Both these patents are assigned to Adelbert S. Davis of Seneca Falls, NY. In the 1910 federal census he is listed as a manufacturer of machinery. Early on his working career was that of a drug store clerk per the 1870 census. His father was a physician and his older brother a pharmacist. By 1880 he was a retail grocer. In 1900 he and his son show their occupations as "manufacturer of lathes". He died between 1915 and 1920.
American Machinist, Vol. 14, 1891:
The Seneca Falls Manufacturing Company has just been incorporated at Albany, N.Y. to manufacture sell and deal in machinery, tools, builders hardware and hardware specialties. The concern has a capital of $60,000 and the following trustees: Adelbert S. Davis, Paul B. Kendy, John Cuddleback, H.M.Darling, Eugenia Davis. [In some of the early census the Davis family were living with the Cuddleback family so their association went beyond business.]
Seneca Falls Historical Society, 1948:
In 1866, the late Adelbert S. Davis came to Seneca Falls and went to work in the drugstore of Dr. G. W. Davis and Son. ... and he afterwards became one of the most prominent citizens of Seneca Falls, in manufacturing machine tools, scrollsaws, and turning lathes. ... of scrollsaws and became manager of the Lewis Manufacturing Co., which later became the Seneca Falls Manufacturing Company. In 1878 ...
Seneca Falls Manufacturing Co.
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=734&tab=7
June 30, 1885 patent is for the foot treadle mechanism by Ansel Ball:
https://www.google.com/patents/US32...a=X&ei=bsqQUqSzHeHa2AXHvIGACQ&ved=0CEgQ6AEwAw
August 20, 1889 is for the feeding mechanism by Henry Darling:
https://www.google.com/patents/US40...a=X&ei=bcmQUsXDM6fd2AWNoIDgBg&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAQ
Directory of American Tool & Machinery Patents:
http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=13574
Patents for Adelbert S. Davis
http://www.datamp.org/patents/search/xrefPerson.php?id=5071
Patents for Henry M. Darling
http://www.datamp.org/patents/search/xrefPerson.php?id=5243
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Albert S Davis
Age in 1910: 63
Birth Year: abt 1847
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1910: Seneca Falls Ward 1, Seneca, New York
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Eugenia Davis
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Albert S Davis 63
Eugenia Davis 57
Ward C Davis 17
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I've been a home machinist 30+ years and a researching genealogist 20 yrs. Researching this kind of stuff is pretty easy.
