Homer Brooke Detailed Timeline 1860-1869

[Link to Homer Brooke 1840-1859 data]

This data on Homer Brooke was compiled by Dick Roller and provided to this site by Bob Stahr.

Jan. 1863: William Brooke died.  His son, Homer, took over his business. [Personal History Notes of  Homer Brooke, done by his wife]
1863: Homer Brooke made trials of moulds & presses at the Brookfield glass factory in South Brooklyn. [1871 U.S. Patent Office document]
1864: Homer Brooke was in the Army. [1871 U.S. Patent Office document]
Nov. 26, 1864: Homer Brooke billed Brookfield for molds, Brookfield refused to pay. [1871 U.S. Patent Office document]
1867: Homer Brooke testified in case of  Rowley vs. Gibney & Goble or  Rowley vs. Houghton jar design suit. [1871 U.S. Patent Office document]
Dec. 17, 1867:  Homer Brooke made molds lettered TILLOTSON & other items for Tillotson & Co. [1871 U.S. Patent Office document]
Late Dec. 1867: Homer Brooke conceived his insulator press idea in the office of Tillotson & Co., Dey St.,  /early Jan. 68 NYC, in presence of Luther G. Tillotson, B.B. Hagerty, & Horatio Reed. [1871 U.S. Patent Office document]
Jan. 5, 1869:  Pat #85,637 for Glass-Mold issued to Homer Brooke, New York, NY.  
Apr. 7, 1869:  Homer Brooke bought $1,171.52 worth of tools from (Aries?) Brooke & John Chilver.  [Photocopy of handwritten bill of sale]
July 1869: Homer Brooke's insulator press introduced into Brookfield's shop.
Aug. 10, 1869: Pat #93,591 for Glass-Mold issued to Homer Brooke, New York, NY.   Shows figure of  straddle-lip top seal jar lid.
Oct. 25, 1869: James M. Brookfield ordered one screw machine from Homer Brooke for $45. [1871 U.S. Patent Office document]
Nov. 2, 1869: Homer Brooke delivered one screw machine to James M. Brookfield for $45. [1871 U.S. Patent Office document]
Nov. 1869: Homer Brooke applied for patent on his screw-thread insulator press. [1871 U.S. Patent Office document]
Dec 11, 1869: Homer Brooke applied for his insulator press patent (#99,145).  [Decisions of Commissioner of Patents, 1873, p. 108]

Note: Reference to  [1871 U.S. Patent Office document]  refers to : U.S. Patent Office “Screw Glass Insulators,” In the Matter of Interference Between the Application of J.M. Brookfield and Robert Hemingray and the Patent of  Homer   Brooke No. 99,145 granted Jan 25, 1870. Testimony on the Part of Homer Brooke, 1871,  owned by Dennis Donovan, Muncie, IN 

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