In 1870 Charles W. Bills of 76 Sudbury Street in Boston was manufacturing steam engines, pumps, shafting and pulleys. By 1871 Bills had become the junior partner in W. W. Graham & Co., at the same address and offering the same products and services. That business continued until at least 1879. By 1882 the partnership was succeeded by, once again, Charles W. Bills, still operating at the same address and still offering the same products and services. Bills died in late December 1901 or early January 1902, age about 54.
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1879 Sampson, Davenport & Co.'s Boston Directory |
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- 1870 Sampson, Davenport & Co.'s The Boston Directory lists "BILLS CHARLES W. machinist, 76 Sudbury, h. 866 East Fourth". A text ad reads, "CHAS. W. BILLS, / Engineer & Machinist. / Manufacturer of / Engines, Pumps, Heaters, Shafting and Pulleys, and Dealer in New and Second-hand / Boilers, Engines, and General Machinery. / Repairing Steam Engines a Specialty. / 76 Sudbury Street, Boston." THere is no listing for a machinist named William W. Graham. Also located at 76 Sudbury were the E. R. Morse Safe Co., machinist Wm. E. Fischer, and engineer and cotton-waste dealer Alexander King.
- 1871 Sampson, Davenport & Co.'s The Boston Directory lists "Graham William W. & Co. (C. W. Bills), machinist, 76 Sudbury, boards 129 Leverett".
- 1872 Sampson, Davenport & Co.'s The Boston Directory lists "Graham William W. & Co. (C. W. Bills), machinist, 76 Sudbury, boards 129 Leverett". Also listed is "Bills Charles W. (W. W. Graham & Co.), 76 Sudbury, boards 25 Derne".
- 1873 Sampson, Davenport & Co.'s The Boston Directory lists "Graham William W. & Co. (C. W. Bills), machinist, 76 Sudbury, house at Cambridgeport". Also listed is "Bills Charles W. (W. W. Graham & Co.), 76 Sudbury, boards 105 Myrtle".
- 1874 Twelfth Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. "207. W. W. Graham & Co., Boston, Mass. — Model of Handhole Plate for Steam Boilers. — A device to hold the Plate in place by means of a bolt and taper key. We do not consider this as an improvement upon the nut and bolt."
- 1882 Sampson, Davenport & Co.'s The Boston Directory has an ad for "Charles W. Bills / Engineer and Machinist. / Manufacturer of Engines, Pumps, Heaters, Shafting and Pulleys. / and Dealers in New and Second-Hand Boilers, Engines and General Machinery. / Repairing Steam Engines a Specialty / 76 Sudbury St., Boston."
- 1885 History of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire lists members of the Amoskeag Veterans, including Eighteenth Regiment, whose members of Company L include Charles W. Bills.
- 1902-01-07 The Boston Globe, obituaries. "BILLS—in Hillsboro, N.H., Jan. 6. Charles W. Bills, formerly of Boston, 54 years."