1832 - 1912

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• Birth	2 Sep 1832	Mount Washington, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Nov 1912	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
  Person ID	I110733	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Isaac LAMSON, b. 8 Feb 1799, Charlton, Massachusetts
  Mother	Celina MILLER, b. 7 Oct 1805
  Family ID	F36720	Group Sheet
  Family	Fannie Lucinda SESSIONS, b. 21 Apr 1836, Burlington,, Connecticut
  Married	17 May 1856
  Children	> 1. Lillian May LAMSON, b. 14 Nov 1857, Southington, Connecticut
  Family ID	F36626	Group Sheet

• Notes

  He was the founder of the Cleveland Nut Co. which became one of the nations leading fastener companies, Lamson & Sessions. In 1865 at Mt. Carmel, Connecticut, a partnership was formed to take over Mt. Carmel Bolt Company. In 1866, the Lamson brothers (Isaac, and Thomas) teamed up with Samuel Sessions and operations commenced in Southington, Connecticut. With a total of seven people, the Company produced thirty items in the carriage bolt, tire bolt and nut product lines. Sales trips to the Midwest enticed Samuel Sessions to move the Company in 1869 to the banks of the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio Their family monument was installed at Riverside Cemetery in 1877 for $10,000 and is a local tourist attraction. It is on the Find A Grave site. findagrave.com OBIT: Name: Lamson, Isaac Porter Date: November 21, 1912 Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #048. Notes: Lamson-Isaac Porter, at his residence, 2330 W. 14th st., Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 3:30 a. m., aged 80 years. Funeral from late residence Friday, Nov. 22, at 2 p. m.