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allowing Mr. Busnell and Mr. Rankin to buyout the Boyle shares for Texas, Arkansas, and Shreveport, Louisiana. This would include transfer of the Boyle Patent and improvements. By 1880 the business affair had costs Mr. Rankin and Mr. Bushnell over $15,000. They would exercise the option to purchase the Texas rights as well as the patent. Unfortunately, David Boyle may not have owned the rights any longer. In 1875, David had transferred the rights to Mr. Busnell. In 1878 David Boyle dissolved his business relationship with Mr. Bushnell and incorporated the Boyle Ice Machine Company. Ultimately the suit would be settled without much hoopla. ________ David would be called before our lord June 25, 1891. It is only fitting that David died on a business trip in Mobile, Alabama, where he had recently erected a facility. He devel- oped a case of Valvular Heart dis- ease, a deformity of the heart valves. It is interesting to note that he died in the home of his close friend, President A. King of the Consumers Ice Company.

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Circa 1895 “Boyle” Refrigerating Machine manufactured by the Pennsylvania Iron Works

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Over 200 ice and refrigerating machines were constructed under the Boyle name. Approximately 75 in David’s lifetime.

He left behind his wife (Margaret Henry Boyle), daughter (Mary Agnes Smith), and two sons (Henry James Boyle andWilliam Albert Boyle) who resided at the family residence, 521 Monroe Street in Chicago, Illinois. All four arrived and were at his bedside when he passed. But as is often the case, David’s greatness lived on. In January, 1892, the Pennsylvania Iron Works Co., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania purchased the patents of David and began production of the Boyle Refrigerating Machine. The first machine to be installed was in the spring of 1892 at the J. W. Russert Brewery in LaPorte, Indiana. The acquisition of the “Boyle” machine drastically changed the operation of the Pennsylvania Iron works. A story for another day. Mary’s Bullet In contrast to the work ethic of David and James Boyle. His family would become somewhat famous for another episode.

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