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125: 136:, Deats was issued a patent for an improved plow in 1828. He was issued another patent in 1831, which detailed improvements in the moldboard, main landside, bottom landside, cutter, share, plate of iron under the share, and clevis. After his death, his son, Hiram Deats, as administrator, was granted a reissue of this 1831 patent on May 16, 1845. The plow was successfully manufactured and sold by Hiram for many years. The improved moldboard was said to scour better than others. Hiram's nephew, Hiram Deats Jr. (1853–1928), son of Gilbert Deats (1808–1870), later ran the company at 546: 527: 322: 299: 571: 105:. He married Ursula Barton (1767–1853) and they had four children: Elisha Deats (1800–1862), Rhoda Deats Thurston (1803–1880), Gilbert Deats (1808–1870), and 112:
He was a wheelwright, like his father, and worked in that trade. After designing a plow and unable to find a manufacturer locally, he moved west. He died in
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John Deats was born in 1769 to William Deats (also spelled Deitz), a German immigrant, and wife Mary at their home about four miles northwest of
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New Jersey Originals: Technological Marvels, Odd Inventions, Trailblazing Characters & More
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We make the Original Deats Plow which has been extensively used for the past 60 years.
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Hiram Deats, of Quakertown, New Jersey, administrator of John Deats, deceased
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The Early Germans of New Jersey: Their History, Churches, and Genealogies
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The Deats Families (Also Teats, Teets, Dates, Deets, Dietz and Deitz)
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for their agricultural museum under the care of Professor
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History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey
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The Jerseyman. A Quarterly Magazine of Local History
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Index

Deats plow
wheelwright
Hunterdon County
Flemington
Hiram Deats
Newark, Ohio

plows
Pittstown
Hiram Edmund Deats
Rutgers University
Wabun C. Krueger
New Jersey Museum of Agriculture




History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey
444–445


The Early Germans of New Jersey: Their History, Churches, and Genealogies
323–4
The Deats Families (Also Teats, Teets, Dates, Deets, Dietz and Deitz)
4


"Industry, 1964"
The First 300 Years of Hunterdon County, 1714–2014
129

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