Bio of THEXTON, Henry A., Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 97
HENRY A. THEXTON
Henry A. Thexton, inventor and manufacturer, who was born near the city of
Peterboro, Ontario, Canada, is one of the foremost business men in Minneapolis.
In the acquirement of his education Henry A. Thexton attended the schools of
Canada until he was fifteen years of age, when he came to the United States. He
completed his education in the schools of North Dakota and for some time was
engaged in farming. For four years he was engaged in various enterprises in
Chicago and in 1902 came to Minneapolis, where he has since resided. In 1907 the
Thexton Manufac­turing Company was started as a private enterprise, under the
name of the Thexton Stamp Vending Machine Company, but it was incorporated in
1908, under the present name, with Henry A. Thexton as secretary-treasurer and
general manager. He has proven himself a business man of ability and has been a
prime factor in building up the business which stands among the representative
enterprises of Minneapolis. The Thexton Manufacturing Company makes steel dies,
etc., and manufactures metal hard­ware specialties. Mr. Thexton is an inventor
of note, having invented the first and original envelope sealer, which he had
patented and later sold. He also invented the first stamp vending machine and it
was the first on the market. He still owns the patents. Among his other
inventions is the Thexton Comfort Rail, an attachment for radiators, and a lock
for outdoor buildings which weather, shrinkage of door and set­tling of building
does not affect.
Henry A. Thexton married Miss Clara Wallace, a daughter of Hon. E. D. Wallace,
governor of North Dakota. Mrs. Thexton is a woman of much personal charm and she
is prominent in the club and social circles of this city.
Fraternally Mr. Thexton is identified with the Masons and socially he holds
mem­bership in the Minneapolis Club. Mr. Thexton is in every sense of the word a
self-made man and he is held in high confidence and esteem by all who know him.