Joseph Walker Binney
of Binney and Smith (USA)
Joseph Walker Binney was born in Wakefield, England on 2 December 1836.
At 18 he served in the army in the Crimean War.
He emigrated to the USA, and in 1864 he started the Peekskill Chemical Works.
1888 Binney and Smith established by Binney in partnership with his nephew C. Harold Smith.
The company produced a wide range of products, including 'CRAYOLA' crayons, introduced in 1903.
The above information is condensed from 'CRAYOLA's Peekskill History'[1]