Sharon,
Thanks! I'm printing this out to put in my traveling file.
Shirl
----- Original Message -----
From: "mills" <mills(a)reliable-net.net>
To: "shirley baston" <unicorn(a)ezworks.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: [INDELAWA-L] Jeff - Muncie Glass Works
This fascinating subject could form the basis for perhaps more than one
dissertation. There were small glass works all over the area, including
Hartford City, Gas City, Jonesboro, etc.
I can tell you how I found records of a company. Failing to find the
company by name or owners' names in land records of the county (not
Delaware), I looked through Miscellaneous Records. There I found changes
in incorporation by-laws, etc, changes in ownership, etc. Consider also
these options: look through old County Commissioners' records of the time
period, because Commissioners might have been required to rule on some
aspect of incorporation, location, etc. Also look in the auditor's office,
where you may find a different indexing system. You will be able to check
a piece of property backwards in time, tracing to the original land owner.
Good luck.
Sharon Mills
At 11:54 AM 1/29/02 -0500, you wrote:
Jeff & List,
Where is Matthews?
Would you share what you have on Muncie Glass Works? I'm trying to
place one
called Patterson Glass Works but have, as yet, been
unable to detect any indication that it ever existed.
My great grandfather, Robert I Patterson, invented the snap jar closure
and had a
small canning jar company called Patterson
Glass Works. I don't know much of the history of this company but
have in
my possession his original drawings and the patent on
this closure. When he died, one of the brothers of a now large glass
company came to my ggrandmother and told her that they would
run the company for her "if she would just sign these
papers." That was
the end of that as she had unknowingly signed over the
company and she and her kids had to mortgage the family home numerous
times to eat. At least that's the story that came down
through the family. I went through the Ball museum a few years ago
and
there is no mention of Patterson Glass Works but that may
be normal. I've never seen it mentioned in any of the history
books on
Muncie. Patterson Glass Works seems to have slipped into
the binding of all the history books¿ If you talk to a serious glass
jar
dealer though, they've heard of it.
I grew up on W. Ivy Street which ran up to and ended at the back of
an
old brick factory bldg on the west side. Neighborhood
kids got into much trouble throwing rocks through the windows of the
empty
bldg and it stood like that all those years. It wasn't
torn down until a short while before the big Marsh store was built at
Tillotson and River Road. That's the rest of the story.
I was once told family thought it might be the location of the old
Patterson Glass Works but no one ever knew. If someone knows
how to research titles, etc. I'd love to learn. Perhaps we could
also
locate the one Jeff is looking for. Muncie seems to have
been riddled with glass companies. Any help would be
appreciated...clues
are gratefully accepted.
Shirl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Bright" <bright_family_tree(a)hotmail.com>
To: <INDELAWA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 10:46 AM
Subject: [INDELAWA-L] Muncie Glass Works
Does anyone out there have info on the Muncie Glass Works factory? In 1900
both my Grandparents were found working at Muncie Glass Works. I would like
to know more about it. What the factory looked like if there is any old
photos left somewhere? What all they made and mostly what it was like there
in 1900. I want to give my family tree book more than a name and a date, I
would like to make it as personal to each person in it as I can. Any help
you can give would help me out, there isnt a lot about it on the web and
what I have found was after the factory was sold. I do know it wasnt far
from the covered bridge there in Mathews In from what Ive been told?? Thank
you. ..Jeff Bright
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