. History of New Haven County, Connecticut . t is in the employ of theHolmes & Edwards Silver Company, Bridgeport, Conn. John B. Gardner was born in Anspach, Bavaria, Germany, Sep-tember 7th, 1828, and died January 25th, 1891. With his parents hecame to America when he was about 14 years of age, and resided inBrooklyn, N. Y. But after a few years he found his way to the manu-factory of the Jerome Clock Company, of New Haven, Conn. Herehis future business life began to outline itself, and it became more andmore a fixed certainty that his business pursuit should be somewherein the time-measuring
. History of New Haven County, Connecticut . t is in the employ of theHolmes & Edwards Silver Company, Bridgeport, Conn. John B. Gardner was born in Anspach, Bavaria, Germany, Sep-tember 7th, 1828, and died January 25th, 1891. With his parents hecame to America when he was about 14 years of age, and resided inBrooklyn, N. Y. But after a few years he found his way to the manu-factory of the Jerome Clock Company, of New Haven, Conn. Herehis future business life began to outline itself, and it became more andmore a fixed certainty that his business pursuit should be somewherein the time-measuring industry of the world. It was in 1857 that he came to Ansonia, purchased property in thenorth part of the town, and began the manufacture of clock dials of allkinds, clock trimmings, scale dials, etc. And in 1869 he bought theland where now the factory stands, and in that and the succeedingyear put up the main building. Additions have been made since asthey were needed, until now the factory is one of the largest in thetown of HISTORY OF NEW HAVEN COUNTY. 515 During all the early years of manufacture in this plant Mr. Gard-ner attended closely to business, putting the finest dials on the marketboth in form and finish, and hence the volume of his business rapidlyincreased to its present proportions. In the year 1880 he took his eldest son, Sturges G., into partnershipwith himself, under the firm name of J. B. Gardner & Son. He nowthrew much of the detail supervision upon the younger shoulders, butby no means relinquished his own supreme control and general man-agement of the running of the factory. Even if he was absent muchof the time at his farm, he yet held the lines of manufacture well mhand. His farming was more in the nature of pleasant recreation than ofdownright industry. He was fond of nature and of fine animals. Hetook pleasure in raising the largest and most handsome exhibits ofpears or fruits at agricultural shows. He herded the finest Jerseystock, and so
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