John Francis Hemenway
John Francis Hemenway was the founder of the Smith & Hemenway tool company.Biography
He was the son of Lucy Francis and Seneca C. Hemenway and was born in Onondaga County, New York.
He and Landon P. Smith organized the Smith & Hemenway Company. They bought the Maltby-Henley Company, the Bindley Automatic Wrench Company, Smith & Patterson, and the Windsor Hardware Corporation.
In 1925 ownership of the company was in dispute. He retired in 1926 and Landon P. Smith bought his shares in the company.
