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About Samuel Williston
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.
Everything about Samuel Williston →- Born
- 1795, June 17, 1795
- Died
- 1874, July 18, 1874