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department of the Cambria Iron company, Johnstown, and Samuel. Subject of this sketch, Samuel Masters, was reared in Somerset county and received his education in Davidsville. He worked at farming until he entered the Civil War. He enlisted in the Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania regiment, company H, and was honorably discharged at Gallipolis, Ohio, on the 20th day of December, 1864. He participated in some of the most hotly-contested battles of the war, among which were the following: Hedgesville, North Mountain, New Market, New Hope Church, Lexington, Buchanan, Salem, Lynchburg, all in Virginia. In the latter contest he was wounded in the wrist by being struck with a canister shot. This necessitated the amputation of his left arm. After his services in this conection he engaged with the Cambria Iron company on the 1st day of September, 1865, and has been in their employ to the present time. Politically he is a republican, and has always taken an active interest in the success of his party. Religiously Mr. Masters is a member of the Methodist church of Johnstown. Mr. Masters married Miss Lucretia Metz on August 23, 1875, and to their union have been born Edward, Nellie J., living, and Ralph and Ray, deceased. Mr. Masters is a gentleman with good ideas of business; he fought well the battles in defence [sic] of his country's honor and deserves and possesses the entire respect of all who know him. FRANK WILLIAMS, whose life has been one of activity and event in the field of American manufactures, is the organizer |
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and general manager of the Basic Brick company, of Johnstown, and the general manager of the Fayette Manufacturing company, of Southwestern Pennsylvania. He is a son of James and Jane (Hamilton) Williams, and was born in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1865. He received his elementary education in the public schools of Johnstown, and spent two years in the laboratory of the Cambria Iron company. He then entered the Lehigh University, where he took the course in mining metallurgy, and was graduated in the class of 1887 with the degree of B.S. Immediately he took a post graduate course and received the degree of E. M. After graduation he spent a year at the Edgar Thomson Steel works of the Carnegie Steel company, after which he built the Michigan Steel works at Detroit, which he left as soon as it was in good running order to study in Europe the basic method of making steel, which was largely employed there. Returning from Europe he remodeled the plant of the Chicago Horse-shoe company, in Chicago, and had charge of the East Chicago Foundry company. His health failing, he was compelled to leave Chicago. After two years' travel he so far regained his health as to take charge of the Fayette Manufacturing company. This company has its plant at Layton, Fayette county, Pennsylvania. After the incorporation of the Fayette company he was elected president and manager. After the organization of the Basic Brick company he resigned as president of the Fayette company, but remains a director and general manager of both companies. The general office of these companies is in Pittsburg [sic]. The Fayette com- |
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