Early New Haven Mfg. Co. planer

[Robert Lang]

I have that Smith ad from 1856 too.
That is the one I was referring to in post #1.
It also shows up in an 1877 ad and an 1872 edition book with a section on iron working machinery.
I think once printers had these, they then used them in other ads.
You can see this in the McLagon and Smith ads.

Rob

 

[Robert Lang]

This was in the 1849 Scientific American about the 1849 American Institute Fair in New York.
Also the award they won.

Rob

 

[Robert Lang]

In 1847 David has Soloman Johnson as a partner.


Rob

This is a correction from post #1.
In 1847 William T. Scranton, David's son, has Soloman Johnson as a partner, not David Scranton.
In 1843 David has Larman Abbott as a partner.

Rob

 

[Robert Lang]

Here is John Parshley in the 1850 census.
You can see his wife, a maid, three daughters, his son and three apprentices living with him.

The apprentices are;
J. S. Rees(census spelling).
S. H. Barnum.
D. Ely.

Here they are in 1852;
James S. Reese.
Starr H. Barnum.
Douglass Ely.

Rob

 

[Robert Lang]

Here are two interesting people who worked for New Haven Mfg.

Chester VanHorn as superintendent in 1854.
VanHorn patents.

1855.
Patent Images

1856.
Patent Images


Andrew Y. Parmele as assistant superintendent from 1872 to around 1892.
From Parmele & Mix and later Parmele, Mix & Co. of New Haven.

Rob

 

[Joe in NH]

Chester VanHorn of course did the "partially openside planer" at the APM.

There is one other of the VanHorn planer which IIRC was in South America.

Sort of like the 60" Putnam Lathe on Ebay which is in Guatemala, but can be bought for a dollar.

VanHorn also pioneered a "elevating" tool support which I think Lester Bowman has on one of his Springfield DL Harris Lathe. Unfortunately the pix of all this are not showing.

Joe in NH

 

[Robert Lang]

VanHorn also pioneered a "elevating" tool support

Joe in NH

1855 patent in post #65.
Some Steptoe, McFarlan lathes had this and one of my early lathes has this.

Harris planer with VanHorn patent. VanHorn is visible on the support arm.

Rob

 

[enginebill]

There is a VanHorn planer on display at NMIH museum in Bethlehem PA. It is owned by the Smithsonian.

 

[Robert Lang]

Van Horn from 1856.

Rob

 

[Robert Lang]

Time for some John Parshley info.
I have not been able to find a lot on John Parshley.
He was born in Connecticut. What year I don't know.
At some point he went to Massachusetts. His wife is from Massachusetts and his first three children(all girls I think) were born in Massachusetts.
His fourth child, John Parshley Jr. was born in Connecticut.
John Parshley died in late 1856. I don't know from what. Sadly John Jr. died in 1857 of typhoid fever.

Rob

A correction on John Parshley's death.

I figured John died in late 1856 because I could not find him in any of the city directories after 1856 and because of the 1856 through 1858 ads for the sale of his estate.
Well I found his grave in Florida. He died in 1888.

John Howard Parshley (1813-1888) - Find A Grave Memorial

Looks like he had eight children and four of them died very very young.
Now to do some more research to see what he was doing after 1856.

Rob

Looks like John had 12 children and 5 died very very young.

 

[Robert Lang]

John Parshley in the 1860 census.
He is living in Urbana Ohio.

Rob

 

[Robert Lang]

I found some new info on John Parshley.
He died on August 8, 1868 in Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida.
I relied on the Find A Grave site, which has a poor picture of the grave.
They put the date as 1888. It is hard to make out if it is a 6 or an 8. I came across another site that said 1868.
This explains why I could not find John Parshley in the 1870 and 1880 census. I found him in 1840, 1850 and 1860.

I don't have any new info on his time in Urbana Ohio. He was a machinist there.

After the civil war, he went down to Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida to live.
He is quite famous down there. He was a founder of the town.
He laid out all the streets there and named them after his family and places in Ohio.

Links to some articles on him and his wife Nancy.

Remembering Suwannee: County election drama in the 1850s | Opinion | suwanneedemocrat.com

Remembering Suwannee: A look at Nancy Parshley’s will | Opinion | suwanneedemocrat.com

Also pictures of John and Nancy Parshley.

From a newspaper article.
"In 1865, John Parshley, a native of Urbana, Ohio, built a sawmill and planing mill near the rail junction and laid out the town, naming the streets after members of his family, Ohio names, and those of railroad executives. Within a short time, Live Oak was an established milltown with several small stores, houses, a blacksmith shop, a school, boarding house and post office.

Live Oak officially became the seat of Suwannee County in 1868, even though the town was not yet incorporated. John Parshley, the town's founder died in the same year, as did the live oak which had given the settlement its name."

Rob

 

[Robert Lang]

I don't have any new info on his time in Urbana Ohio. He was a machinist there.

Rob

John Parshley in Urbana Ohio in 1858.
Building steam engines.
Ad from Scientific American.
I came across a reference that he may have been associated with D. & T.M. Gwynne of Urbana Ohio, who built steam engines.
D. is David Gwynne and T. is Thomas M. Gwynne.

Rob

 

[Robert Lang]

Ads in an 1855/1856 and 1856/1857 Detroit city directories.
C. & J. Jenks, machinery dealers.
You can see whose machines are in the ads from 1855/1856 and 1856/1857.
You can compare them to the envelope illustration.
The planer is still the same, but the lathe, which is still chain feed, now has only one control on the head stock end.
Also the lathe has a crude apron and cross piece between the legs and updated tail stock.

1855/1856.

The Detroit city directory and advertising gazetteer of Michigan ... - Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library | HathiTrust Digital Library

1856/1857.

Detroit city directories. 1856/1857. - Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library | HathiTrust Digital Library

Rob

 

[Andy FitzGibbon]

John Parshley in Urbana Ohio in 1858.
Building steam engines.
Ad from Scientific American.
I came across a reference that he may have been associated with D. & T.M. Gwynne of Urbana Ohio, who built steam engines.
D. is David Gwynne and T. is Thomas M. Gwynne.

Rob

I recall a couple small planers by Wilcox & Gwynne being posted here over the years.

 

[Robert Lang]

I recall a couple small planers by Wilcox & Gwynne being posted here over the years.

I recall three, but only one was marked Willcox & Gwynne.
The owners of the other two thought they were Willcox & Gwynne, but they are Oliver Snow planers.
I was planning on updating those threads.

Rob

 

[Robert Lang]

Any chance this drill is a New Haven?

I now believe that this is a New Haven Mfg. drill.

I just (November 6th) picked up an early New Haven Mfg. drill press.
I believe it is in the 1855 to 1860 timeframe.
Picked it up near Cleveland Ohio.
The guy I bought it from had bought it at an auction in Ohio.
He is interested in steam engines and old iron.
When he got the drill home he found out it would not stand up in his garage.
The drill is 8' 6 1/2" high. So he decided to sell it.

It had some sort of a taper in the spindle, which has been modified.
It was bored out straight and a Morse taper sleeve (extension sleeve) fitted in with a collar,
set screwed over it to lock it to the spindle.
There is a little bit of the original taper left. I have not been able to check the exact taper yet.
Bigger than a Morse 2, but smaller than a Morse 3 and longer.
Attached illustration is from an 1898 article on old and new machine tool design.
It shows a larger New Haven drill with power down feed.
The author does not say where the picture was taken but some of the other pictures were taken in a shop in Ohio.
The drill has the same modified spindle.
Also an illustration of a smaller New Haven Mfg. drill of the same timeframe.
Also the picture Bill posted and an illustration of an 1860's New Haven Mfg. drill.

Rob

 

[Robert Lang]

Pictures of the drill. These are from the seller.

Rob

 

[Robert Lang]

More pictures.

Rob

 

[Robert Lang]

Last of the pictures.

Rob