The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . revertingto Lord Ray. His father was ashipmaster, principally engagedin the Australian and SouthAmerican trade, who, during thethirty-five years of his life as amariner, commanded
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . revertingto Lord Ray. His father was ashipmaster, principally engagedin the Australian and SouthAmerican trade, who, during thethirty-five years of his life as amariner, commanded some of thefinest vessels .sailing out of Lon-don and Liverpool, and every quarter of the globe,Byron A. was educated at theMount Allison Wesleyan acad-emy, but having inherited his fa-thers marine tastes,he followedthe sea for some years. In 1870 heabandoned this life, and enteredthe machine shop of S. A. Woods& Co., at South Boston. Afterthree years spent at this trade,Mr. Atkinson began business forhimself at the age of eighteen, making mattressesand repairing furniture in a small way. Tire out-look was at first discouraging, and would have beencompletely disheartening to a less ambitious andpersevering youth. His energy was untiring, andhe frequently worked eighteen hours out of thetwenty-four. In 1879 he did away with his businessof repairing furniture, and opened a small, complete. OF AMEEICAN BIOGRAPHY. 69 stock of regular house furnishing; his former cus-tomers continued to patronize him, and his businesssoon grew so large that he had to remove to morecommodious quarters, and in 1883 rented the NassauHall building, six stories high, and having a floorspace of 100,000 square feet. His business at thistime amounted to $350,000 annually, and it subse-quently increased so as to necessitate large accom-modations, and in 1886 the adjoining Turn Hallbuilding was added. In 1887 further additionswere made, and he found himself in possession ofthe_ largest house-f
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