
Did you know Lycoming started as a company called Demorest? Madame Ellen Curtis Demorest founded the Demorest Manufacturing company in 1856. Over the next 60 years, Demorest produced sewing machines, bicycles, typewriters, duplicators, gas irons, and printing presses.

Ellen Louise Demorest was a US fashion arbiter. She was a successful milliner, widely credited for inventing mass-produced tissue-paper dressmaking patterns. Wikipedia
Born: 1825, Schuylerville, NY
Died: August 10, 1898
Organization founded: Lycoming Engines