Bio of RODMAN, Raymond (b.1877), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 392
RAYMOND RODMAN
Raymond Rodman, who since 1907 has been Minneapolis manager of the United States
Register Company of Battle Creek, Michigan, was born in Iosco county, Mich­igan,
July 24, 1877, and is a son of Vespasian and Adelia (White) Rodman. His father
was a native of the state of New York and came of Holland ancestry. He served as
a soldier in the Union army during the Civil war, being a member of the Ninth
New York Heavy Artillery and thus rendering valuable aid to his country in her
hour of supreme need. He afterward became a resident of Michigan, there rearing
his family. Raymond Rodman was educated in the country schools of his native
state, spending his youth on a farm and working in the fields through the summer
months and after his school days were over, just as most farm bred boys do. He
then went to Battle Creek, Michigan, where he pursued a course in shorthand,
after which he joined the United States Register Company, which manufactures
furnace pipes and fittings of all kinds. This is a large establishment with
several branches in various parts of the country but with its headquarters at
Battle Creek. Mr. Rodman had been with the corporation for only eight months
when he was sent to Minneapolis as manager of the branch here, and now for
sixteen years he has been at the head of the business in this city, the growth
of the house having been continuous under his management and control.
On the 17th of April, 1907, Mr. Rodman was married to Miss Clemma Dean or
Vassar, Michigan, and they have one daughter, Juanita. They reside at No. 3348
Thirty-first avenue South, in the winter seasons and occupy an attractive
cottage on Orchard lake through the summer months, both properties being owned
by Mr. Rodman. He finds his chief recreation in fishing and displays
considerable skill as an angler. His political allegiance is given to the
republican party and the extent and nature of his interests is further indicated
in the fact that he is a member of the South Side Commercial Club and of the
Young Men's Christian Association.