The National Society of the
Descendants of Textile Workers
of America, Inc.
Honor Roll of Ancestors
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, Cevilla - 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
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
Priestly, Annie - Cloth Winder, Textile Mill, Philadelphia, PA
Prince, Luther Theron - Twister Operator, Beaumont Mills, Spartanburg, SC
Putman, 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
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 Petchark - Spot Tacker, Silk Mill, Saratogo, NY
Whitworth, Frances Minetta Branscom Warner - Leather Worker, A. C. Lawrence Leathers, Peabody, Essex, MA
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
