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Seth Thomas Clock Company
American, founded 1813
YEARS AFTER THE UNITED STATES WON ITS INDEPENDENCE . SETH THOMAS WAS A
HARD WORKER AND THAT WAS A WAY OF LIFE FOR THE FARMER AND SMALL BUSINESS
AFTER COMPLETING A APPRENTICESHIP AS A CARPENTER HE WENT TO WORK FOR A
CLOCK MAKER ( ELI TERRY ) IN 1807 AND IN 1810 SETH THOMAS AND SILAS HOADLEY
PURCHASED ELI TERRY'S CLOCK FACTORY AND IN 1813 SETH THOMAS SOLD HIS INTEREST
IN THE CLOCK FACTORY .
ALWAYS WANTING TO OWN HIS OWN CLOCK FACTORY AND AFTER SELLING HIS INTEREST
IN THE OLD TERRY FACTORY SETH THOMAS PURCHASED ANOTHER CLOCK FACTORY IN
PLYMOUTH HOLLOW CONNECTICUT . HIS BUSINESS PROSPERED AND PRODUCED FINE
CLOCKS AND MADE SETH THOMAS CLOCKS ONE OF THE MOST WELL KNOWN CLOCK
COMPANIES IN THE WORLD . ON MAY 5 1853 NEARING HIS RETIREMENT AGE SETH THOMAS
ORGANIZED HIS BUSINESS INTO THE ( SETH THOMAS CLOCK COMPANY ) A JOINT STOCK
CORPORATION , AND IN ORDER TO ASSURE CONTINUITY OF OPERATION AFTER HIS DEATH
ON JANUARY 28th 1859 SETH THOMAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 73 AND IN 1865 SIX YEARS AFTER
HIS DEATH THE NAME OF THE TOWN HE HAD DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS A LEADER CHANGED
ITS NAME FROM PLYMOUTH HOLLOW TO THOMASTON IN HONOR OF HIS MEMORY
AFTER HIS DEATH THE SON'S OF SETH THOMAS RUN THE BUSINESS AND EXPANDED INTRODUCED
MANY NEW MODELS OF CLOCKS AND IN 1931 THE SETH THOMAS CLOCK COMPANY BECAME
A DIVISION OF GENERAL TIME INSTRUMENT CORPORATION AND IN 1970 WAS RENAMED TO
GENERAL TIME CORPORATION .
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