Ayer was born on December 8, 1822 in Ledyard, Connecticut and was the son of Frederick Ayer (1792–1825) and Persis Herrick (née Cook) Ayer (1786–1880).[1]
His nephew, J.C. Ayer's son, was also Frederick Ayer. Frederick Fanning Ayer, born in 1851, became a lawyer and philanthropist, and was director or stockholder of many corporations.[2]
Career
Ayer was involved in the patent medicine business, but is better known for his work in the textile industry. After buying the Tremont and Suffolk mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, he bought up many textile operations in nearby Lawrence, combining them in 1899 into the American Woolen Company, of which he was the first president. He was involved in other businesses of the time as well, such as being the co-founder of the Arctic Coal Company.[1]
Personal life
Ayer's first wife was Cornelia Wheaton (1835–1878), daughter of Charles Augustus Wheaton and Ellen Birdseye. They married on December 15, 1858 and Cornelia's mother died the following day. The couple had four children:[1]
^ abcde"FREDERICK AYER DIES IN GEORGIA AT 95; Boston Millionaire Medicine Manufacturer Was the First President of American Woolen Co". The New York Times. 15 March 1918. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
^TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (7 July 1951). "MRS. WILLIAM M. WOOD". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
^"FUNERAL OF W. M. WOOD TO BE HELD SUNDAY; Burial of Former Woolen Company Head to Take Place at Andover, Mass". The New York Times. 4 February 1926. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
^"CHARLES F. AYER". The New York Times. 16 January 1956. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
^Times, Special to The New York (13 March 1910). "AYER-PATTON". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
^Times, Special to The New York (22 April 1969). "FREDERICK AYER, 80, INDUSTRIALIST, DIES". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
^"FREDERICK AYER, US, AIDE ABROAD". The New York Times. 5 January 1974. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
^Moynihan, Colin (11 May 2021). "A Rare Tiffany Building Owned by a Nonprofit May Be Sold". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Frederick Ayer.
Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1911). Biographical history of Massachusetts: biographies and autobiographies of the leading men in the state, Volume 1. Massachusetts Biographical Society.
Tremont & Suffolk Mills records at Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School.
January 09, 2023
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