One of my gr-gr-gr-grandfathers, Colonel Ivers Phillips, 1805-1900, got his start with a chair factory on Phillips Brook in Ashburnham. He attended Appleton Academy for a year or two, though no one in the Historical Society has been able to tell me if attendance rolls exist to confirm that. Phillips later made a lot of money building railroads and, later still, investing in gold mines in Boulder CO. His construction company built Fitchburg City Hall.
The Taylor chair factory does look like it could have been across the street from our house. There was a milk there for sure at some point.
One of my gr-gr-gr-grandfathers, Colonel Ivers Phillips, 1805-1900, got his start with a chair factory on Phillips Brook in Ashburnham. He attended Appleton Academy for a year or two, though no one in the Historical Society has been able to tell me if attendance rolls exist to confirm that. Phillips later made a lot of money building railroads and, later still, investing in gold mines in Boulder CO. His construction company built Fitchburg City Hall.