are manufactured, at the rate of about 2,500 pieces per day. The lumber, mostly pine, is obtained from Warren County, and about 3,000,000 feet are annually consumed. The wares are shipped to all parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, to West Virginia, Maryland and other States. Employment is given to 100 hands.

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Sources


1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 993.

2 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 660.

3 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 659.

4 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 658.


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