Carroll-Madison County IN Archives Biographies.....Rasler, Alexander 1869 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

ALEXANDER RASLER.

   Climbing up, step by step, and paying strict attention to all matters coming
directly under his supervision, Alexander Rasler now represents one of the
leading business interests of Burrows, Indiana. Mr. Rasler has been a close
student of every detail in connection with the mercantile business, in which he
is successfully engaged, and his well-selected stock of goods attracts the best
trade of the Burrows.

   Alexander Rasler, merchant, Burrows, Indiana, was born on June 6, 1869, in
Rock Creek township, Madison county, and is a son of William and Nancy (Scott)
Rasler. He was educated in the public schools of the district and remained under
his father's roof until he was seventeen years of age, when he began the
vocation of farm life, and followed that business until he was twenty-one years
of age, when he came to Burrows and engaged his services as clerk in the store
of Henry Fitzer, remaining with him five or six years, at the end of which time
he bought the entire stock and has continued in the mercantile business ever
since, doing a large and profitable trade. Politically, Mr. Rasler is a
Democrat, while his religious membership is with the Christian church at
Burrows. He has been proprietor of his present general store for the past
seventeen years, having built up a prosperous trade during that time.

   William Rasler, father of Alexander, was a son of John Rasler, and his wife
was Mrs. Nancy (Scott) McCormick, daughter of John Scott Mr. and Mrs. Rasler
were early settlers in Rock Creek township, and were the parents of three
children, all of whom grew to maturity: Anna became the wife of Edward Kennedy,
and lives in Burrows; Sadie, deceased, was united in marriage with Hugh Kennedy,
and Alexander. William Rasler was a widower when he was married to Mrs. Nancy
(Scott) McCormick, a widow, who was the mother of two children by her first
marriage, John McCormick, born at Delphi, and Charles McCormick, born at
Logansport, Indiana. Mr. Rasler died when Alexander was about four years old,
and his widow never married again. Politically, he was a stanch believer in the
policies of the Republican party. He owned a good farm, consisting of a large
number of acres.

   John Rasler, the paternal grandfather, came to Indiana at an early date, and
settled in Rock Creek township. John Scott, the maternal grandfather, came from
Pennsylvania and was also one of the pioneer settlers of Carroll county.

   Alexander Raster was united in marriage to Bertha Friend, daughter of John
Friend, of Clinton township, Cass county, Indiana. To this union were born two
children, Hazel, a student at a public school, and Helen, three years of age.

   Mr. Raster has built up a name that stands for substantial citizenship,
during the years in which he has been adding to his wealth and his popularity as
a general merchant.


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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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