Silver

Silver Manufacturing Co

History,
This is one in a chain of companies in Salem, OH that made boring machines, saw-sharpening machines, and wheelwrights' machines:
Dole, Silver & Flech -1856-1858
Dole & Silver -1859-1866
Dole Silver & deming -1868-1874
Silver & Deming -1868 -1874
Silver & Deming manufacturing Co -1874-1890
Silver Manufacturing Co -1890-1954

Dole, Silver & Deming was created in 1866 when John Deming joined Levi A. Dole and Albert R. Silver of Dole & Silver. Dole died on September 1, 1865, and in 1867 or 1868 the partnership was renamed to Silver & Deming.
Silver Manufacturing Co. was created when Silver & Deming Manufacturing Co split in 1890 to form The Deming Company (manufacturers of brass pumps, hydraulic machinery and well supplies) and The Silver Manufacturing Company. A. R. Silver and his sons were the main interest in this new company. An 1890's newspaper article about the company states that in that year a new factory was built about that time and the company made feed cutters, saw gummers, wagonmakers tools, butchers tools, blacksmiths tools, etc.
Silver's products included blacksmithing equipment, wheelwright equipment, woodworking machinery, and specialty items for the rural and agricultural market, such as sausage grinders and corn shellers. we do not provide any information on their other product lines.
Silver's bandsaws are still fairly common. Several examples of band saws made by The Crescent Machine Company of nearby Leetonia, OH have been found with the Crescent name ground from the castings and a plaque with Silver's name affixed. Later in their existence, Silver also apparently re-badged machines made by other manufacturers including Moak and possibly others. One example of a very early Crescent band saw even had the Silver name cast into the frame, indicating a cooperative relationship between the two companies where Crescent was supplying Silver with machinery. Nonetheless, Silver made most of the bandsaws they sold, starting in the 1890s and peaking in the early 1920 s.
Source; The EAIA "Directory of American Toolmakers" also lists "Dole & Deming" as in business 1897, and acknowledges considerable confusion in the connections between these makers.