Yale Monument
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Landed at Boston from Wales Settled in New Haven Colony, 1638 Came to Salisbury about 1810, whence |
The back side of the monument has a bronze plaque with the portraits of William T. Yale and Milton H. Yale in place of reliefs.
The inscription on this plaque reads as follows:
"The western part of this cemetery was given to the association by Milton H. Yale in 1907. The Yale Memorial Trust Fund, given in 1922 by his son William T. Yale, and other cemetery benefactors, is an endowment for the cemetery's perpetual care." |
On the sides of the monument, under the figures, are the words "Courage" and "Wisdom" and the names and dates of William's 9 ancestors, himself and Fred S. Yale of Flushing, L. I.:
Thomas Yale | 1616-1683 |
Capt. Thomas Yale | 1647-1736 |
John Yale | 1687-1782 |
Nash Yale | 1715-1802 |
Nash Yale | 1744-1789 |
Divan B. Yale | 1772-1849 |
Allen Yale | 1793-1865 |
Truman L. Yale | 1815-1888 |
Milton H. Yale | 1845-1920 |
William T. Yale | 1875-1943 |
Fred S. Yale | 1881-1971 |
Divan B. Yale came from Meriden, CT and established a home in Salisbury on the first hill top east of Cold Brook along the Emmonsburg Road, on the west side of the road. His son, Linus Yale, Sr., settled in Newport about 1835 and manufactured the first Yale lock there. Power for the factory was provided by water driven wheels. Linus was an inventor and locksmith and his son, Linus Yale, Jr., was a trained portrait painter who joined his father in 1849 in the lock business at Newport.
The father and son are credited with manufacturing the tumbler lock as we know them today. Linus, Sr., first concentrated on bank and vault locks, and later focused on producing locks to be used by the average person. His son, Linus, Jr., developed the cylindrical pin tumbler lock and focused on reducing it's size, utilizing various types of keys.
located on Rt 28 in Newport |
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BUILT ABOUT 1850 BY LINUS YALE INVENTOR OF THE YALE LOCK |
WAS FIRST MADE BY LINUS YALE IN A SHOP ON THIS SITE 1847 |
In 1849 Linus, Sr., built the limestone Octagon House as a wedding gift for his daughter, Chlotilda, when she became the wife of Ira L. Cady. This home, which still stands, has a spiral "hanging staircase" with no visible means of support and bosts a lock and key on every door, original to the house. The house and the historical markers, whose inscriptions are provided above, are the only evidence now of the various buildings that Linus built or owned in Newport.
In 1855, Linus Yale, Jr., left Newport to move to Philadelphia and later Shelburne Falls, Mass where he also engaged in the manufature of locks. Linus Yale, Sr. was born 27 April 1797 in Middletown, Ct. and died in Newport in 1857. After his death the lock business in Newport was carried on by Tyler and Harris and later the Harris Brothers and Co. and they continued as manufacturers of Yale's Patent Locks and Night Latches.
Meanwhile, in 1861, Linus Yale, Jr., replaced the fluted key with a flat key and in 1868 he entered into a partnership with Henry Robinson Towne and moved to Stamford, Ct., where they started the Yale Lock Manufacturing Company, now known as Yale & Towne. Linus, Jr., was born in Salisbury on 4 April 1821 and died on 25 Dec 1868 unexpectedly, after a heart attack, while consulting about locks for New York City's new Equitable Building.
While Linus Yale, Sr., held at least 14 patents, 9 of which were related various to locks, his son was the inventor of the pin-tumbler lock which added fame to the name Yale. The significance of this invention was that the small flat key was easier to carry if more than one were in daily use, from the previously large, heavy keys of the past, and the lock provided greater security and was capable of mass production, so that ti was available to everybody at a reasonable price.
Allen Yale was a mechanic in his brother's, Linus Yale, Sr.'s, factory in Newport. Truman L. Yale, grandfather of William T. Yale, had a sawmill at Cold Brook on the Emmonsburg Road (afterward known as the Hawks Mill). He also served as postmaster before returning to Salisbury Center.
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