The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-01

who many years later, was rising to
 prominence In the Singer company,
 while Charles M. Abercrombie was doing so in the Wheeler & Wilson company. In fact they became riv- als for supremacy in that machine which played a leading part in the amalgamation of the two concerns.
 Visiting Scotland again in the sev- enties, he worked for the Singer com pany and later for the Howe compa- ny, which had established a factory in
 Glasgow. Here he met his future wife, in the oldest daughter of Nelson Noble, who in order to start said fac- tory. had gone from Bridgeport with others, whose names the older resi-
 dents of Bridgeport will remember
 Towers, Vandergrift, Somers, Bos- worth, Stillman, Hill and others.
 Returning to ''the land of his birth"
 in 1879, he worked for a short time in Follansbee's and Pacific Iron
 works. Entering the employ of the Wheeler & Wilson company, as tool
 maker in 1880 under the Late N. War
 ner.
 His rise from the bench, to the po-
 sition which he occupied at the time
 of his death, was merituous and was
 worthy acknowled cement of his me-
 chanical genius and sterling ability.
 He enjoyed the high esteem of the
 heads of the Wheeler & Wilson com-
 pany, as well as those of the Singer company.
 A few years ago, in company with the present manager, George M. Flames (of whom he prophesied ,whe en
 as young man he first came into the Wheeler & Wilson factory unde | his father, who had the contract for | the foundry work. That young man will be superintendent of this shop yet'), he visited Scotland, England and Ireland in the interests of the hemstitch machine.
 As a writer of poetry he has con- | tributed frequently to the papers. He was also composer of words and music of several patriotic songs dedicated to the schools of America
 When a request was made for com petitive suitable tunes for the words
 of America he composed one which. while not adopted Gas were none of | the others) was of such quality as to be thought worthy of a place in the 1 selections rendered by the Wheeler l & Wilson band. He was a Republi- | can, but he sometimes came to the | support of his friends in city elec- I thought they were being abused. as | when he took up the cudge1s for Den | is Mulvihil1 and wrote that anony- | nous poem beginning
 | "On1y a stoker of Irish birth
 Proud of his native home and l hearth"
 He was devoted to his family and | was not affiliated with any organiza- l uonS except the Church of Christ of
 which he was an elder, as was his | father. the late Charles Abercrom- | bic, who will be remembered as hav- | ing preached in the church building | erected at the foot of High street on | Main.
 1 About a year ago he gave up his | regular daily attendance at the fac 1 tory, devoting most of his time to his trees and shrubs, of which he was
 very fond, living in the open as much | as possible, hoping that his nervous | system (which was much impaired | would recuperate.s
 l few waakS ho o{o 5 1 bronchitis, which with other compli- | cations of the heart, hastened his l death.
 | His body rests in the family plot | in Park cemetery, under the shadow ] of a massive stone of his design, sim ply marked Abercrombie. l Three brothers survive him. Alex
 ander Vaughan, Thomas Lochart and | Francis Joseph. Also his wife. two
 sons and two daughters, Charles Da- i vid. Leslie Mackenzie Mrs Albert