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BIOGRAPHY

FRANK GARWOOD - OF BATAVIA, NY

Garwood, Frank, was born in Suffolk, England, and emigrated to the United States in 1884. He came to Batavia, and on February 7, 1884, entered the employ of his uncle, John Garwood, who owned and conducted the Bushville Mills. John Garwood had settled in Batavia in 1860; he was well known and highly esteemed; he died in 1893. Upon the death of his uncle, Frank Garwood succeeded him in the proprietorship of the mills. Mr. Garwood is a stirring business man of unquestioned integrity, and has won many friends in his adopted town.

Source: Our County and its people, A descriptive work on Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890

 

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