The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-09

He owned a great many small vessels. and
one OF these had been injured by tho British
ship. the Gn-ree. John Brown with his fleet
mado . cruise OF repiisa und burned the
Gaspee. This was the first act at arms In tho
American Eevoiution. 1t occurred In l773. :.
John Brown WAS afterward ono ofthe lurgeS
shipowners in Rhode Islard. and tho frat
Stripes IN Chinese waters after the Revolution
belonged to him.
his old aye he delighted 10 20 down The bay
and mset niS incoming ships anu pilot them
Chs,ies Freiertck Herreshorr. the first. came
s9 fhode Island IRON Germany In 1890. In
s.n.d By John brown ana be met shs dsus-
ter. Sarah. who afrerward became his wiie. He
"a. famous AZ n musician and lingui.t. Int
married Sarah. Brown in 1891. and the father
q az ssd present family OF Herrsshoirs was born
AZ that time the elder Herreshor lived on
tho big farm at Point Pleasant. across from
il the Herreshor family. Young Els Hsrreshoir hon
epsnt his summers on this farm. and ths Wiz.
fnx spir t OF his grandfather on tho matern sl
etdo was made manifest at nm early age. He
ed when he was + years oil he hsd butt
his skill In the man agement OF small boats
and biz taste in the meohsn a line were r.
OF Boston. She was the daughter Of q very
well-known sea captain who had made seventy.
nvo euccssslul ttlps IN sailing vessels across
Grandfather HerrssuTi1 lived many 'ears In
the ancestral u nome at Point Pleasant: ard to
there nine children. All those nine children
The eldest s James Brown Herr.shon: who
came an expert in chemical ensineering. He
w"s he Who in A.
tho idea Of coil boiler which gave 10 the Her
reshuff Manufacturing Company Its great start
q Ipf nf @ ia q
ried y. ), Creaobro in 1886. Her husband had
q seases contracted on the field, Her son. A.
+: Chrsebro i u drAnghtsmnn IN tho design
tharie. Frederick Herrssi on Jr.. was porn
In 1872. He Is a. farmer and occunios the an
sesral a"r.. at Point psasant He is very
IN Hs "t yaw 'hf Alice lat Of more than
81 thc; government several tines ii. i q Wy
more easily Than any oh-r member q tho
fam Iy. with tn. x'eption. perhap +. OF Lewis.
6TS%n tho M'1 h xas Y2sa in
years 1go. He is the President OF the Here
shotf Manufacturing Company and he Is the
In his boyhood he was ~ ard MT lover OF
brother tho genius. Nathaniel.
N 1856 ihe family left Point Pleasant and
~.
Herreshofr built \ catboat Tor John. The boat
wa, called ,he Sprite. and oven at this com
late 1rD the
naval con trnct!"n in 1864. and In 1866 he
took D. :. stone. famous yachtsman in his
during the eleven years from 1864 to 1875
mary hundred sailln: vessels we're turned ont
,ecsISed their ,a.Ic a. build ers By I reason Of
the fact that they BULL Losts !hut we're always
she Hussess family w.rs but at B1sae
great ~, irisrdship existed between TIE burgess
krst at the unt''nsly taking OF OF their forini-
james Brown Herr shon. in 1915. the iierress.
hon broihcrs went into the manufacture OF
time ,hev arc 1 have Built a e isstess
yachts ind torpedo boats IN the western world.
was sn 10 81 as sas f.. as
cat team yMnh,t, OF her class 81, In the w.rn. IT,
$ssSS il rsss4tS aud he il with his daasd'ss
lived nearly aitoGsthGr At home His t.ste lies
Strong on man With heavy Srosn "h beard He rs 4
me literary counsellor Of lha family. and his
in;ms's and nresi1e knoWedgs mo amy de-
sally Brown HsrresholY il the sixth child.
sbe was horn n 1910. and lives in the family
NaIhaniel Grssne Herreshon the designer
o. tho Glorana. is the seventh child. The me-
chanicnl genius OF tho family Is reproduced
most abundanty In him. He was born In
1918 lie is An extremely modest, retiring
man. ana he is ono OF those
Who deaf TO mad Ambition seal
woud shrink 10 hear tie oDsreperous trump of Fame
He has handsome, sensitive features. and a
biz. golden beard.
He is tho pride OF the family and the fratsr-
nal ch roncler OF his glory tells how WHOM Ma
thnDiel was CHI I'D years old he was often
found asleep on the sands with the rising tide
washing his bare feet. Whenever he MAS
missing no Was always sought for irst on the
seashore. whore, he'd generally 10 found
watching, tho ships or playing with his toy
Xto years old he was an excellent helms
man. and az ~ he sailed the Sprits to her first
vic DRY and won q Prize.
Ho Graduated from tho Institute OF Teeh-
nology, and took prizes in rhysics and mathe-
mail He expsrImentrd with The steam en-
q ne, and made ono OF new aud unusual form.
Alter he ltit Ihe Institute OF Technology. in
In Plovden,e o. He remained there seven
Years, and perfected himself In the more intri-
cate knowledge Of steam engineering. Dur
ing the seven years no was In the Cor ISIS works
no was the designer for the Herreshon COM
pany In Bristol. and modelled most OF their
sail and steam yachts. He sailed all the Yachts
ajao IN nat time in all the races In which the