Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Garsed, George L.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Middletown Township


   GEORGE L. GARSED manufacturer, P.O. Hulmeville.  
Prominent among the new industries of Hulmeville are the 
Middlesex woolen mills, located along the Neshaminy, which 
were established there in 1884.  The main building is 100 by 
50 feet, the other 60 by 45 feet, both being fire-proof.  
The mills are run both by steam and water power, and the 
establishment gives employment to twenty persons.  The goods 
are in demand, the firm making a specialty of carpet yarn, 
and are at present running six hundred and eighty spindles.  
The mills are owned by M. B. Garsed.  The superintendent, 
George L. Garsed, was born in Frankford, Philadelphia 
county, October 7, 1849, and is a son of John and Mary 
(Benton) Garsed.  His father was born in Baltimore of 
English parentage.  In early life he learned the business of 
cotton manufacturing, and in 1843 removed to Frankford, 
Philadelphia, where, with his brother, he built and operated 
the Wingohocking mills, one of the largest cotton mills in 
the city of Philadelphia.  George L. was the only son in a 
family of four children.  He attended school in 
Philadelphia, and learned the manufacture of woolen goods 
with his father, and has made it his business.  He was 
married in Philadelphia to Ella, daughter of Washington 
Mason, of Delaware.  She is of English descent.