LEE CANFIELD, president of the Sparta Iron Works. There are men of such broad minds, wide information and wonderful tact that by husbanding their forces and planning their various enterprises with something like military precision they are enabled to accomplish spendid results in different walks of life. Gifted with natural ability. Mr. Canfield has devoted his talent to the iron business, in which he has gained a prominent place. He is a product of Sparta, Wis., born June 15. 1873, and the son of Edward and Abigail (Goodwin) Canfield, natives of Connecticut. In the late forties they came to Monroe county and first located at Angelo, where the father farmed and later run a grist mill, and still later conducted a store. He became one of the most prominent and influential men of the county and did much for its advancement, and was at one time a director in the Bank of Sparta. He was born in 1822 and died at Sparta in 1903. Mrs. Canfield was born in 1831 and died in 1909, aged seventy-eight years.
The subject of this sketch bears the name of his grandfather, Lee Canfield, who was also a native of Connecticut and a prominent iron manufacturer in New England, and it was he who built the first ear wheels for the Housatonic Railway. Mr. Canfield received his education in the public schools of Sparta and early became interested in the iron business. In 1872 the Sparta Iron Works was originated by L. M. Newbury and conducted by him for a number of years, when in 1894 a stock company was formed and the business incorporated. The ownership and management was taken over by the Canfield brothers and others in 1897; the corporation now has a cash capital of $40,000. They manufacture well-drilling machinery, which is sold throughout the United States and Canada and points in South America. This is the largest manufacturing institution in Sparta, and the present officers are: Lee Canfield, president; George D. Dunn, vice president; Robert Canfield, secretary and treasurer.
In September, 1894, Mr. Canfield was married to Miss Sadie, daughter of John L. Mather, of Sparta. They have two children -Josephine and John Canfield. Fraternally Mr. Canfield is a member of the Knights of Pythias order.
(History of Monroe County Wisconsin 1912)
The subject of this sketch bears the name of his grandfather, Lee Canfield, who was also a native of Connecticut and a prominent iron manufacturer in New England, and it was he who built the first ear wheels for the Housatonic Railway. Mr. Canfield received his education in the public schools of Sparta and early became interested in the iron business. In 1872 the Sparta Iron Works was originated by L. M. Newbury and conducted by him for a number of years, when in 1894 a stock company was formed and the business incorporated. The ownership and management was taken over by the Canfield brothers and others in 1897; the corporation now has a cash capital of $40,000. They manufacture well-drilling machinery, which is sold throughout the United States and Canada and points in South America. This is the largest manufacturing institution in Sparta, and the present officers are: Lee Canfield, president; George D. Dunn, vice president; Robert Canfield, secretary and treasurer.
In September, 1894, Mr. Canfield was married to Miss Sadie, daughter of John L. Mather, of Sparta. They have two children -Josephine and John Canfield. Fraternally Mr. Canfield is a member of the Knights of Pythias order.
(History of Monroe County Wisconsin 1912)
LEE CANFIELD, president of the Sparta Iron Works. There are men of such broad minds, wide information and wonderful tact that by husbanding their forces and planning their various enterprises with something like military precision they are enabled to accomplish spendid results in different walks of life. Gifted with natural ability. Mr. Canfield has devoted his talent to the iron business, in which he has gained a prominent place. He is a product of Sparta, Wis., born June 15. 1873, and the son of Edward and Abigail (Goodwin) Canfield, natives of Connecticut. In the late forties they came to Monroe county and first located at Angelo, where the father farmed and later run a grist mill, and still later conducted a store. He became one of the most prominent and influential men of the county and did much for its advancement, and was at one time a director in the Bank of Sparta. He was born in 1822 and died at Sparta in 1903. Mrs. Canfield was born in 1831 and died in 1909, aged seventy-eight years.
The subject of this sketch bears the name of his grandfather, Lee Canfield, who was also a native of Connecticut and a prominent iron manufacturer in New England, and it was he who built the first ear wheels for the Housatonic Railway. Mr. Canfield received his education in the public schools of Sparta and early became interested in the iron business. In 1872 the Sparta Iron Works was originated by L. M. Newbury and conducted by him for a number of years, when in 1894 a stock company was formed and the business incorporated. The ownership and management was taken over by the Canfield brothers and others in 1897; the corporation now has a cash capital of $40,000. They manufacture well-drilling machinery, which is sold throughout the United States and Canada and points in South America. This is the largest manufacturing institution in Sparta, and the present officers are: Lee Canfield, president; George D. Dunn, vice president; Robert Canfield, secretary and treasurer.
In September, 1894, Mr. Canfield was married to Miss Sadie, daughter of John L. Mather, of Sparta. They have two children -Josephine and John Canfield. Fraternally Mr. Canfield is a member of the Knights of Pythias order.
(History of Monroe County Wisconsin 1912)
The subject of this sketch bears the name of his grandfather, Lee Canfield, who was also a native of Connecticut and a prominent iron manufacturer in New England, and it was he who built the first ear wheels for the Housatonic Railway. Mr. Canfield received his education in the public schools of Sparta and early became interested in the iron business. In 1872 the Sparta Iron Works was originated by L. M. Newbury and conducted by him for a number of years, when in 1894 a stock company was formed and the business incorporated. The ownership and management was taken over by the Canfield brothers and others in 1897; the corporation now has a cash capital of $40,000. They manufacture well-drilling machinery, which is sold throughout the United States and Canada and points in South America. This is the largest manufacturing institution in Sparta, and the present officers are: Lee Canfield, president; George D. Dunn, vice president; Robert Canfield, secretary and treasurer.
In September, 1894, Mr. Canfield was married to Miss Sadie, daughter of John L. Mather, of Sparta. They have two children -Josephine and John Canfield. Fraternally Mr. Canfield is a member of the Knights of Pythias order.
(History of Monroe County Wisconsin 1912)
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