Edward ran the Ansted Spring and Axle Company, 1893 and the Central Manufacturing Company, 1898. By 1913, Central was supplying coachwork to as many as 25 automobile manufacturers. In 1914 he was the owner of the Lexington and Howard automobile companies. After his death his company continued and eventually made the Cord and Auburn bodies.
His children were: George W., Arthur A., Frank B, Nellie and Edward W. Ansted.
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History of Fayette County, Indiana : her people, industries and institutions,
Frederic Barrows, B, F. Bowen, Indianapolis, 1917, page 672:
EDWARD W. ANSTED - In the wonderful industrial development that has marked the city of Connersville during the past quarter of a century and more there has been no more potent or influential factor than Edward W. Ansted, for many years one of the leading manufacturers and bankers of that city. So widely recognized is this simple statement of fact that in the late Elbert Hubbard's "Little Journey to Connersville," published just shortly before that gentle philosopher started on his ill-fated journey to Europe on the "Lusitania," which was torpedoed and sunk en route, Mr. Ansted was referred to as "the man who keyed Connersville" and Connersville is referred to as "the lengthened shadow of E. W. Ansted."
Edward W. Ansted was born at Clayton, in Jefferson county, New York. His father was tlie village blacksmith and the boy was brought up to keep busy. The father's folks were "Mohawk Dutch," with all the virtues that Holland supplies — industry, economy, intelligence and thrift, with a love of the handicrafts. His mother was of Irish descent: thus he is a combination of the solid substance of the Dutch and the humorous wisdom of the Hibernian, as the Hubbard "little journey" so aptly put it. When eighteen years of age, E. W. Ansted began helping to manufacture wagon springs in Gananoque, Canada. Thence he presently moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, and from there, about 1882, to Racine, Wisconsin, where he became foreman in the plant of the Racine Springs Works, continuing that connection until that firm failed, when he and Michael Higgins, in 1884, bought the machinery and started a small factory at Racine, which they operated until 1889, when they were induced to open a new factory at Indianapolis to supply springs for the Parry Manufacturing Company, the biggest concern of its kind in the United States at that time. Three years later Mr. Ansted moved his spring making plant to Connersville and has ever since made that city his place of residence. In this new location Mr. Ansted's business interests gradually became extended until he was the controlling factor in several of the leading industries in that city, including the Lexington-Howard Company, manufacturers of automobiles; the Ansted Spring and Axle Company, the Central Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of automobile bodies; the Indiana Lamp Company, manufacturers of automobile lamps; the Connersville Wheel Company, the Rex Buggy Company and the Hoosier Castings Company. He also owns a half interest in the Ansted & Burk Milling Company, of Springfield, Ohio, and is president of the Farmers and Merchants Trust Company of Connersville, a member of the board of directors of the Fayette National Bank and president of the Glenwood State Bank at Glenwood. As Elbert Hubbard commented after enumerating the various concerns with whicli Mr. Ansted is connected : "When you want things done, call on a busy man — the other kind has no time."
Edward W. Ansted's parents, Ames and Ellen Ansted, spent their last days in Connersville. As above noted, Ames Ansled was a blacksmith and general mechanic, wheelwright and village manufacturer. In their later years he and his wife came to Indiana and after a sometime residence in Indianapolis moved to Connersville, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They were members of the Catholic church and their children were reared in that faith. There were seven of these children, Edward W., Amos A., Mary, William B., Emma, Margaret and Charles. It was during the time of his residence in Kalamazoo. Michigan, that Edward W. Ansted was united in marriage to Catherine Burk, who was born in the province of Ontario, of Irish parentage, and to this union five children have been born, George W., Arthur A., Frank B., Nellie, who married Emory Huston, of Connersville. and Edward W., Jr.. deceased.
His children were: George W., Arthur A., Frank B, Nellie and Edward W. Ansted.
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History of Fayette County, Indiana : her people, industries and institutions,
Frederic Barrows, B, F. Bowen, Indianapolis, 1917, page 672:
EDWARD W. ANSTED - In the wonderful industrial development that has marked the city of Connersville during the past quarter of a century and more there has been no more potent or influential factor than Edward W. Ansted, for many years one of the leading manufacturers and bankers of that city. So widely recognized is this simple statement of fact that in the late Elbert Hubbard's "Little Journey to Connersville," published just shortly before that gentle philosopher started on his ill-fated journey to Europe on the "Lusitania," which was torpedoed and sunk en route, Mr. Ansted was referred to as "the man who keyed Connersville" and Connersville is referred to as "the lengthened shadow of E. W. Ansted."
Edward W. Ansted was born at Clayton, in Jefferson county, New York. His father was tlie village blacksmith and the boy was brought up to keep busy. The father's folks were "Mohawk Dutch," with all the virtues that Holland supplies — industry, economy, intelligence and thrift, with a love of the handicrafts. His mother was of Irish descent: thus he is a combination of the solid substance of the Dutch and the humorous wisdom of the Hibernian, as the Hubbard "little journey" so aptly put it. When eighteen years of age, E. W. Ansted began helping to manufacture wagon springs in Gananoque, Canada. Thence he presently moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, and from there, about 1882, to Racine, Wisconsin, where he became foreman in the plant of the Racine Springs Works, continuing that connection until that firm failed, when he and Michael Higgins, in 1884, bought the machinery and started a small factory at Racine, which they operated until 1889, when they were induced to open a new factory at Indianapolis to supply springs for the Parry Manufacturing Company, the biggest concern of its kind in the United States at that time. Three years later Mr. Ansted moved his spring making plant to Connersville and has ever since made that city his place of residence. In this new location Mr. Ansted's business interests gradually became extended until he was the controlling factor in several of the leading industries in that city, including the Lexington-Howard Company, manufacturers of automobiles; the Ansted Spring and Axle Company, the Central Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of automobile bodies; the Indiana Lamp Company, manufacturers of automobile lamps; the Connersville Wheel Company, the Rex Buggy Company and the Hoosier Castings Company. He also owns a half interest in the Ansted & Burk Milling Company, of Springfield, Ohio, and is president of the Farmers and Merchants Trust Company of Connersville, a member of the board of directors of the Fayette National Bank and president of the Glenwood State Bank at Glenwood. As Elbert Hubbard commented after enumerating the various concerns with whicli Mr. Ansted is connected : "When you want things done, call on a busy man — the other kind has no time."
Edward W. Ansted's parents, Ames and Ellen Ansted, spent their last days in Connersville. As above noted, Ames Ansled was a blacksmith and general mechanic, wheelwright and village manufacturer. In their later years he and his wife came to Indiana and after a sometime residence in Indianapolis moved to Connersville, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They were members of the Catholic church and their children were reared in that faith. There were seven of these children, Edward W., Amos A., Mary, William B., Emma, Margaret and Charles. It was during the time of his residence in Kalamazoo. Michigan, that Edward W. Ansted was united in marriage to Catherine Burk, who was born in the province of Ontario, of Irish parentage, and to this union five children have been born, George W., Arthur A., Frank B., Nellie, who married Emory Huston, of Connersville. and Edward W., Jr.. deceased.
Edward ran the Ansted Spring and Axle Company, 1893 and the Central Manufacturing Company, 1898. By 1913, Central was supplying coachwork to as many as 25 automobile manufacturers. In 1914 he was the owner of the Lexington and Howard automobile companies. After his death his company continued and eventually made the Cord and Auburn bodies.
His children were: George W., Arthur A., Frank B, Nellie and Edward W. Ansted.
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History of Fayette County, Indiana : her people, industries and institutions,
Frederic Barrows, B, F. Bowen, Indianapolis, 1917, page 672:
EDWARD W. ANSTED - In the wonderful industrial development that has marked the city of Connersville during the past quarter of a century and more there has been no more potent or influential factor than Edward W. Ansted, for many years one of the leading manufacturers and bankers of that city. So widely recognized is this simple statement of fact that in the late Elbert Hubbard's "Little Journey to Connersville," published just shortly before that gentle philosopher started on his ill-fated journey to Europe on the "Lusitania," which was torpedoed and sunk en route, Mr. Ansted was referred to as "the man who keyed Connersville" and Connersville is referred to as "the lengthened shadow of E. W. Ansted."
Edward W. Ansted was born at Clayton, in Jefferson county, New York. His father was tlie village blacksmith and the boy was brought up to keep busy. The father's folks were "Mohawk Dutch," with all the virtues that Holland supplies — industry, economy, intelligence and thrift, with a love of the handicrafts. His mother was of Irish descent: thus he is a combination of the solid substance of the Dutch and the humorous wisdom of the Hibernian, as the Hubbard "little journey" so aptly put it. When eighteen years of age, E. W. Ansted began helping to manufacture wagon springs in Gananoque, Canada. Thence he presently moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, and from there, about 1882, to Racine, Wisconsin, where he became foreman in the plant of the Racine Springs Works, continuing that connection until that firm failed, when he and Michael Higgins, in 1884, bought the machinery and started a small factory at Racine, which they operated until 1889, when they were induced to open a new factory at Indianapolis to supply springs for the Parry Manufacturing Company, the biggest concern of its kind in the United States at that time. Three years later Mr. Ansted moved his spring making plant to Connersville and has ever since made that city his place of residence. In this new location Mr. Ansted's business interests gradually became extended until he was the controlling factor in several of the leading industries in that city, including the Lexington-Howard Company, manufacturers of automobiles; the Ansted Spring and Axle Company, the Central Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of automobile bodies; the Indiana Lamp Company, manufacturers of automobile lamps; the Connersville Wheel Company, the Rex Buggy Company and the Hoosier Castings Company. He also owns a half interest in the Ansted & Burk Milling Company, of Springfield, Ohio, and is president of the Farmers and Merchants Trust Company of Connersville, a member of the board of directors of the Fayette National Bank and president of the Glenwood State Bank at Glenwood. As Elbert Hubbard commented after enumerating the various concerns with whicli Mr. Ansted is connected : "When you want things done, call on a busy man — the other kind has no time."
Edward W. Ansted's parents, Ames and Ellen Ansted, spent their last days in Connersville. As above noted, Ames Ansled was a blacksmith and general mechanic, wheelwright and village manufacturer. In their later years he and his wife came to Indiana and after a sometime residence in Indianapolis moved to Connersville, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They were members of the Catholic church and their children were reared in that faith. There were seven of these children, Edward W., Amos A., Mary, William B., Emma, Margaret and Charles. It was during the time of his residence in Kalamazoo. Michigan, that Edward W. Ansted was united in marriage to Catherine Burk, who was born in the province of Ontario, of Irish parentage, and to this union five children have been born, George W., Arthur A., Frank B., Nellie, who married Emory Huston, of Connersville. and Edward W., Jr.. deceased.
His children were: George W., Arthur A., Frank B, Nellie and Edward W. Ansted.
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History of Fayette County, Indiana : her people, industries and institutions,
Frederic Barrows, B, F. Bowen, Indianapolis, 1917, page 672:
EDWARD W. ANSTED - In the wonderful industrial development that has marked the city of Connersville during the past quarter of a century and more there has been no more potent or influential factor than Edward W. Ansted, for many years one of the leading manufacturers and bankers of that city. So widely recognized is this simple statement of fact that in the late Elbert Hubbard's "Little Journey to Connersville," published just shortly before that gentle philosopher started on his ill-fated journey to Europe on the "Lusitania," which was torpedoed and sunk en route, Mr. Ansted was referred to as "the man who keyed Connersville" and Connersville is referred to as "the lengthened shadow of E. W. Ansted."
Edward W. Ansted was born at Clayton, in Jefferson county, New York. His father was tlie village blacksmith and the boy was brought up to keep busy. The father's folks were "Mohawk Dutch," with all the virtues that Holland supplies — industry, economy, intelligence and thrift, with a love of the handicrafts. His mother was of Irish descent: thus he is a combination of the solid substance of the Dutch and the humorous wisdom of the Hibernian, as the Hubbard "little journey" so aptly put it. When eighteen years of age, E. W. Ansted began helping to manufacture wagon springs in Gananoque, Canada. Thence he presently moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, and from there, about 1882, to Racine, Wisconsin, where he became foreman in the plant of the Racine Springs Works, continuing that connection until that firm failed, when he and Michael Higgins, in 1884, bought the machinery and started a small factory at Racine, which they operated until 1889, when they were induced to open a new factory at Indianapolis to supply springs for the Parry Manufacturing Company, the biggest concern of its kind in the United States at that time. Three years later Mr. Ansted moved his spring making plant to Connersville and has ever since made that city his place of residence. In this new location Mr. Ansted's business interests gradually became extended until he was the controlling factor in several of the leading industries in that city, including the Lexington-Howard Company, manufacturers of automobiles; the Ansted Spring and Axle Company, the Central Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of automobile bodies; the Indiana Lamp Company, manufacturers of automobile lamps; the Connersville Wheel Company, the Rex Buggy Company and the Hoosier Castings Company. He also owns a half interest in the Ansted & Burk Milling Company, of Springfield, Ohio, and is president of the Farmers and Merchants Trust Company of Connersville, a member of the board of directors of the Fayette National Bank and president of the Glenwood State Bank at Glenwood. As Elbert Hubbard commented after enumerating the various concerns with whicli Mr. Ansted is connected : "When you want things done, call on a busy man — the other kind has no time."
Edward W. Ansted's parents, Ames and Ellen Ansted, spent their last days in Connersville. As above noted, Ames Ansled was a blacksmith and general mechanic, wheelwright and village manufacturer. In their later years he and his wife came to Indiana and after a sometime residence in Indianapolis moved to Connersville, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They were members of the Catholic church and their children were reared in that faith. There were seven of these children, Edward W., Amos A., Mary, William B., Emma, Margaret and Charles. It was during the time of his residence in Kalamazoo. Michigan, that Edward W. Ansted was united in marriage to Catherine Burk, who was born in the province of Ontario, of Irish parentage, and to this union five children have been born, George W., Arthur A., Frank B., Nellie, who married Emory Huston, of Connersville. and Edward W., Jr.. deceased.
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