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known inventors, possessing great skill
and ingenuity. Mr. Dimock was also
quick to see and appreciate mechanical
genius in others, giving every man his
due share of merit and praise. Mr. Dimock
was the first man in this country
to make spools by automatic machinery,
inventing a machine for that purpose, in
which a spool was made from the rough
timber, sawed out, printed in two colors,
and ready for use. Among his many
inventions were machines which he used
in his own plant, and which added greatly
to the betterment of its output and to its
economical management. Some years
ago, in 1889, when he erected his house at
744 Farmington avenue, Hartford, Con-
necticut, to which city he removed in
1877, he established a compressed plant
in his barn, stating that he was going to
provide his house with a suction clean-
ing device, this occurring years before
the vacuum cleaner was heard of, which
is in universal use at the present time.
Mr. Dimock wrote a number of articles
on questions of national importance, and
of late years particularly on the Mexican
problem, his articles being clear and con-
cise. He dispensed his charity intelli-
gently, among the institutions benefiting
by the provisions of his will being the
Hartford Hospital, the Hartford Division
of the Salvation Army, the Connecticut
Temperance Association, and the Hart-
ford Charities Organization.
Mr. Dimock married, November 9, 1872,
Lenna Louise Demont. They were the
parents of six children: 1. Irving, who
enlisted in the Federal forces during the
Spanish-American War, and died while in
active service. 2. Edith L., who became
the wife of William J. Glackens, a
well-known artist of New York. 3.
Stanley K., at the present time (1917)
secretary-treasurer of the Allen Manu-
facturing Company of Hartford, and chief
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administrator of his father's estate. 4.
Arthur, died February 1, 1887. 5. Harold
Edwin, married Ruth Bunner, daugh-
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ter of the late H. C. Bunner, the writer.
6. Florence Irene, became the wife of
Charles Fitz Gerald, of Dublin and New
York, a son of the late Dr. Charles Fitz
Gerald, at one time president of the College
of Physicians and Surgeons of Dub-
lin, also court physician, and a leading,
well-known member of the medical fra-
ternity in Europe. Mr. Dimock died
April 30, 1917.
Immediately following the death of Mr.
Dimock, the directors of the Nonotuck
Silk Company adopted the following reso-
lution :
Mr. Ira Dimock, one of the founders, and
for more than forty years president of this
company, died on the 10th of May last. In his
memory, the following resolution is offered
to be entered in the records of this company,
and a copy of the same to be engrossed and
sent to his family:
Whereas, in the Providence of God, Mr. Ira
Dimock, our president for the past forty-one
years, was removed by death, on the tenth day
of May, 1917, whereby this company sustained
a great loss.
Resolved, that we, the officers of the Nonotuck
Silk Company, bear testimony to his long
and faithful service. He was a man of great
business experience, of untiring energy, a wise
and safe counselor, a sympathetic and loyal
friend. He enjoyed the confidence of all who
knew him. His advice was freely sought and
always prized by his associates. His sterling
integrity ever stood for him as a "tower of
strength" in the wide business world that
knew him. His active life has been an inspiration
to us, and to all fortunate enough to enjoy
his acquaintance. Those who knew him best
honored and loved him most.
LYDALL, Willis James,
Manufacturer.
From progenitors who have long been
identified with the manufacturing indus-
tries of England and America, Mr. Lydall