. History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut . e still represents. GEORGE H. MANVILLE. Actuated by a spirit of initiative and ever watchful of the road leading to success,George H. Manville possesses the courage to venture where favoring opportunity points theway and his even-paced energy and ability have carried him into important businessrelations. He is well known in the manufacturing circles of Waterbury as president andtreasurer of the G. H. Manville Pattern & Model Company. His birth occurred in this cityin 1861, his parents being E. J. and Mary (Potter) Manville, who wer
. History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut . e still represents. GEORGE H. MANVILLE. Actuated by a spirit of initiative and ever watchful of the road leading to success,George H. Manville possesses the courage to venture where favoring opportunity points theway and his even-paced energy and ability have carried him into important businessrelations. He is well known in the manufacturing circles of Waterbury as president andtreasurer of the G. H. Manville Pattern & Model Company. His birth occurred in this cityin 1861, his parents being E. J. and Mary (Potter) Manville, who were natives of Watertownand of Naugatuck respectively. The father was born March 13, 1823, and was a son ofCyrus and Polly (Hickox) Manville. Cyrus Manville was a son of David Manville, a south-of-France Huguenot, who came to the United States about 1735 and settled in he followed the occupation of farming. Cyrus Manville also devoted his life to agri-cultural pursuits, but E. .7. Manville became a mechanic, learning liis trade in Naugatuck. WATERBURY AND THE NAUGATUCK VALLEY 481 with the Naiigatuck Machine Company. He was employed by various concerns and spenta lew years in Meriden but eventually returned to Waterbury, Avhere he worked at histrade. He was with the firm of Blake & .Johnson during the period of the Civil war andwhile with them perfected tlie first cartridge heading machine, which was sold to theWinchester Arms Company. While he was superintendent of the New England BuckleCompanj he built the Four Way automatic wire forming machine, which is still exten-sively used. He was the first man to make a safety pin and produced the automatic machinesfor their manufacture. He was also the first man to swage a cold wire. In 1874 he in-vented the Manville shaper and he devised various other ingenious machines. He was one ofthe most jDrominent of the mechanical experts of the state and did more for the mechanicaldevelopment of the valley perhaps than any other
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