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Influential Figures

Historical figures influential to the history of memorial lettering and design.

Timothy Jellow

1891 – 1932 Timothy Jellow was a memorial draftsman, lettering specialist, inventor, and founding partner of the Spacerite Company along with Antonio “George” Di Bona. Timothy was born in 1891 in Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada, and by 1892 his family moved to Massachusetts in the United States. After high school, he attended art school in […]

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William Jack

1862 – 1915 William “Mr. Jack” Jack was born and raised in Back Mill, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In 1880 Jack immigrated to the United States, where he quickly found his way to Barre, Vermont. Jack was a pioneer in the industry as one of the first individuals to pursue the occupation of memorial draftsman, which was […]

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Robert B. Knox

1891 – 1970 Robert “Bobby” Knox was a memorial draftsman and inventor from Berlin, Vermont. Knox worked for the Jones Brothers Co. in Barre, Vermont from around 1910 until at least 1942. In 1916 Knox gave up his position as a drafting instructor at the Evening Drawing School in Barre Vermont due to advancement at […]

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