Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....HEMPSTED, James G. 1857 - living in 1899
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  JAMES G. HEMPSTED, superintendent of the forging department of The Jackson &
  Woodin Manufacturing Company and one of the successful business men of the town
  of Berwick, is held in high esteem by his employers and by his fellow-workmen.
  Our subject was born in Perthshire, Scotland, August 24, 1857, and is a son of
  John and Mary (Gardiner) Hempsted. John Hempsted was born in Scotland and is one
  of the successful tillers of the soil in that country. He was joined in the
  bonds of wedlock to Mary Gardiner, also a native of Scotland, and a large family
  of children was born to them.
  
    Our subject received his intellectual training in the public schools of his
  native town, and for seven years he served an apprenticeship to the trade of a
  mechanic. In 1883 he immigrated to the United States and located in Boston,
  Mass., where he found employment in the Hinkley Locomotive Works for two years;
  later he was employed as foreman of the forging department of the Cape Ann
  Anchor Works at Gloucester, Mass. His next move was to Pittsburg, Pa., where he
  was foreman in the forging department of the Carnegie. Lower Union Mills and
  subsequently foreman in the Pittsburg Locomotive Works at Pittsburg, Pa. In 1893
  he removed to Berwick. In 1884 The Jackson & Woodin plant was moved from the
  Hill and enlarged to its present capacity and is now doing all kinds of railroad
  forging and black-smithing. Our subject's department contains ten steam hammers;
  two Bradley hammers; two drop hammers; about ninety other machines for
  manufacturing forgings; and thirty-four forges, which require 340 men to operate
  them. Mr. Hempsted is an excellent mechanic and a thoroughly reliable workman
  and is held in high esteem for his ability and sterling worth.
  
    Mr. Hempsted was joined in the bonds of matrimony to Marie Evans, a daughter
  of Capt. James Evans of Cornwall, England. Three children were the result of
  this union: James E. and John B., twins, born December 10, 1897; and Ellen, born
  June 25, 1890, died August 12, 1890. He is a member of the Masonic Order and the
  A. O. U. W. Since Mr. Hempsted has resided in this state he has identified
  himself with its interests and is considered one of its most valuable citizens.
  He has done all in his power to assist in the building up of his own community,
  and is considered one of its mainstays.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from 
  
  "Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of the Seventeenth Congressional
  District, Pennsylvania" Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo,
  NY (1899)
  
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