Someone in our GenFriends group said "I don't have any inventors in my family". Come listen to Judy on Saturday. I thought the same thing until last year when I found a family member involved as a contractor in the farming community.
I know of one distant cousin who applied for a patent shown below:
J. T. WELLS. TRUSS FOR BUILDINGS OR BRIDGES. No. 401,870.
Patented Apr. 23, 1889.
"Be it known that 1, JOHN TALCOTT Wants, of Scottsville, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Truss for Buildings or Bridges.
The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved truss for buildings for simplicity with great strength, and at the same time dispensing with metallic braces, thus making it a very cheap structure.
The invention consists of two parallel arches formed of bent boards or any material used in building and connected with each other by posts and braces."
Accompanying drawings, specifications, and letters of reference apparently were also included in the application.
Want to see what the barns look like? Check this website - https://www.wellsbarnhistory.com/introduction/
Add to comments on this post with any patent and/or inventor discoveries you find!
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