Wendy: According to the information I have this would be the company of #3941-Augustine Sacket b. 1841, son of #1528-Homer Sacket, m. Flora Skipp. A message posted to the Sackett-L: Subj: [SACKETT-L] Article Date: 10/03/2000 10:48:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: msackett2@stny.rr.com (Mike Sackett) Reply-to: SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com To: SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com In the December 1999 Old House Journal, Page 24 was this article. WHO THEY WERE...WHAT THEY DID No one perfected walls that go up faster than plaster until AUGUSTINE SACKETT patented the first gypsum board in 1894. By sandwiching five thin layers of gypsum ( a lightweight, non-combustible rock) between six sheets of felt paper, Inventor Sackett produced a 36" square wallboard that demanded neither supporting lath nor curing time. Sackett continued to improve his Plaster Board until 1909, when it was acquired by the U.S. Gypsum Company, producer of sheetrock. ----- Then, in the preface to Andrew P. Sackett's book about Frederick Plummer Sackett: Concerning a letter from: "Miss Edith R. Sackett of Warren, Connecticut. ... Her family bible recorded the birth in that house January 7, 1791, of Aaron Sackett, the third child of Homer Sackett born August 6, 1765, and Sarah Carter Sackett, born October 30, 1768. Aaron married Hulda Tanner and built a home in Warren ... She said that Aaron was the uncle of her father, Augustine Sackett, inventer of plaster board now manufactured by the U.S. Gypsum Co." The next sentence in A. P. Sackett's preface includes an error which he did not correct: "She also said her branch of the family is descended from Captain Richard Sackett. Aaron was definitely a popular family name among the Sacketts eighteenth century." Instead of correcting this error; he uses it to bolster his belief that the Aaron Sackett who married Phebe Hart descended from John Sackett, son of Capt Richard Sackett. How is that for giving more information than one asked for ?? (:>) Thurmon On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:00:48 -0800 Wendy Sacket <wsacket@mail.ccc.cccd.edu> writes: > Not that I think we should be bidding on all Sackett ephemera that shows up > on ebay, but I just thought I would alert the list to this item (The link > appears below). It is a vintage magazine advertisement from 1907 for Sackett > Plaster Board featuring the Hotel Griswold, at New London, Ct., and includes > the business name and address of the company as follows: > Sackett Plaster Board Co., 17[?] Battery Place, New York City > Does anyone know whose line this business connects to? > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3637946911&category=37 830 > > > > ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To post a message, address it to:sackett-l@rootsweb.com > To subscribe or unsubscribe, address it to: > sackett-l-request@rootsweb.com (SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the > body) > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >