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Portrait of John French and Emma Parsons.
John French immigrated from Cornwall, England, in 1843. He married Emma Parsons in 1858. Their sons, Charles (b. 1870) and John (b. 1866), were interested in telephone lines and electric light plants. In 1891, they built a telephone line through Eaton connecting with points in Newport, Bury, Scotstown, and elsewhere, and, in the same year, installed an electric light plant in Sawyerville. In 1895, they were contracted to build a telephone line from Sawyerville through East Clifton to Beecher Falls, Vermont, for the Canadian Telephone Company.
(Compton County Museum Collection / Photo - Jackie Hyman)
John French immigrated from Cornwall, England, in 1843. He married Emma Parsons in 1858. Their sons, Charles (b. 1870) and John (b. 1866), were interested in telephone lines and electric light plants. In 1891, they built a telephone line through Eaton connecting with points in Newport, Bury, Scotstown, and elsewhere, and, in the same year, installed an electric light plant in Sawyerville. In 1895, they were contracted to build a telephone line from Sawyerville through East Clifton to Beecher Falls, Vermont, for the Canadian Telephone Company.
(Compton County Museum Collection / Photo - Jackie Hyman)