Wilder, Charles (1836-1900)

Name:

Wilder, Charles (1836-1900)

Title:

Member, New Hampshire House of Representatives

Born:

05/16/1836

Birthplace:

Peterborough, NH

Died:

07/26/1900

Death Location:

Peterborough, NH

Residence:

Peterborough, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Teacher
Shoe Peg Manufacturer
Thermometer and Barometer Manufacturer, 1860-1900

Father:

Wilder, Mark (1806-1898)

Mother:

Thayer, Eliza Ann (1813-1871)

Spouse:

Mary E. Jones (1840-1882), August 5, 1860

Children:

Charles Appleton, born June 1, 1861; died March 22, 1864
Frank Jones, born April 23, 1863; died 194
Harry Edward, born September 19, 1864
Mary Adelaide, born October 5, 1869; died September 24, 1870
John Maryatt, born April 29, 1872
Grace, born July 7, 1873; died September 3, 1900
Getrude May, born May 4, 1875

Notes:

References:
Listings in Maine Antiques Digest, Sept. 1995.

In 1860 Charles Wilder (1836-1900) of Peterborough bought the North Cotton Factory Company building in Peterborough and started manufacturing mercury barometers under an agreement with patentee Lewis Woodruff (b.1832) of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Wilder expanded, also manufacturing thermometers for commercial and domestic use. Production continued until 1903, when the business was sold to the W. & L. E. Gurley Instrument Company and moved to Troy, New York. Manufacturing continued under the name of Charles Wilder Thermometer Company for two more decades.

George Abbot Morison, History of Peterborough New Hampshire. Book I. (Rindge, New Hampshire: Richard R. Smith Publisher, Inc., 1954), 375-376.

George Abbot Morison, History of Peterborough New Hampshire. Book II. (Rindge, New Hampshire: Richard R. Smith Publisher, Inc., 1954), 1324-1325.

Almira L. White, Genealogy of the Descendnats of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900. Volume I. (Haverhill, Massachusetts: Chase Brothers, 1900), 571-573.