The National Society of the Descendants of the Textile Workers of America, Inc.

The National Society of the
Descendants of Textile Workers
of America, Inc.

Honor Roll of Ancestors
Click on an underlined name to view some information about the ancestor.

Ancestor	Occupation	Location
Acheson, David	Tailor	Mount Plesant, Westmoreland, PA
Acheson, George	Tailor	Greensburg, Westmoreland, PA
Allan, Wade Griffin	Cleaner and Dyer Peerless Cleaners and Dyers	Springfield, MO
Anderson, James Lincoln	Weaver Willingham Cotton Mills	Macon, GA
Arnold, John	Founder Arnold Print Works	North Adams, MA
Atwood, John	Resident Agent Williamsville Manufacturing Co.	Williamsville, CT
Appicelli, Charles Joseph	General Manager Max Pollack Co.	Groton, CT
Armstrong, Jeffie Areta Johnson Faubion	Seamstress Dress Factory	Dallas, TX

Acheson, David - Tailor, Mount Plesant, Westmoreland, PA
Acheson, George - Tailor, Greensburg, Westmoreland, PA
Allan, Wade Griffin - Cleaner and Dyer, Peerless Cleaners and Dyers, Springfield, MO
Anderson, James Lincoln - Weaver, Willingham Cotton Mills, Macon, GA
Arnold, John - Founder, Arnold Print Works, North Adams, MA
Atwood, John - Resident Agent, Williamsville Manufacturing Co., Williamsville, CT
Apicelli, Charles Joseph - General Manager, Max Pollack Co., Groton, CT
Armstrong, Jeffie Areta Johnson Faubion - Seamstress, Dress Factory, Dallas, TX
Askew, Agnes Byers - Mill Hand, Mender, Archer Mill, Columbus, GA
Avent, Catherine Delinda - Spooler, Pelham Manufacturing Co., Cotton Mill, Pelham, GA
Babcock, Lewis Smith - Shipping and Receiving Clerk, American Thread Co., Willimantic, CT
Badgley, Charles - Hatter, Newark, NJ
Barrow, Richard, Sr. - Tailor, Beaufort Co., NC
Beck, Cevillia - Cutter, Morocco Leather Industry, Philadelphia, PA
Bigelow, Albert W. - Drill Press Operator and Caser, American Thread Co., Willimantic, CT
Billing, Virgie Geneva Hatley - Spinner, Brown Mill, Concord, NC
Bloodworth, Marion Francis - Twister, Bibb Manufacturing, Payne Mill, Macon, GA
Boardman, Major William - Tailor, Cambridge, MA
Bone, Josiah Nelson - Cotton Farmer, Oak Level Township, Nash County, NC
Bone, Kenneth Early - Cotton Farmer, Oak Level Township, Nash County, NC
Booher, Sarah Catherine - Seamstress, Washington Co., VA
Botelho, George E. - Dye Pad Operator, Duro Finishing, Fall River, MA
Bouchard, Florence Gamelin - Employee at Winooski Overgaiter Co. & "drawing in" at American Woolen Co.,
      Winooski, VT
Bouchard, Narcisse Anthony - Foreman, E.B. & A.C. Whiting Brush Co., Burlington, VT
Boulthee, Edward - Tailor, Bangor, ME
Boynton, John - Weaver, Brandford, CT
Brillante, Mary Ellen Fore - Battery Filler and Smash Hand, Flint River Cotton Mill & Cotton Goods, Albany, GA
Brown, John Francis, Sr. - Cotton Buyer, Sentinel, Washita Co., OK
Brown, Nancy Greer - Weaver, Zebulon, GA
Bruggeworth, Frederick Charles - Owner, The Bruggeworth Company - Embroidery Manufacturing, Weehawken, NJ
Bushloper, Nicholas - Dyer Helper, Patterson, NJ
Campbell, Abbiegail Matilda Pursley - Washer Woman, Mitchell, SD
Carleton, Frank Edward - Machine Operator, Woolen Mill, North Brookfield, MA
Carleton, Mildred Katherine Clark - Stenographer, Shirt Factory, Worcester, MA
Cazeault, Arthur - Mill Operative, Taft Woolen Mill, Oxford, MA
Cazeault, Georgiana Donais - Weaver, Textile Mill, Sutton, MA
Cazeault, Richard - Color Boy, Cranston Print Works, Webster, MA
Cesarini, Mary (Maria) (Ciccarelli) - Shoe Heel Manufacturer, Lynn City Shoe Factory, Washington St., Lynn, MA
Chilton, James - Tailor, Canterbury and Sandwich England, Leyden, Holland, later emigrated to
      Plimoth (Plymouth), MA
Chitwood, J.D. Clarence - Twister, Equinox Mill, Anderson, SC
Clark, Josephine Katherine Nesline - Corset Molder, Corset Factory, Norwalk, CT
Cleveland, Crawford Haralson - Cotton Farmer and Cotton Ginner, Bibb County, AL
Cleveland, William Franklin - Cotton Merchant & Cotton Grower, Bayou Sara, AL and Mobile, AL
Collins, Emma Frances Norton - Machine Operator, Coats and Clark, Toccoa, GA
Collins, Estelle Dinkins - Spinner, SC
Cook, George B. - Cardgrinder, Hamlet Mills, Woonsocket, RI
Conwell, Phillip Johnson - Maintenance Support, JP Stevens & Co., Roanoke Rapids, NC
Conwell, Susie Ellis - Cloth Inspector, JP Stevens & Co., Roanoke Rapids, NC
Corliss, Mary Little - Burler, Cloth Mill, Philadelphia, PA
Cournoyer, Napoleon - Shipping Clerk, Felder's Mill, Milbury, MA
Craw, Walter Edison - Chemical Engineer/Plant Manager, Beldin Heminway Co., Beldin Chemical Industry,
      Grosvenordale, CT
Crocker, Glyndon Harry Sr. - President & General Manager, Crescent Corset Co., Cortland, NY
Cron, Ella Margaret Bone - Cotton Farmer, Oak Level Township, Nash County, NC
Crowley, Joseph James - Vice President/Textile Chemist/Technologist, U.S. Testing Co., Hoboken, NJ
Dalton, Ernest William - Engineer/Designer/Draftsman, Draper Corporation, Hopedale, MA
Davenport, Inez Reeves - Textile Worker/Winder, Newman Cotton Mill, Newnan, GA
Davenport, Robert Frank - Napper Operator, Newnan Cotton Mill, Newnan, GA
Delude, Marion Elizabeth Hotchkiss - Mill hand in box shop, American Thread Co., Willimantic, CT
Denning, Alice Rose Close Button - Rubber Shoemaker, Goodyear Rubber Shoe Co., Naugatuck, CT
DeWitt, Barnabus - Tailor, Addison Township, Somerset County, PA
Donahue, Cornelius - Paper Maker, Paper Mill, Manchester, CT
Donahue, Francis Joseph - Carder, Woolen Mill, Manchester, CT
Duke, Joseph Pierce - Cotton Mill Weaver, Overland Cotton Mill, Arapahoe County, CO
Dupre, Albert Narcisse - Loom Fixer, Nashawena Mill, New Bedford, MA
Dupre, Blanche Aurore Jacques - Sewer, Fed Emergency Relief Admin of Mass, So. Darthmouth, MA
Dupre, Louis (Duprey) - Weaver, Cotton Mill, Dartmouth, MA
Eldridge, William H. - Worker, Cotton Mill, Baltic, CT
Ennis, Nellie A. Gritton - Folder, Laundry, Louisville, KY
Epes, Col. Daniel, IV - Clothier Retailer, Boston, MA
Etheridge, Grace Irene Patrick - Machine Operator, Pants Factory, Winder, GA
Everts, Mabel Lerena Campbell - Sales Lady, Dry Goods Store, Mitchell, SD
Farr, Caroline Miner - Textile Worker, Lowell Mills, Lowell, MA
Favretti, Giovanna Malvina Lazzaris - Weaver, Forstmann Woolen Mills, Clifton-Passaic, NJ; Rawitzer Woolen Mills,
      Old Mystic, CT; Mystic Manufacturing Co., Mystic, CT; American Velvet Co., Stonington, CT
Feindt, Francis - Shoemaker, Wiconisco Township, Dauphin, PA
Fields, Rufus E. - Cotton Farmer, Iron Hill District, Kingston, Bartow County, GA
Fields, Nannie Lou - Cotton Farmer, Bartow, GA
Fields, Charles Glover - Cotton Classer, Pelzer Cotton Mill, Greenville, SC
Fiske, Nathaniel - Weaver, Watertown, MA
Foley, Gladys Nancy Cameron - Tie-Over Girl, Burler and Spooler, Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, NH
Ford, James Eley - Beamer Operator, Acetate Yarn Division, Eastman Co., Kingsport, TN
Ford, Nina Lee Spivey - Developmental Laboratory Technician, Acetate Yarn Division, Eastman Co., Kingsport, TN
Ford, William Early - Shoemaker, Confederate States Quartermaster Clothing Depot, Richmond, VA
Fore, William Starling, Jr. - Slasher, Bibb Manufacturing, Columbus, GA
French, Lt. William - Tailor, Billerica, MA
Funk, Myrtle Joyce Hanger - Sewing Machine Operator/Classifier & Condition Classifier/Dressmaker, US Civil
      Service Commission, Department of the Army, Jeffersonville, IN
Gamelin, Irma Gelineau - Employee, American Woolen Co., Winooski, VT
Ganson, Charles Franklin - Co-Owner/Superintendent/Secretary, Comfort Knitting Mill, Gloversville, NY
Garner, Ann Scott Williams - Cotton Grower, Farm Serial Number 2362, Palmetto, GA
Gault, Raymond Lee - Weaver, Cannon Mills Co., Kannapolis, NC
Gault, Emory Claudieus - Mill OPerative/Weaver, Ware Shoals Manufacturing, Ware Shoals, SC
Glenn, Cecil William - Cotton Dyer, Pendleton Mfg Co., LaFrance, SC
Guillemette, Melody Lee Smith - Flock Box Operator, Pervel Industries, Plainfield, CT
Guillemette, Wilfred Henry - Warp Tying in Weaver Room, Ponoma Mills, Taftville, CT
Habberfield, William - Clothier, Fulling Mill Owner, Boston, MA
Haggard, Don Golie - Carpenter, Bemis Bag Mill, Bemis, AL
Hale, Gardner Cole - Superintendent, Pratt Cotton Mill, Preattville, AL
Hammond, Rachel Jane - Factory Girl, Weaving Mill, South Easton, PA
Harmon, Jacob Osborne - Textile Worker, Myrtle Mill, Gastonia, NC
Harrington, Mary Elizabeth Greason - Mill Worker (age 13), Harmony Mills, Cohoes, NY
Hawkins, Leona Gunter - Seamstree, Reliance Manufacturing Co., "The Shirt Factory", Columbus, IN
Heatley, Mary L. (Sylvia) - Dressmaker, Brooklyn, NY
Hicks/Higgs, John - Clothier, Fulling Mill Owner, Boston, MA
Higgins, Lyman Frank - Oil Cloth Painter, Winthrop, ME
Hill, Reuben - Shoemaker, Butler Co., OH
Hilton, Jerry R. - Supervisor, Clearwater Finishing Plant Div. of United Merchants and Manufactures, Inc.,
      Clearwater, SC
Hopfner, Rudolph - Picker, Cheney Silk Mill, Manchester, CT
Hotchkiss, Marion Elizabeth Delude - Mill hand in box shop, American Thread Co., Willimantic, CT
Hume, James Napier - Cloth Examiner, Ayer Mills, Lowell, MA
Hurtes, Louis "Lieb" - Cloak and Suit Tailor and Button Operator, Garment and Button Business, New York, NY
Hurtes, Youda/Yehuda/Yuda - Tailor, New York, NY
Jackson, Edward Evan, Sr. - Quill Hauler, Palmetto Cotton Mill, Palmetto, GA
Janovicz, Gabrielle J. Picard - Battery Hand and Weaver, Ponemah Mills, Taftville, CT
Johnson, Herbert Byron - Cotton Farmer, Family Farm, Atlanta, Cass County, TX
Johnson, Ora Jane - Cotton Picker, Family Farm, Cass County, TX
Jones, Daisey - Spinner, Palmetto Cotton Mill, Palmetto, GA
Jones, Sarah Maude Still - Winder, Avondale Mills, LaFayette, AL
Jones, Willie - Textile Worker, Palmetto Cotton Mill, Palmetto, GA
Kelley, Barbara Godwin - Sewing Machine Operator, Boss Manufacturing Co., AL
Kiersted, Anna Florence Travers - Seamstress/Dressmaker, Brooklyn, NY
Kiersted, Samuel - Shoemaker, Staten Island, NY
Kinville, Sophia - Worker, Burlington Cotton Mills, Burlington, VT
King, Branda Lou Baker - Fashion Instructor, Gwinnett Technical College, Gwinnett, GA
Klunk, Rosanna Oaster - Weaver, Conewago Township, Adams Co., PA
Kreis, Adolph Johann - Shoemaker, Milwaukee, WI
Lada, Frederick - Dyer, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT
Laflin, Perley, Jr. - Spinning Supervisor/Inventor, Cotton Mill, Warren, MA
Lake, Henry - Weaver, Billerica, MA
Lantiere, Sue Calvo - Sewing Machine Operator, Footwear Division, Uniroyal, Inc., Naugatuck, CT
Lebetter, Jasper Thomas - Mechanic, Hosiery Mill, Nashville, TN
LeMay, Joseph - Blacksmith/Machine Operator, Woolen Mill, Amesbury, MA
LeMay, Louis - Spinner, Harmony Cotton Mill, Cohoes, NY
LeMay, Raymond William, Sr. - Parachute Maker, Bonnet Mills, Cohoes, NY
Lewis, Adelbert Dwain - Carder, Woolen Mill, South Hadley, MA
Lewis, Wynne Alida Schak - Operator, Lindeke, Warner & Schurmeier, St. Paul, MN
Longmore, Alexander - Weaver, Trumbull County, OH
Loomis, Joseph - Woolen Draper, Windosr, CT
Lord, John - Foreman, Hosiery Mill, Burlington County, NJ
Lord, Thomas Parsons - Foreman, William F. Taubel Hoisery Mill, Riverside, NJ
Lowrance, Cathy Rush - Clerk in Purchasing Department, Receptionist, Payroll and Shipping, Bemis Bag Co.,
      Bemis, TN
Lowrance, Lenora Hale - Spinner and Lab Worker Testing Thread Strength, Bemis Bag Co., Bemis, TN
Lowrance, Luther Vernon - Weaver and Battery Filler, Bemis Bag Co., Bemis, TN
Lowrance, Miriam Oletta Haggard - Weaver and Battery Filler, Bemis Bag Co., Bemis, TN
Lowrance, Vernon Haywood - Carpenter Foreman, Bemis Bag Co., Bemis, TN
MacDougall, Emily J. Carpenter - Mender and Inspector, A.V. Morris & Sons Knitting Mill, Amsterdam, NY
MacDougall, George - Spinner, A.V. Morris & Sons Knitting Mill, Amsterdam, NY
Maitland, Frances Ann McMahon - Stitcher, Shoe Factory, Lynn, MA
Mansfield, Abner Christian - Weaver, Cotton Mill, Durham, NC
Maple, Benjamin - Weaver, New Brunswick, NJ
Martin, Isaac - Weaver, Miami County, OH
Martin, Zebulon Vance - Textile Plant Overseer/Foreman, Arlington Mill, Gastonia, NC
Matte, Marie Louise Giroux - Traveling Sales, Dresser Cotton Co., Southbridge, MA
McGill, Virginia Irene Carey - Utility Worker, Salant & Salant Shirt Factory, Lexington, TN
McKenzie, Robert - Overseer, Arlington Cotton Mill, Gastonia, NC
Milliken, Samuel - Linen Manufacturer and Salesman, Philadelphia, PA
Mooney, Rose Ella - Shoemaker, Somerville, MA
Mostkowitz, David - Tailor and Cloak Maker, 18 E. 20th St. & 144 St., NY, NY
Mostkowitz, Herman - Designer and Tailor of Fine Women's Clothing, 5th Ave., Manhattan, NY,
      Sarasota Springs, NY, and Lakehurst, NJ
Mullens, William - Shoemaker, Plymouth, MA
Nardacchione, Emma - Dress Designer, Theatrical Designer, Dress Maker, Ladies Accessory Designer,
      Garment Disctrict, New York City, NY
Nesline, Frank Edward - Spinner, Woolen Mill, Norwalk, CT
Nesline, John Baptist - Fuller, Woolen Mill, Norwalk, CT
Odom, Stella Shitaker - Shirt Maker, Garment Factory, GA
Olszta, Elizabeth Gula - Weaver, Cotton Mill, Three Rivers, MA; Folder, Stevens Linen Mill, Dudley, MA
Olszta, Wladyslaw (William) - Elevator Boy, Woolen Mill, Webster, MA
Osgood, Sarah - Spinster, Salem, MA
Parker, Sidney M., Jr. - Weaver Cavendish Woolen Mills, Cavendish, VT
Patrick, James Robert - Warper and Doffer, Athens Manufacturing, Athens, GA
Peters, Ann Leary Dinkeas - Seamstress, Minden, LA
Pollock, Helen (Cook) - Dressmaker, Chicago, IL
Porter, Sgt. John B. - Tanner, Salem, MA
Post, Jotham - Weaver, Society of Friends, Huntington, NY,
Powers, Annie - Controller, Cheney Silk Mill, Manchester, CT
Priestley, Annie - Cloth Winder, Textile Mill, Philadelphia, PA
Prince, Luther Theron - Twister Operator, Beaumont Mills, Spartanburg, SC
Putnam, John III - Weaver, Salem, MA
Rademacher, Herman Alfred - Head Chemist, Arlington Textile Mill, Lawrence, MA
Ransom, Frank Wilson - Saw Filer, Minetto Meridan Co., Minetto, Oswego, NY
Ray, Thomas Andrew - Weaver, The Killingly Worsted Mills, Danielson, CT
Reid, G. C. "Pee Wee" - Machinist, Woodside Mills, Easel, SC
Rettig, Johann Georg - Tailor, Pettysburg, OH and King County, NY
Rigby, Daniel - Saddler, Edgemont, PA
Rigel, Margeret Louise Weir - Wardrobe Seamstress, Wichita, KS
Rochester, Lawrence Percy - Textile Worker and Weaver, The Victor Cotton Mill and F. W. Poe Manufactureing Co.,
      Greenville, SC
Rogers, Thomas - Camlet Merchant, Plymouth, MA
Savage, Major Thomas - Tailor, Boston, MA
Scarlett, Elizabeth - Weaver, Cotton Mill, Philadelphia, PA
Scarlett, James - Weaver, Cotton Mill, Philadelphia, PA
Schak, Anna Petersen - Operator, Lindeke, Warner & Schurmeier, Saint Paul, MN
Schartzbach, Adam - Weaver, Pennsylvania
Schloegel, Josef Anton - Tailor, New Orleans, New Orleans Parrish, LA
Scott, J. B. - Textile Worker, Rome, GA
Seabrooks, Archibald - Tailor, Ohio Township, Beaver Co., PA
Seales, Wilma Laverne Walbaum Bayer - Spinner/Machine Operator, Bradford Woolen Mills, Lousisville, KY
Seery, Marguarette Heffernan - Stitcher, Crown Corset Co., Bridgeport, CT
Shatswell, Susanna (Bosworth) - Spinster, Haverhill, MA
Sheedy, Ann Julia - Blind Stitch and Merrow Needle Operator, The Torrington Co., Excelsior Plant, Torrington, CT;
      Yarn Packer, American Thread Co., Willimantic, CT
Shepard, Ralph - Tailor, Watertown, MA
Simmone, Almeda Bailey - Worker, Cotton Mill, Athens, GA
Smith, Mary Ellen - Weaver, Woolen Mill, Lawrence, MA
Snow, Lizzie Powers - Weaver, Cheney Mills, Manchester, CT
Snow, Walter G. - Teamster, Cheney Mills, Manchester, CT
Stamm, Karl Hans - Chemist/Dyer, Standard-Coosa-Thatcher Mills, Chattanooga, TN and Powell Mill,
      Spartanburg, SC
Stamm, Grace Wood - Spinner, Stamm-Powell Knitting Mill, Spartanburg, SC and Glenco Knitting Mill,
      Burlington, NC
Stamm, Ralph Eugene - Doffer, Powell Knitting Mill, Spartanburg, SC
Steakley, Carol Mayo - Cotton Farmer, Ecola, Concho County, TX
Steakley, Robert Ernest - Cotton Farmer, Ecola, Concho County, TX
Stevens, Mary Lavinia Green - Dressmaker, Newark, NJ
Swords, Peter - Weaver, South Middleton Township, PA
Tenis, Elaine Louise Dobson - Shoe Repairer/Cleaner, Button Presser, Bently Shoe, Dudley, MA; Bates Shoe,
      Webster, MA; UA Button, Putnam, CT
Trentham, Ollie Mae White - Inspector, Munsing Wear Plant, Sulligent, AL
Vitale, Maria - Dressmaker, Bayone, NJ and Chicago, IL
Walton, Izora McDaniel - Dressmaker, Augusta, GA
Warner, Frances Minetta Bransom - Leather Worker, A. C. Leathers, Peabody, MA
Watts, Nelle J. - Trimmer, Millner Shop, Salem Township, IA
Webster, Dorothy A. - Sewing Machine Operator, Top Form Mfg., Germantown, NY
Weiss, Arthur Francis - Folder, Cambrio Mill, Webster, MA
Wheeler, Stella Barbara Petchark - Cotton Mill Inspector, Clinton, MA; Machine Operator, Max Pollack, Groton, CT
White, Barbara Marian - Spot Tacker, Silk Mill, Saratoga, NY
Whitworth, Frances Minetta Branscom Warner - Leather Worker, A. C. Lawrence Leathers, Peabody, Essex, MA
Wing, Luthera Abby Litchfield - Carpet Weaver, Knittingmill, Portage, Columbia County, WI
Young, Muriel Monica Jardine - Cond Winder, Stevens Linen Co., Dudley, MA; Anglo Fabrics and Elegant Yarns,
      Webster, MA
Yarbro, John M. - Elevator Man, Benis Bag Co., Bemis, TN

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