Horatio Hathaway

Hathaway attended Phillips Andover Academy, and graduated from Harvard University in 1850.

In 1859 Hathaway married Ellen Rodman and they had five children.

Hathaway also served as treasurer of the Potomska Mills for a period.

[1] Hathaway was engaged in various civic activities in the city of New Bedford.

In 1955, under the leadership of Seabury Stanton, Hathaway Manufacturing Company merged with Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates to become Berkshire Hathaway, which Warren Buffett purchased in 1962 and is now one of the largest companies in the world.