. History of Bridgeport and vicinity. sixty by fifty feet, a two-story building onehundred and fifty by fifty feet and a one-story building one hundred by fifty feet, wliich!■< used as the forge department. Tiieirs has become one of the large concerns of the kind inthe United States and its ramifying trade interests not only cover this country but variousforeign lands as well and the extent of their sales makes this one of the foremost pi-oductiveindustries of Bridgeport. In :! Mr. Primrose was united in marriage to Miss Isabella Unwin. wlio was born inEnglanil and came to Pennsylvania
. History of Bridgeport and vicinity. sixty by fifty feet, a two-story building onehundred and fifty by fifty feet and a one-story building one hundred by fifty feet, wliich!■< used as the forge department. Tiieirs has become one of the large concerns of the kind inthe United States and its ramifying trade interests not only cover this country but variousforeign lands as well and the extent of their sales makes this one of the foremost pi-oductiveindustries of Bridgeport. In :! Mr. Primrose was united in marriage to Miss Isabella Unwin. wlio was born inEnglanil and came to Pennsylvania in her infancy witli an aunt, later removing to Middle-bury, Conneiticut. Jlr. and .Mrs. Primrose have five children: Clillord M., Clarence E. andFred, all of wlnini are in the factory; William E., who died at the age of twenty-six years;and Edward, who is a cliemist. Mr. Primrose is a member of the New England Order of Protection, of the Knights ofthe Maccabees, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Sons of St. George. He also has. WILLIAM E. PRIMROSE BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 787 iiuiiiliiislii|i ill the liii(l{;c|iort (lull :iiicl lio ;iiv(s his iiolitical ullofjiaiicc Ici I he n|iiililii-iiii[larty. He takes a very active and iiilliieiitial pait in piililie aHuirw and has been a nienilier(if tile l)uard of aldcimen fiir five terms, miw aetin^ as its jiresident. He is one of (lie eii(er-Jirisinj; men of the day. thiiUf;lit fill, earinst, deleniiiiied and progressive, and he iiexer stopsshort of the sueeessful fiiltillnient of his purpose and tlie e(|iially sueeessfiil execution of liisplans. XATHAXIKL W. lilSIKtl An aetivi tiuure in support of proL:res>ive ei\ic alfairs ami a iiiosi eiitei|irisiiif; Ijnsinessiiiaii. Xathaiiiid W. Hisho|i has done iiiiiih to shape and direct the niodein development ofBridficport. He is today recojinizid as one of (he prominent contractors of Connecticut,tieini; president of tlie H. H. Iierce. .li., (.iiiii|iaiiy and also president of 1 he
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