History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 267 (part 3)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 403 afterwards occupied by Niles Frost, Jr., in the manu-facture of stove brick, and was then torn down to make way for the foundry of the Mutual Stove Com-pany. In 1841 Thomas Southard, a former furniture dealer and cabinet-maker of Peekskill, and John H. Hyatt started a stove foundry a few rods north of the old Reformed Dutch Church, on the south side of Main Street. In less than a year Mr. Hyatt with-drew, and, with the exception of another year, when Samuel Utter, of New York, was a partner, Mr. Southard conducted the business alone until January 1, 1857, when Charles H. Frost became associated with him. Mr. Southard died in November, 1859, and his son, William D. Southard, succeeded him. After various further changes, the firm, in 1884, was Southard, Robertson & Co., William D. South-ard, George W. Robertson and William Corry