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Posted 2 years ago
LTCochran
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I picked this stove up this morning to actually clean up and use , but can not find Anything on search describing the company or where they were located ! Can anyone help ?
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To answer the question that was asked ( and I cant find now ) you pretty much hit the nail on the head
Hi, LTCochran. :-)
The short version seems to be that the Wilson company was founded circa 1894 in Valley Park, MO, moved to Metropolis, IL circa 1916, but was kaput by the mid 1930's.
Here are some links where I found tidbits (sorry, but they didn't really lend themselves to easy organization):
https://www.supernovaantiques.com/wilson-wood-parlor-stove
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/wilsons-12-improved-heater-1893-st-1450651601
https://casetext.com/case/long-v-wilson-stove-mfg-co
https://genealogytrails.com/ill/massac/illus002.html
https://www.metropolisplanet.com/yesterdays-news/article_d0fc31e2-1848-5ee9-afa3-988f0419d7a1.html
https://www.valleyparkmo.org/about/pages/history
https://mostateparks.com/sites/mostateparks/files/Valley%20Park%20Report.pdf
http://www.usa.com/frs/absorbent-cotton-co.html
https://www.bizapedia.com/mo/absorbent-cotton-company.html
401 Marshall Rd, Valley Park, MO 63088
https://goo.gl/maps/RGAZPnzps6Lj9EaN7
A few more tidbits.
I don't know whether this is the patent found on various Wilson stoves, but the date matches (November 14, 1893), along with the name of the patent holder (James Wilson):
https://patents.google.com/patent/US508794/en
More on the family:
*snip*
Born on April 16, 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri, Mary Wilson Long was the daughter of Stephen H. and Katherine Long. Katherine’s family owned a successful firm that manufactured parlor stoves, and by 1910, Stephen was its Secretary. Sometime before 1920, the Longs moved to Metropolis, Illinois, where Mary’s father and her uncle, James Wilson, managed one of the company’s stove factories.
*snip*
https://www.jbachrach.com/blog/2022/3/31/mary-long-rogers-midcentury-landscape-architect-and-urban-planner
More details about the Metropolis, IL factory:
American Artisan
Daniel Stern
Keeney Publishing Company, 1916 - Hardware
The Wilson Stove and Manufacturing Company Metropolis Illinois has been incorporated with a capital of 100,000 by James Wilson James B Wilson and SH Long.
The Wilson Stove and Manufacturing Company Metropolis Illinois is building a three story factory feet to cost about 100,000.
https://books.google.com/books?id=l3UNtmmVXcsC
This source says that the company was sold to a Memphis company in 1954(?):
(Page 155)
*snip*
The career of the Wilson Stove Company has been erratic. Established in 1916, it once employed 300 men and prospered until 1932. It was reorganized in 1938, but finally was sold to a Memphis company in 1954.
*snip*
http://livinghistoryofillinois.com/pdf_files/History%20of%20Massac%20County,%20Illinois.pdf
The address cited here (1046 NORTH GRAND AVE[-ODEON BG.] ST. LOUIS, MO) either no longer exists, or the street has been renumbered:
https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_mo/F00003828
1046 N Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63106
https://goo.gl/maps/SneGvnJUvTmbPhdJ6