Title: |
Amos & Davis Iron Co. Ledger |
Repository: |
Ohio University
Phone: 740-593-2710 http://www.ohio.edu/library/collections/archives-special-collections/ |
Creator: |
Amos & Davis Iron Co. |
Dates: |
1889/1900 |
Quantity: |
0.3 cubic feet |
Abstract: |
The Amos & David Iron Co. Ledger lists wood chopping jobs for Center Furnace for 1899/1900. |
Identification: |
MSS286 |
Language: |
The records are in English |
Amos & Davis Iron Co. was an iron producing company operating in Ironton (Lawrence county) at the end of 1890s. The company
was managed by William C. Amos - one of Ironton's leading citizens and one of the pioneer iron men of the region. The last
furnace work in which he was engaged for the Amos and Davis Iron Company was the management of Center Furnace.
Ironton Register, August 17, 1899 - CENTER FURNACE:
" After a long period of silence this furnace is to resume blast, and preparations have been already begun. Mrs. Lindsey Kelly
has leased the property to the Amos & Davis Iron Co composed of W. C. Amos, H. L. Amos, L. D. Davis, Dr. O. Ellison, Dr. H.
B. Justice and Wm. Laird, which is incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000. Of this concern H. L. Amos will be President
and Superintendent and L. D. Davis, Secretary and Treasurer. The lease is for one year with the privilege of five, and the
rental is one ton of pig iron for every 15 tons produced."
For more information check website
http://lawrencecountyohio.com/families/a_e/amos.html
and the book The Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio, Vol.I, Chapter V, Ohio University Library
The Amos & Davis Iron Co. Ledger lists wood chopping jobs for Center Furnace for 1899/1900. The list includes: name of chopper, amount of wood and costs.
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