1795 - 1874
Samuel Williston (button-maker)
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1794
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| Died |
1874
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Samuel Williston (1795–1874) was a farmer who started the manufacture of covered buttons in Easthampton, Massachusetts. These were initially made by hand as a cottage industry but he organised mechanisation of the process and established a substantial factory in Haydenville. This prospered and he went on to became a great businessman and philanthropist, establishing and endowing institutions such as Williston Seminary and Amherst College. He was a trustee of such institutions and also served in the Massachusetts General Court as a representative and senator.
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