Howarth was born in Glossop, Derbyshire and became a cotton weaver.

He became a cotton weaver, and started playing for Glossop cricket club in 1863 at the age of 16.

In 1881 Smith was living with his family as a cotton weaver at Fitzallan Street Glossop Dale.

In 1837, when the family moved to Stalybridge, Cheshire, he worked as a cotton weaver and later cloth looker.

In 1850, Laycock married Martha Broadbent, a cotton weaver, but she died two years later.

His father was a cotton spinner and his mother had been a cotton weaver.

Crompton was brought up as a hand loom cotton weaver, and at an early age learned the trade of a machinist.

He continued to make sporadic appearances for Burnley over the next few years, before retiring from playing in 1894, returning to his profession of cotton weaver.

Mortimer Grimshaw (1824 or 1825 - 22 December 1869) was an English political activist, strike leader and cotton weaver.

Grimshaw initially worked as a cotton weaver before becoming a full-time activist and agitator.