The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-16
] ' WIilLMOT, FOUNDER { OF A. I. 6 s. GO.
 IS DEAD AGED 50
Though III Several Months, He Was Not Thought In
 Critical Condition

Frank Ashley Wflnnot, one of the founders of the American Tube 6 Stamping Go, a charter member of the Bridgeport Manufacturers asso- ciation and for d number of years prominent in the business life of Bridgeport, died today at his home, 6S3 Clinton avenue He had been i'll for several months but only in the last few weeks had he been confined to his bed He was a giant in physique and because of his active hab5ts the mem tha4 he was seriously iIl until the end came.
 Mi Milnnot was born in Brooklyn, .rSg Y..So sEebruary q. 1865. He was the son of Samuel Russell and Sarah M: Guersney yyiImot DlEiIE his youth his family removed dge- port where his father the firm Of yVVilnots & Hobbs.S The sum mers of his boyhood were spent at Waterbury,. Conn, the winters in Bridgeport.
 At 15 years of age MT. Fvifmiot began bushes life by working as clerk. Two years later he entered the fac tory which his father had established in the West End, now the American Tube & Stamping Co. The factory was then a small building in Hancock avenue just below Railroad avenue. Now the factory building there ex- tends to Cherry street in what is known as the cold rolled mill In. NVor- Hdin avenue there is the hot mill and the beautifuI old Drew place on the eastern shore Of Yellow Mill pond just across the Yellow Mill bridge. MT. yFilnot was one Of the founders of the American Tube & Stamping Co, and was the president of the concern until 1912.
 In the twelve years that followed his fathers death, when he came to the control of the business, he greatly enlarged it's plant, capital and busi- ness. The company is now known for the tons of. steel products which if turns out. Through his influence and purrosefuI mastering of all details of operating the business, MT. Wi1mot brought about the establishment of the first open hearth ingot making furnaces ever established in Connecti- cut.
 MI. Wilnot perfected many i'm portant patents connected with his bus mess. He held patents in foreign countries as well as in the United States From the death of his father in 1897 he developed the business with which he was entrusted until it be came the largest of it's character in the East.
 Mir. wilmot married Sept. 26, 1888, Florence Margaret Cartwright. Be sides his widow, five children survive him. They are: Russell Cartwright: Marguerite Florence, Dorothy Bard ley, Frank A., Jr., and Edwin Guern- sey Wilmot.
 For 25 years MT Wilnoi had been director in the City National bank, He was a Republican in politics and much interested in the sue cess of that party both locally and nationally ali though he never held public office. He was a member of St. Johns Epis- eopaI church. He belonged to Cor inthian lodge, F. and 4. M, Jerusa- lem chapter. Hamilton cenlmandery, Knights Templars, and of the Pyra- mid Temple, Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine.
 He was a charter member of the Bridgeport Manufacturers association and deeply interested in all its work He was also a member cf the Hart ford club, Transportation club Of New York. the Brook1awn, Seaside, Algonquin and the Bridgep6rs Yacht