Samuel Slater
American industrialist
Samuel Slater was an early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution", a phrase coined by Andrew Jackson, and the "Father of the American Factory System". Wikipedia
Born: June 9, 1768, Belper, United Kingdom
Died: April 21, 1835 (age 66 years), Webster, MA
Children: Horatio Nelson Slater, William Slater, George Basset Slater, and more
Grandchild: Horatio Nelson Slater, II
Parents: Elizabeth Slater and William Slater
Siblings: John Slater
Spouse: Esther Parkinson (m. 1817–1835) and Hannah Slater (m. 1791–1812)