1849
Parker & Stone commenced manufacturing farming implements and doing jobbing work (Parker & Stone Reaper Company).
The evidence
“Parker ^f Stone Reaper Company. — Capital, $150,000 ; commenced manufacturing in 1849, making farming implements and doing jobbing work generally, till 1855, when the Reaper Company was organized. The first year (1855), Messrs.”
1879-history-of-rock-county/15-rock-county-ch09-beloit.md, PDF p. 619
Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.
Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources
On the printed page (PDF p. 619) · open the whole page “The Appleby Twine Binder. In 1849 two young men, Charles H. Parker and Gustavus Stone, started at Beloit a small manufactory of agricultural tools, hoes, etc.”
1908-brown-rock-county/33-inventors.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 290 / book p. 789
Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.
Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources
On the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 290 / book p. 789) · open the whole page
