Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Wardwell, George Jeffords |
Date Born |
09/24/1828 |
Birthplace |
Rumford, Maine |
Deceased |
12/18/1895 |
Place of Death |
Rutland, Vermont |
Father |
Wardwell, Joseph Hemmingway |
Mother |
Wardwell, Lydia Howard |
Spouse |
Wardwell, Margaret Moore, Wardwell, Kittie C. E. Lincoln |
Children |
Wardwell, George Alvin Mound, Elizabeth Olena Wardwell Wardwell, Charles Howard |
Places of Residence |
Rutland, Vermont Hatley, Canada Nashua, New Hampshire Boston, Massachusetts |
Notes |
Wardwell had little formal education and was apprenticed to his cousin, a general mechanic, at age 13. He invented a stone channeling machine in 1859, which eventually made him very successful. Previously marble was either blasted or chipped out of quarries. Wardwell’s inventions drilled grooves into stone walls and then used wedges and shims to release the blocks. Because of his invention, the marble industry in Vermont became hugely successful. |
