His mother is my 4th Great Aunt, Anna Maria Medford and she was born in London England in 1820.
She married Nathaniel Thornton Hynson in 1836. She was his second wife. Medford was born in 1837 and was 1 of 9 children. He also had a step-brother and sister from his father's first marriage.
When Medford was 5 he had his portrait painted.
He was working as a machinist in 1860 and lived in Kent County, Maryland. By 1870 he was in the carriage making business with his younger brother Nathaniel Thornton Hynson II living near Still Pond in Kent County. In 1875 he is Baltimore working again as a machinist. He marries Fanny Rigby and in 1878 their daughter Anna is born.
In 1885 Medford is working as a machinist in the Ordinance Department of the United States Navy at the ship yard in Washington D.C. For the next several years Medford works in the Navy Ship Yard.
Then on 19 January 1903 Medford and George F. Nelson apply for a patent for suspenders. He is approved for the patent and by 1904 their suspenders are available for sale through several catalogs that sell products to wholesalers, retailers, manufacturers and tradesmen.
On 11 February 1914 passes away in the home of his brother.
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