Columbia-Lycoming County PA Archives Biographies.....SLATE, William H. 1866 - living in 1899
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  WILLIAM H. SLATE, a progressive and energetic business man of Bloomsburg, is a
  member of the Hawley-Slate Furniture Company. He was born at Williamsport, Pa.,
  March 13, 1866, and is a son of George Slate, now deceased, who was the
  proprietor of a large tannery and was also engaged in the manufacture of leather
  belts.
  
    The father of our subject was a self-made man and after accumulating a fortune
  he retired from active life in 1885. He entered the world of rest at the age of
  seventy-five years. Our subject was educated in the public schools of
  Williamsport. He was a dutiful son and remained at home during his younger
  clays. Starting out to battle against the tide of life, he engaged as a clerk
  for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and after clerking for four years he worked in
  the engineer's department, where he remained three years. In November 1893 our
  subject moved to Bloomsburg, and purchased an interest in the book and
  stationery store on Main street owned by W. H. Brook & Co. He continued in -that
  line of business until September, 1897. When the North Branch Furniture Company
  was organized he sold his interest in the book-store and became assistant
  manager of that company.
  
    July 1, 1898, the Hawley-Slate Furniture Company was organized and succeeded
  the North Branch Furniture Company. The company employs over 100 skilled
  workmen, who turn out fine work, and ships its goods all through the Eastern
  States. It operates two plants, one 60 by 80 feet and the other 50 by 100 feet;
  the machinery is operated by an engine of one hundred horse-power, and the
  company also supplies its own power for the electric lights by which the
  buildings are lighted.
  
    Mr. Slate was united in the bonds of matrimony to Nellie C. Packer, a daughter
  of John B. Packer of Sunbury, Pa. They reside in a neat little home at No. 27
  Fifth street.
  
  
  
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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
  
  
  
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