Richard Mowry

Richard Mowry
Born(1748-02-11)February 11, 1748
DiedJanuary 24, 1835(1835-01-24) (aged 86)
Occupation(s)Textile pioneer at Uxbridge, cider press builder, carriage maker, farmer, house carpenter, Quaker preacher
Known forDesigned, made and marketed early textile manufacturing equipment; farmer
Spouse(s)Huldah Harris, and two other spouses
ChildrenEight

Richard Mowry (February 11, 1748 January 24, 1835) became an Uxbridge farmer, in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States who "successfully built and marketed equipment to manufacture woolen, linen or cotton cloth", from around the time of the Revolution.