Ward Cheney was a pioneer manufacturer of silk fabrics.
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11 Facts About Ward Cheney
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Ward Cheney entered the dry goods business in Providence, Rhode Island with his brother Charles.
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When Charles moved to Ohio, Ward Cheney returned to South Manchester and found several brothers raising a Chinese mulberry, Morus multicaulis.
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Ward Cheney was known in business circles as generous and progressive, and frequently aided young men beginning mercantile life.
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Charles Ward Cheney went to Tolland, Connecticut as a clerk when he was about fourteen years old, and before he was of age engaged in mercantile business on his own account in Providence.
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Ward Cheney spent a considerable portion of his time in Hartford, where they had extensive manufactories.
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Ward Cheney served in the legislature for one or two terms and was distinguished for his public spirit and generous charities.
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Rush Ward Cheney He possessed inventive talent and capability in the application of mechanical principles to manufacturing; and thuscontributed a very important element to the building up of the manufacture of silk fabric, in which he was engaged most of his life.
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Frank Woodbridge Ward Cheney was born on 5 June 1832 and was a son of Charles.
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Ward Cheney volunteered for the Civil War in 1862 and became lieutenant colonel of the 16th Connecticut Volunteers.
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Ward Cheney's wound proved so serious that he was obliged to retire from the service on 24 December 1862.
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