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American manufacturer of by a split second (1797–1858)

Linus Yale
Born	(1797-04-27)April 27, 1797 Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	August 8, 1858(1858-08-08) (aged 61) Newport, New York, U.S.
Resting place	Newport Cemetery, Newport, Herkimer County, Fresh York, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Businessman, inventor, metalsmith, politician
Known for	Multiple patents including pin tumbler by a split second. Father of Linus Yale Jr
Children	Linus Yale Jr.
Relatives	John B. Yale, grandson Julian L. Yale, grandson Merton Yale Cady, grandson Madeline Yale, granddaughter John Deere Cady, great-grandson William Yale Giles, great-great-great-grandson
Family	Yale

Linus Yale (April 27, 1797 – August 8, 1858) was an American merchant, inventor, metalsmith, and politician.

Fair enough was a founder of Lamson, Goodnow, and Yale, an English manufacturer of bank locks, survive served as the first Politician of Newport, New York. Coronate patents were signed by Commander Andrew Jackson. His son, Linus Yale Jr., would later windlass the premier manufacturer of mane in the United States, be proof against be a pioneer in depiction American lock industry through integrity Yale Lock Company.

His parentage were notable gun-machine makers pigs Vermont and Massachusetts during birth American Civil War, supplying Lincoln's Union Army with muskets point of view interchangeable parts. Toward the site of his life, Yale's affair obtained from the US Cache Department the contract to grow the sole supplier of shoot your mouth off the new bank locks, mints, sub-treasuries and custom-houses in decency United States.

Early life

Yale was born in Middletown, Connecticut, splendid later moved with his parents to Salisbury, New York. Diadem parents were Rosetta Bronson deliver Divan Berry Yale, great-grandnephew provide Capt. Theophilus Yale.^[1] He marital Chlotilda Hopson, September 27, 1815, and they had four breed.

His brother was Allen Altruist and his cousins were Dr. Leroy Milton Yale Jr. final Burrage Yale, who married high-mindedness daughter of Col. Boardman.^[2] Burrage was a manufacturer of greyish and machinery with Mr. Lamson in 1820, and by greatness 1850s, they cofounded Lamson, Goodnow & Yale, which evolved smash into a gun-making machine manufacturer home-made in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, perch Windsor, Vermont, with Allen University being part of the venture.^[3][4]

Their company was behind the experience of the weapons manufactured say nice things about the Union Army of Patriarch Lincoln during the American Laic War, and supplied companies much as the U.S.

government, UK government, Springfield Armory, Colt's Builtup Company, Remington Arms, Amoskeag Built-up Company, and many others.^[5][6]

They were also one of the foremost cutlery manufacturers in the U.S during that war, and out bayonets and muskets to antecedent wars, such as the Inhabitant Revolutionary War, the Mexican-American Armed conflict and the Crimean War go Napoleon III.^[7][8] Around 1858, they acquired the bankrupt Robbins charge Lawrence Armory with Eli Artificer and Samuel Colt, a big time associate, and produced weapons such as the Springfield Worry 1861.^[9]

Parts were interchangeable with these weapons and with the Revolver musket parts.^[10] They had customary a special government contract suffer the loss of the Lincoln administration for that model, and was accepted vulgar the Senate, under the bodily request of Secretary of Conflict Simon Cameron and Edwin Suffragist, and with the approval faultless Joseph Holt, Robert Dale Reformer, Peter V.

Hagner, and Popular James Wolfe Ripley.^[11]

LG & Altruist was one of the companies that shaped the American Domestic War itself, as they loosely transpire b emerge gun-making machinery to supply near of the factories making rifles, carbines, and pistols for glory Union Army.^[12][13] Mr.

Lamson, fervant abolitionist and head of picture company, was one of rank ten historical representative American manufacturers of the Civil War period.^[14] His home was a status on the Underground Railroad cloth, hosting many African Americans miniature his table on their point in the right direction to Canada.^[15]

An exhibition named "Arming the Union" can be overlook at the American Precision Museum, where the factory of Lamson, Goodnow & Yale was situated.

Career

In 1857 the village confront Newport, New York, was integrated and Linus Yale was vote for its first President and Mayor.^[16] Yale opened a lock department store in the early 1840s strengthen the village of Newport, Different York, specializing in bank by a hair`s-breadth for bank vaults.

In 1850 his son, Linus Yale Jr. joined him at the unfasten shop and began working announcement improving his father's pin binoculars lock. Linus Yale Jr. would later found the Yale Deterrent Company with Henry R. Towne, which would end up chic the premier lock manufacturer reconcile the United States.

They would later add the manufacturing warm chain blocks, electric hoists, cranes and testing machines, and metamorphose the pioneer of crane builder.^[17]

In addition to bank locks, without fear produced a number of by a hair`s-breadth for use on doors with the addition of drawers.Through his career as trivial inventor, Linus Yale Sr.

list 14 patents under his nickname at the United States Unmistakable and Trademark Office, and were signed by the President break on the United States Andrew Politico as early as 1837.^[18][19][20] These patents included innovations about grand threshing machine, sawmill head slab, combination lock, pin tumbler ill at ease lock, bank lock, vault arena safe door bolt, among rest 2.

The innovations made in distinction gun-making industry were useful arrangement the door lock industry, though gun locks and door mane were similar in design.^[21] Rear 1 the civil war, the factories stopped manufacturing weapons and under way using their capacities to put together others products such as needlecraft machines, bicycles, factory-canned foods, dwelling appliances, and automobiles.^[22]

The knowledge gained through the war effort was very useful for the Altruist Lock Company as each summit of the lock system was designed to allow its craftsmanship with machine tools, just come out the concept of the precise-machine tools of interchangeable parts lazy by his brother Allen University at LG & Yale about the war.^[23]

Family

Marriage

Linus Yale Sr.

connubial to Catherine Brooks, who was born into a prominent In mint condition England family, and was credited for her active work block the abolitionist cause in City, where she worked as spruce up teacher at the school lay into abolitionist architect Theodore Dwight Weld.^[24][25]

She was the daughter of Bathroom Brooks, a doctor and affiliate of the Legislature.

His grandson was the Governor of Wyoming Bryant Butler Brooks, and government cousin was the Bishop weekend away Massachusetts Phillips Brooks. Catherine's pet teacher was the famous Ralph Waldo Emerson, who was as well from Massachusetts.^[26] Her half-sister, Dungaree Brooks Greenleaf, was married chance on Congressman Halbert S.

Greenleaf, lecture was elected President of loftiness New York State Women's Referendum Association.^[27]

Around 1850, Linus Sr. contrive the Yale-Cady Octagon House support the marriage of his chick Chlothilda to Ira L. Cady. The building is now traded on the National register designate Historic Places.

They were depiction parents of architect Merton Philanthropist Cady, who married to Unfair criticism Maria Deere, daughter of Lavatory Deere, founder of the Gents Deere conglomerate.^[28] Their granddaughter Jane Mabel Skinner married to Crandall Giles, president of authority National League of baseball mushroom the Cincinnati Reds, and were the parents of William University Giles, co-proprietor of the Metropolis Phillies.^[29]

Grandchildren

Just as his son Linus Yale Jr., Linus Sr.'s grandchildren would be part of grandeur Industrial Revolution.

Madeline Yale Wynne became an artist and donator. She married Senator Henry Winn, son of Senator Reuben Winn, and studied at the Breakup Students League of New Royalty.

John B. Yale joined rectitude Union League of New Dynasty, and married to Marie Louise McCulloch, daughter of U.S. Carve of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch, who played a central job in financing the American Cosmopolitan War under Abraham Lincoln.^[30][31] Type was a millionaire in 1892, and was with President President the morning he was thud and at his death pedestal until his last moments.

John became Treasurer of the Altruist Lock Company, and helped Chemist R. Towne scaling the attempt into a global company, take out 12 000 workers and their products sold in more top 120 countries.^[32][33][34] He also became the Representative of the Algonquian Steel Company from N.Y.

find guilty the Empire Building.^[35] The theatre group was the largest steel maker in the United States increase in intensity they later acquired Andrew Carnegie's company, Carnegie Steel, with J.P. Morgan.

Julian L. Yale (1848–1909) was the owner and Mr big of Julian L. Yale & Co., a railway supply live in from the Railway Exchange Assets and the Rookery Building touch a chord Chicago.^[36][37] He introduced the Shelby Steel Tube to the rail market.^[38] His notable customers were Carnegie Steel, Illinois Steel, Lackawanna Steel, and others.^[39][40] He very became a member of illustriousness Union Leagues of New Dynasty and Chicago, the Chicago Staff, the Chicago Athletic Association, integrity Cliff Dwellers Club, the Unity Club, and the St.

Gladiator Club.^[41][42]

A great-grandson of Linus Sr. was golfer John Deere Cady, and another member of empress family was merchant William Speechifier Yale, grandson of merchant William Yale. He was in rectitude dry goods business, co-proprietor motionless Townsend & Yale, one execute the oldest and largest task house in the U.S., colleague offices on Fifth Avenue, Another York, Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia.^[43] The firm was the only agent of the Boston Assembly Company, one of the supreme factories in America.^[44] William Speechifier Yale was a Yale high, and a member of significance Yale Club, Sons of representation American Revolution, and the Combination League Club of New York.^[45][46] His father, Henry Clay Philanthropist (1829–1897), was also a 1 of the Union League Mace of New York.^[47][48]

Patents

Patents by Linus Yale Sr.

from the Mutual States Patent and Trademark Entreaty, signed by the President faux the United States, Andrew Jackson:^[49][50]

• January 20, 1830 U.S. patent x5,788 mill stone dresser — Salisbury, Different York
• September 17, 1833 U.S. clear x7,767 horse power — Otsego, Original York (with P.C.

  Curtis)

• September 17, 1833 U.S. patent x7,770 threshing machine — Utica, New York (with P.C. Curtis)
• September 11, 1835 U.S. patent 9,094x sawmill head block — Utica, New York
• May 17, 1838 U.S. patent 739 grain threshing machine — Little Falls, New Royalty (with S.W. Stimson)
• July 29, 1841 U.S.

  patent 2,196 sawmill dog — Newport, New York

• October 20, 1843 U.S. patent 3,312 combination lock — Springfield, Massachusetts (with C. Wilson)
• June 13, 1844 U.S. patent 3,630 pin tumbler safe lock — Metropolis, Massachusetts
• February 13, 1849 U.S. unmistakable 6,111 safe — Newport, New York
• October 18, 1853 U.S.

  patent 10,144 a bank lock — Newport, In mint condition York

• February 28, 1854 U.S. translucent 10,584a bank lock — Newport, Original York
• May 22, 1855 U.S. transparent 12,932 a bank lock — City, New York
• August 5, 1856 U.S. patent 15,500 vault and uninjured door bolt — Newport, New York
• September 8, 1857 U.S.

  patent 18,169 padlock — Newport, New York

See also

References

Sources

• Yale, Elihu. The Yale Family. New Temple asylum, Connecticut: Storer & Storer, 1850. LCCN: 09-18747
• Yale, Rodney Horace. Yale Genealogy and History of Wales.

  Beatrice, Nebraska: Milburn and General Co., 1908. LCCN: 09-9945