Famous as the inventor of cast-steel in the 1740s. It was the beginning of modern steel-making.
He has an excellent biography in "Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers", 1863 - by Samuel Smiles.
Famous as the inventor of cast-steel in the 1740s. It was the beginning of modern steel-making.
He has an excellent biography in "Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers", 1863 - by Samuel Smiles.
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_ _ _ _ Benjamin Huntsman
Who departed this Life November _ _
_ _ _ Aged 34 Years. Also Benjamin
Son of William & Mary Huntsman
who departed this life Nov'r 9th 1765
Aged 6 Months. Also Mary Wife of
William Huntsman who Departed
this life May 3rd 1774 Aged 41 Years
Also John Son of William & Mary
Huntsman who Departed this life
May 1st 1771 Aged 1 Month
Also the above Named Benj'n Huntsman
died _ June 1776 Aged 72 Years
Also Martha the Daughter of William
& Agnes Huntsman died Aug't 1784
Aged 4 Years & 3 Months
Also Benjamin their Son who depart
ed this Life, the 21st Nov'br 1787, Aged
_ Years and 6 Months.
Also Jemima their Daughter who departed
this life June the 18th 1793 Aged 3 Months and
_ _ days. Also Thomas their Son who departed
this life August the 24th 1793 Aged 13 Years
and 1 week. Also William the Son of William
& Mary Huntsman who departed this Life
the _ _ of March 1803 in the 37th Year of his Age.
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