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He is the figure sitting on horseback in the statue across the road from the mansion, used as the New England Home for the Deaf.
He is the figure sitting on horseback in the statue across the road from the mansion, used as the New England Home for the Deaf.


He was the founder, treasurer and General Manage for Broad Cove Coal Co.
He was the founder, treasurer and General Manager of Broad Cove Coal Company.
 
He was born at North Berwick Maine in 1847. His father was an inventor of the famous Hussey plow. At the age of 18 he went to California
 
where he acquired a thorough knowledge of the mining business. He returned to the east in 1872 eventually settling in the Danvers area.


For more information about Mr. Hussey, see this wiki, [[Riverbank]] entry.
For more information about Mr. Hussey, see this wiki, [[Riverbank]] entry.
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Vertical File in Salem Collection - '''Hussey, William Penn'''
Vertical File in Salem Collection - '''Hussey, William Penn'''


[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/1696468?locg=63 Illustrated History of Salem and Environs] Salem News, 1897, p. 191-3
[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/1696468?locg=63 Illustrated History of Salem and Environs] Salem News, 1897, p. 191-4

Revision as of 13:39, 21 December 2016

William Penn Hussey was well-known as builder/owner of the Riverbank mansion in Danversport built c1883.

He is the figure sitting on horseback in the statue across the road from the mansion, used as the New England Home for the Deaf.

He was the founder, treasurer and General Manager of Broad Cove Coal Company.

He was born at North Berwick Maine in 1847. His father was an inventor of the famous Hussey plow. At the age of 18 he went to California

where he acquired a thorough knowledge of the mining business. He returned to the east in 1872 eventually settling in the Danvers area.

For more information about Mr. Hussey, see this wiki, Riverbank entry.

See Also

Vertical File in Salem Collection - Hussey, William Penn

Illustrated History of Salem and Environs Salem News, 1897, p. 191-4