Further bio.

At the age of sixteen he started the boiler making trade with his uncle, Joseph Thomas, at Neath. He worked at the Neath Abbey Shipyards up to the year 1852, then came to this country, landing in New York after a long and dangerous voyage of more than three months. Shortly after his arrival he removed to Philadelphia, where he entered the employ of Merrick & Son, and later entered the service of the United States Navy Yard as a boiler maker, being one of the men who worked on the vessel that captured Mason and Slidel during the Civil War. In 1854 he came to Catasauqua and for two years was employed by the Crane Iron Company, and after dissolving this connection he was employed by the Thomas Iron Company in the erection of their furnaces at Hokendauqua. In the latter part of the year 1863, in company with David Thomas, Jr., he went to Ohio, where they erected a furnace of which he was assistant superintendent until 1865.

In the latter part of 1865 he returned to Catasauqua, and opened The Catasauqua Bolier Shop, Front Street on his own account, employing fifty men. He lived at Second and Chapel.

He retired from business in 1890 and took a trip to the scenes of his childhood, which proved a source of much profit and enjoyment. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Catasauqua, and in his political affiliations was a staunch Republican.


Daniel Milson and his family resided at the southeast corner of Second and Chapel Streets