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with him, and that he suffered what, had
it been allowed to proceed, would doubt-
less have resulted in a serious impairment
of his health, Accordingly, he re-
turned North and not long after secured
an excellent position with the Central
Supply Companj of Worcester, Massa-
chusetts, who were jobbers of water sup-
plies, pumps, engines, etc., where he rap-
idly worked his way up the ladder of promotion
until lie became manager of the
pump department. How efficient was his
work in this capacity may lie seen from
the fact that he built up the company's
business in pumps from a total amount-
in ,
to
the thousand dollars a _\ ear to one
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not alone in his capacity a- organizer and
business man that Mr. Sexton i- known,
and it i> probable that • he :ii even
wider reputation in connection with the
many inventions which have found their
origin in his fertile brain. These inven-
tion- cover a remarkably wide field of
human endeavor and arc extraordinarily
diverse, one, for instance, which app ir< d
a few years ago, i
aphic
i.
book which offers great advantages over
those previously in use. Another device
was a corn hu-ker. which hound the corn
Iks in -heaves. Probably the most important
device which he has yet produced
i- a o-bed sprayer system, which
been properly protected by patents
an accomplishment all the more remark- and which i> the only successful sprayer
from the fact that it occupied no device ever invented. Mr. Sexton is prommore
than four years. At the end of that inently identified with a number of cluhs
period, Mr. Sexton resigned his position and fraternities, and is a well known figwith
the company and came to the city of ure in the social world of Hartford. He
Hartford, Connecticut, where he accepted is a member of Camp 4'). Patriotic Sons
his present office of president and treas-
urer of the American Pump & Pngineer-
ing Company of that city. This was in
the year 1912, Pebruary 23, and since that
time he has, through his connection with
of America, of Pemberton, Xew Jersey ;
U. C. T. : and St. John's Lodge, No. 4,
Ancient Pree and Accepted Masons.
Mr. Sexton was united in marriage with
Viola E. Lewis, daughter of Joseph Lewis,
this concern, come to occupy a particu- of Sewell, New Jersey, where Mrs. Sexlarly
prominent place in the engineering ton was born, November II, 1884. Two
and business world of Hartford. The children have been born of this union:
American Pump & Engineering Company Donald, November 10, 1909, and Yirwas
indeed largely organized by him and
came into existence at the time of his first
ginia, February 26, 1913.
coming to Hartford. It was organized for
the purpose of manufacturing, constructing,
purchasing pumps, windmills, towers,
JOHNSTON. Frank Hawthorne,
Man of Various Activities.
engines, boilers, farm machinery and tools,
for the exporting and importing trades, as
well as for a local wholesale business in
engineering and water works equipment.
One of the leading and substantial busi-
- men of the city of New Britain, Con-
necticut, i- Frank II . John-ton.
who has
imbibed in his character many of the
This business, which had practically no worthy characteristics of his forebears,
dimensions at that time, has grown to be He i- a -cion of an old family that has
a very large and successful enterprise, and long been prominent in Scotland. The
the future promises even more brilliantly name has been derived from Johnstone, a
than the realization of the present. It is city in Scotland, from which the early
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