In 1978 Frank G White stated that Josiah Wilcox started making carriage parts in 1858 and was still in business until 1904. In 1867 Josiah Wilcox teamed up with Leander Burns for his patent number 65,641 for dies to make thill couplings. Leander also patented a die for making carriage steps 103,296 in 1870. Neither patent mention Josiah’s sons George and Willis.
The December 10, 1903, issue of Hardware A Review of the American Hardware Market has an announcement of closing the factory that had been there since 1827.
Hardware Dealers magazine from 1905 mentions sons showing the business kept going but must have been mistaken.
