The book, The Complete Cut & Engraved Glass of Corning by Estelle Sinclaire and Jane Spillman, includes a chapter about J. Hoare & Co. on pages 26-51.
"J. Hoare & Company was the first of Corning's many cutting companies and one of the longest lived. It had its origin in a cutting firm that started in Brooklyn in 1853; hence the date in their trademark, which is often confusing to collectors. The founder of the firm was John Hoare, who was born in Cork, Ireland, on April 12, 1822. He learned the trade of glass cutter, probably from his father, James Hoare, and worked in Belfast before he went to England, where he worked for several different cutting firms in the Birmingham area, including Thomas Webb & Sons. It was in England that he married Catherine Dailey, probably in 1845. When Hoare and his family came to the United States in 1848, he was already an accomplished glass cutter. (He had one son, James, who way born before the Hoares left England.) In fact, Hoare came to New York to ply his trade, and in 1853 he stared his own business, probably with one or more partners." [p. 27]
You can find similar biographical information in the following sources:
Aldrich, Lewis Cass. Landmarks of Steuben County, New York /. Ed. by Harlo Hakes. Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992. Print.
Hoare, John. J. Hoare & Co. Scrapbook Collection, Circa 1875-1917. N.p., 1875. Print.
