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PAINE, J.C.
PAINE, J. C. (Montreal, Canada, Jan. 9, 1832-Sept., 1891).Dealer in stoves, tin, copper, and sheet-iron. After living a short time in Vermont and Albany, New York, Paine moved to Dubuque in 1857. He entered business with J. Maclay with whom he maintained a partnership for eighteen years. In 1874 Paine entered business for himself.
An inventor of some of the products he sold, Paine patented a stovepipe drum in 1865. (1)
See: PATENTS
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Source:
1. Annual Report--American Institute of the City of New York, 1868, p. 329. Online: http://books.google.com/books?id=fC4LAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA329&lpg=PA329&dq=J.+C.+Paine+%28dubuque%29&source=bl&ots=3vE_9eY0oR&sig=byXzxTRmnDG6yPt9A_ZCdEnz184&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RhEQU839BoGMyQGo-oCgCQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=J.%20C.%20Paine%20%28dubuque%29&f=false
Oldt, Franklin. History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, p. 855