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Charles Newton Teetor

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Birth	:	15 Dec 1870 Hagerstown, Wayne County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	2 May 1937 Hagerstown, Wayne County, Indiana, USA
Burial	:	Brick Church Cemetery, Hagerstown, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.9035988, -85.1821976
Description	:	Indiana inventor and manufacturer, was born near Hagerstown, December 15, 1870, and most of the years of his life have been spent in that vicinity. His parents were Zachariah and Barbara (Hoover) Teetor. The Teetors came from Switzerland and the Hoovers from Germany. At least four generations of his paternal ancestors possessed a mechanical and inventive frame of mind. It is a legitimate conclusion that the mechanical impulse was implanted in Charles N. Teetor at birth. Special circumstances caused him to make intensive use of all his working talents when most boys are still dreaming in their books at school.... Read More	Indiana inventor and manufacturer, was born near Hagerstown, December 15, 1870, and most of the years of his life have been spent in that vicinity. His parents were Zachariah and Barbara (Hoover) Teetor. The Teetors came from Switzerland and the Hoovers from Germany. At least four generations of his paternal ancestors possessed a mechanical and inventive frame of mind. It is a legitimate conclusion that the mechanical impulse was implanted in Charles N. Teetor at birth. Special circumstances caused him to make intensive use of all his working talents when most boys are still dreaming in their books at school. He was the fifth in a large family of eight children. After the session of the country district school he worked in his father's grist mill. In 1883, when he was thirteen years of age, his father bought a larger mill at Hagerstown. The following year his father failed in business and later in the same year the mother of the family died. Thus when he was fifteen Charles N. Teetor was thrown on his own resources. During the summer he worked as a farm hand, but managed to attend a five-months' country school during the winter until he had gained the equivalent of eight grades of common school and seven months of a high school education. A small loan from a wealthy neighbor enabled him to attend the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. With this preparation he taught winter terms of school, and the rest of the year worked as a carpenter. In 1892 he married Miss Leora E. Nicholson, of Hagerstown, and, having the responsibility of providing for a home and family, he sought a more continuous and dependable vocation, and one in which he might express his mechanical genius. For several years he was in the service of the Arrow Bicycle Manufacturing Company at Indianapolis. From there he moved to Muncie, opened a bicycle repair shop, and subsequently was employed as engineer by the Speeder Bicycle Company of Newcastle, Indiana. For this company he perfected and designed a new bicycle, a type that was popular and brought considerable profit to the manufacturers. In the meantime he had been working on a design for a railway inspection car. Having perfected the theoretical design, he, in 1895, returned to Hagerstown, where he interested his father, brothers and C. H. Hartley in the organization of a small company to produce and market his car. Mr. Teetor became general manager of the Railway Cycle Manufacturing Company, as the business was first known. It was started with meager capital, and the successive enlargements were the result of accumulated earnings. In 1904 the original company became the Light Inspection Car Company, and from 1913 to 1918 the business was the Teetor-Hartley Motor Company. The cars manufactured by these successive companies, with design and improvement added from time to time by Mr. Teetor, have been sold and distributed by many thousands, not only in America but in Europe and South America. In 1909 his company took up the manufacture of the Teetor Motor and the development of piston rings. During the next nine years the organization contributed many improved motors and piston rings to the automotive industry. In 1918 the entire motor division of the business was sold to the Anstead interests at Connersville, Indiana. From that date on the piston ring division has been developed as an independent industry. During these years Mr. Teetor was active with the company in the capacity of general manager. In 1928 the company was reorganized and changed from a closed corporation to one of public participation. Since this reorganization Mr. Teetor has been president of the company. While he still finds joy in the routine of the: shop and in his working laboratory, Mr. Teetor has willingly turned over the heavy responsibilities of the management of the business to younger shoulders. He and Mrs. Teetor have traveled widely. Mrs. Teetor has been president of the League of Women Voters of Indiana. Their immediate family consists of five children; the sons being Lothair, Macy, Donald and Herman. The daughter, Winifred, was graduated from the Principia School at St. Louis and is now attending DePauw University. The sons all finished college and are now associated with the Perfect Circle Company at Hagerstown.

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Charles Newton Teetor's memorial is located at: Brick Church Cemetery, Hagerstown, Wayne County, USA.
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Charles Newton Teetor death on 2 May 1937 in Hagerstown, Wayne County, Indiana, USA
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Latitude: 39.9035988
Longitude: -85.1821976

Family Members:

Parent

Zachariah Teetor

(1836 - 1906)

Spouse

Leora Estella Nicholson Teetor

(1871 - 1951)

Siblings

John Hamilton Teetor

(1860 - 1939)

Mary Ellen Teetor Keagy

(1864 - 1935)

Elizabeth Teetor Beard

(1866 - 1923)

Emma Frances Teetor

(1877 - 1902)

Benjamin Franklin “Frank” Teetor

(1880 - 1939)

Children

Edison Lothair Teetor

(1897 - 1962)

Macy Orville Teetor

(1898 - 1978)

Donald Hartley “Don” Teetor

(1903 - 1972)

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Coordinate: 39.9035988, -85.1821976

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