JOSEPH FARWELL GLIDDEN
Birth: January 18, 1813 in Clarendon, New York.
Death: October 9, 1906 in Dekalb, Illinois
Nationality: American
1865 Louis Jannin of France.patents an unsuccessful pointed wire product.
1867 two inventors tried adding points to smooth wire but failed.
1868 Michael Kelly invented a practical wire with points which was used in
quantity until 1874.
1872 Joseph Farwell Glidden files patent application for an improved wire fence
1873 Henry M. Rose exhibited a wooden rail with a series of sharp spikes
protruding
1873 Joseph Glidden, Jacob Haish, and Isaac Ellwood have idea to improve upon
Rose's fence
1874 Glidden sells Isaac Ellwood half interest in his barbed wire patent for $265.00.
1874 Glidden awarded a patent for his barbed wire fence invention.
1874 Glidden and Ellwood formed a partnership called the Barb Fence Company
1875 Glidden's invention set off a creative frenzy that produced over 570 barbed
wire patents.
1876 Glidden sells the other half interest in his patent to Washburn and Moen
Manufacturing Co. .
1877 Courts declare Glidden the "Father of Barbed Wire"
CAPs: Glidden, Joseph Farwell Glidden, Jacob Haish, Isaac Ellwood, Michael Kelly,
Henry M. Rose, Barb Fence Company, John "Bet a Million" Gates, Louis Jannin,
American Steel & Wire Company, SIPs: fence, barb wire, barbed wire, invention,
history, inventor of, history of, who invented, invention of, fascinating facts.
Birth: January 18, 1813 in Clarendon, New York.
Death: October 9, 1906 in Dekalb, Illinois
Nationality: American
1865 Louis Jannin of France.patents an unsuccessful pointed wire product.
1867 two inventors tried adding points to smooth wire but failed.
1868 Michael Kelly invented a practical wire with points which was used in
quantity until 1874.
1872 Joseph Farwell Glidden files patent application for an improved wire fence
1873 Henry M. Rose exhibited a wooden rail with a series of sharp spikes
protruding
1873 Joseph Glidden, Jacob Haish, and Isaac Ellwood have idea to improve upon
Rose's fence
1874 Glidden sells Isaac Ellwood half interest in his barbed wire patent for $265.00.
1874 Glidden awarded a patent for his barbed wire fence invention.
1874 Glidden and Ellwood formed a partnership called the Barb Fence Company
1875 Glidden's invention set off a creative frenzy that produced over 570 barbed
wire patents.
1876 Glidden sells the other half interest in his patent to Washburn and Moen
Manufacturing Co. .
1877 Courts declare Glidden the "Father of Barbed Wire"
CAPs: Glidden, Joseph Farwell Glidden, Jacob Haish, Isaac Ellwood, Michael Kelly,
Henry M. Rose, Barb Fence Company, John "Bet a Million" Gates, Louis Jannin,
American Steel & Wire Company, SIPs: fence, barb wire, barbed wire, invention,
history, inventor of, history of, who invented, invention of, fascinating facts.