R. H. Garrigues was a notary public, attorney, and justice of the peace. He also ran this firm, which was a foundry and maker of steam engines and sawmills. It seems that he was patent attorney for the various related Salem companies involving Dole, Silver, Deming, etc. The combination of manufacturer and attorney is unsual, but not unheard of: John Richards was another Ohio manufacturer and patent attorney.

The name William H. Garrigues appears on a few of those patents: perhaps William was one of the sons.

This firm was in business between 1860 and 1874, and probably both before and after that time. Their manufacture of sawmills was not mentioned in an 1860 reference, but was mentioned in an 1874 reference.

Information Sources

• R. H. Garrigues and William H. Garrigues were witnesses for 1859-1873 patents for Dole & Silver, Dole, Silver & Deming, and Silver & Deming.
• The Ohio state gazetteer and business directory for 1860-61, by George W. Hawes, carries this listing in its section for Salem: "R. H. Garrigues & Co., Eagle Foundry and steam engine builders, West side Ellsworth." R. H. Garrigues is also listed as a notary public and justice of the peace.
• The 1868-05-19 issue of Scientific American carried the following notice: "R. H. Garrigues, administrator of the estate of L. A. Dole, deceased, of Salem, Ohio, having petitioned for the extension of a patent granted to the said L. A. Dole the 25th day of July 1854, for an improvement for arrangement for lathe chucks, for seven years from the date of expiration of said patent, which takes place on the 25th day of July 1868, it is ordered that said petition be heard on Monday the 6th of July next."
• Listed in the 1874 work, Wiley's American iron trade manual of the leading iron industries of the United States, as a maker of "saw mills, engines, etc."
• American Steam Engine Builders: 1800-1900 by Kenneth L. Cope, 2006 page 101