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J. R. Way, (born Dec. 4, 1860, North Carolina) draftsman and
foreman for the George N. Pierce Co., Buffalo, New York, automobile
builders, was born in North Carolina on December 4, 1860. At the age of
eighteen years he went to Carthage and learned the trade of body carriage
making with the Union Body Co., where he served three years. He came North
and entered the employ of F. T. Clymer, Wilmington, Del., and in 1884 worked
for Gregg & Bowe, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He then returned to Carthage,
North Carolina, and worked for Tyson & Jones for awhile, but again retraced
his steps northward and worked for William Johnson, and later for Henry
Hooker & Co., New Haven, Connecticut.
Mr. Way then went to Cincinnati, St, Louis, Chicago and
finally landed in San Francisco. Later on he turned up in Galveston, Texas,
and, after a stay there, returned to New York and worked for Brewster & Co.
and attended the Technical School for two years. He next worked for James
Cunningham, Son & Co.; then as draftsman and foreman for H. Brunn, Buffalo,
New York, and is now engaged with the George N. Pierce Co., Buffalo, New
York, in the same capacity,
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James Way was a body engineer-designer who first worked at Brewster, then
found fame at Pierce-Arrow as their chief body engineer. Way designed and
successfully implemented Pierce's famous cast aluminum bodies which were
produced from 1904-1920.
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