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M., Medina County, OH, [Ervabar@aol.com] ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 01:06:38 -0500 From: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman Subject: BIO: LITTLE(Franklin Co.)-ALDER(Madison) ------------------------------------------------------------------ FORWARDED MESSAGE - Orig: 18-Jan-99 0:19 Subject: Ohio connections ------------------------------------------------------------------ WEST VIRGINIA In History, Life, Literature and Industry The Lewis Publishing Company 1928 - Volume 5, page 148 CLARENCE V. LITTLE, physician and surgeon, graduated from Starling Medical College, now the medical department of Ohio State University at Columbus, in 1906, and for over twenty years has been a very hard working, earnest and successful member of the medical profession. Doctor Little practiced for a number of years in his native State of Ohio and is now located at Sistersville in Tyler County, West Virginia, his home having been there for over ten years. Doctor Little was born on his father's farm in Monroe County, Ohio, January 11, 1878. His parents, Huston B. and Anna (Wilson) Little, were natives of Washington County, Illinois. They moved to a farm in Monroe County, Ohio, and lived there until their death. Doctor Little grew up on a farm, had the advantages of country schools and was a student in the national Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. From early youth it was his ambition to become a physician, and largely through his own efforts he succeeded in realizing his ambition. After graduating from Starling Medical College in 1906 he practiced for nine years at Jolly in the southern part of Monroe County, Ohio. For a brief time he was located at Cuyahoga Falls in Summit County, Ohio, but in 1915 removed to Sistersville, and his attainments have made him one of the outstanding representatives in his profession in this section of the state. He has supplemented his successful experience by advance work, having attended the New York Post-Graduate Medical School in 1914, and during the same year was in the School of Pathology and Operative Surgery of new York. he took another post-graduate course in Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore. Doctor Little is a member of the various medical organizations. He belongs to the B.P.O. Elks and Kiwanis Club. He married Nora Berantz, daughter of Christian w. Berantz of Washington County, Ohio. Their three children are Harris H., Jessie V. and Anna E. WEST VIRGINIA In History, Life, Literature and Industry The Lewis Publishing Company 1928 - Volume 5, page 159-160 LEROY F. ALDER. Of the origin of glass manufacture nothing is known, but according to Egyptologists the Egyptians made sham jewels of glass at least 5000 or 6000 B.C. In some of the most ancient tombs scarabs of glass have been found imitating rubies, emeralds, sapphires and other precious stones. The glass beads found broadcast in three parts of the globe being quite possibly passed off by Phoenician traders on the confiding barbarians as jewels of great price. It is probable that the great center of the glass industry of medieval and more recent times, Venice, received its early impulse and lessons from Constantinople. From that time forward the history of the manufacture of glass has been one of constant progress. Attempts were made to establish glass works at Jamestown, Virginia in 1608-22; at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1639-40; in New York City before 1664, and in Pennsylvania before 1683. Subsequently works were established in 1780 at Temple, New Hampshire; in 1792 at Boston, and in 1797 at Pittsburgh. The manufacture of glass is divided into a number of departments, among which one of the most important is that of flat sheet glass, the process of which is the withdrawal of the ponty from the pot, the glass blown in whirls until it assumed cylindrical form, the ends being then cut off, and the cylinder slit longitudinally, after which it is flattened out. One of the leading concerns in this line of business in West Virginia is the General Flat Glass Company of Mannington, of which concern the able and energetic general manager is LeRoy F. Alder. Mr. Alder was born in Madison County, Ohio, April 30, 1890, and is a son of Lewis C. and Nancy (Patterson) Alder, natives of the Buckeye State. His paternal grandfather, Jonathan Alder, had a most thrilling and interesting history. As a lad of seven years he was captured by the Indians, with whom he lived as an adopted member of the tribe for about twenty years, when he came into contact with members of his own race, and left the Indians to resume the life and customs of the palefaces. In later life he held the rank of captain in the army and fought during the War of 1812, subsequently becoming the first white settler west of Columbus, Ohio. Lewis C. Alder, the father of LeRoy F. Alder, has spent his entire life in Ohio, where he has been engaged in a number of business ventures and is now a successful merchant at Plain City, where he is well and favorably known both as a business man and a citizen. LeRoy F. Alder was reared at Plain City, Ohio, where he attended public school and after his graduation from high school entered the Ohio State University. This was supplemented by attendance at Bliss Business College, Columbus, Ohio, where after completing his course he served as athletic director for one year. Mr. Alder then embarked in the window glass business as bookkeeper with the Buckeye Window Glass Company at Columbus during 1913 and a part of 1914, and in the fall of the latter year came to Mannington as assistant office manager of the Marion Window Glass Company. In 1916 he was made general manager of that concern, with which he remained until 1923, when he organized the Mountain State Glass Company, which bought out the Marion Window Glass Company. In 1926 this company was reorganized as the General Flat Glass Company and changed from the hand operation plan to machine operation, the product being mainly a superior article of window glass and glass for the automobile trade. The company now has 200 people in its employ and is accounted one of the leading concerns in its field in West Virginia. Its officers are H. D. Atha, president; J.L. Keener, first vice president; H.E. DeVaughn, second vice president; Charles W. Prichard, secretary; Chester L. Prichard, treasurer; and Leroy F. Alder, general manager. Mr. Alder is a man who is thoroughly experienced in his business and has gained his knowledge from personal contact rather than through text books. He has a number of other interests and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Gordon Oil Company of Logan, Ohio, and treasurer of the Furbee Clothing Company of Mannington. He is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine, and belongs to the B.P.O. Elks and the Kiwanis Club. Politically he gives his support to the Republican party, its candidates and its policies, and his religious identification is with the Methodist Episcopal Church. With his family he occupies a modern home at 117 Furbee Avenue. In passing it may be stated that Mr. Alder has the distinction of being general manager of the largest plant of its kind in the United States and probably the largest in the world operating under the Fourcault system. On June 29, 1916, Mr. Alder was united in marriage with Miss Adele Furbee, daughter of Howard and Sarah (Atha) Furbee, natives of Marion County. Mr Furbee was for many years engaged in the clothing business on an extensive scale, and was also interested in coal and gas enterprises. For eight years he was sheriff of Marion County, being well known in public affairs, and in his death, which occurred in December, 1919, his community lost a valuable citizen. Mrs. Furbee survived her husband and makes her home at Mannington. Mr. and Mrs. Alder have two children; LeRoy F. Jr., born February 6, 1920; and Howard F., born October, 1922. ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 11:35:53 EST From: Ervabar@aol.com Subject: LINUS THAYER, Medina County, Biography Surnames: CURTIS, JOHNSTON, PERKINS SMITH, THAYER Transcribed by Erva Hitchcox Barton from the History of Medina County and Ohio, 1881. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, p. 789. LINUS S. THAYER, farmer; P. 0. Medina; was born in Madison Co., N. Y., Lebanon Township, Sept. 15, 1832, son of Russell and Betsey (Smith) Thayer, who removed to this county in 1833. When 18 years old, Linus commenced teaching school, which he followed for some time during the winter season. He was married, March 13, 1856, to Charlotte, daughter of Theodore and Polly (Johnston) Perkins, who settled in Brunswick Township, Medina Co., Ohio, about the year 1830; and where they are both yet living. She was born Dec. 7, 1834, and, shortly after their union, Mr. Thayer removed to Eaton Co., Mich., where he remained until the spring, of 1858, when he returned to Medina Co., where he has since lived, owning at present a good and tasty farm, near where his father settled nearly half a century ago. He is, in all respects, a worthy and estimable citizen, and has served as Clerk of his township, being at present Trustee. By his marriage, three children have been born - Cora E., now the wife of Frederick H. Curtis, of York Township; Frank J. and Eva Mae. The eldest taught school before her marriage, and she and her brother attended the Medina Normal School. The parents and eldest child are members of the Episcopal Qhurch. Mr. Thayer served as a soldier in Co. E, 166th 0. N. G.; was a charter member of the Medina Grange, of which he was Secretary. He is a Republican. ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 13:15:42 EST From: Ervabar@aol.com Subject: THAYER, S. M., Medina County, OH, Biography Surnames: ALBERTSON, CLARK, SMITH, THAYER Transcribed by Erva Hitchcox Barton from the History of Medina County and Ohio, 1881. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, p. 789. S. M. THAYER, farmer; P. 0. Medina; was born in Lebanon Township, Madison Co., N. Y.,Feb. 21, 1823. His father, Russell Thayer, was born in Berkshire Co., Mass.; was a son of Jonathan Thayer, one of the old Revolutionary heroes, who participated in the struggle for his country's independence, and was Captain of a cavalry company, under Gen. Putnam, his period of service extending from Bunker Hill, the first decisive struggle, to the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Removing to York State, he lived successively in Delaware and Madison Cos.,in the latter of which he died. Russell and an elder brother were engaged in the mercantile business in Lebanon, besides conducting an extensive ashery, and there Russell was married to Betsey Smith. In 1825, he engaged in farming, and, in 1833, removed to Ohio and settled in Medina Co., where he passed the rest of his life. He bought a farm south of Medina, in Montville Township, the only improvement being a log cabin. He died Nov. 2,1877, at Medina, where he had retired some years previous. When 20 years old, the subject of this sketch commenced teaching school, which he followed, during the winter season, for ten years, farming during the summer. He has resided in this township since the settlement here by his father, except one year he farmed in Granger Township. He was married, March 22, 1848, to Antoinette, daughter of Ransom and Elizabeth (Adams) Clark, her grandfather, John Clark, serving in the Revolutionary war. She was born Jan. 4, 1826, in Medina Township. By this union three children have been born - Russell Clark, William C. and Mary Cornelia. The youngest died in infancy. The elder son graduated from the Charity Hospital College at Cleveland; in 1874, located in Knox Co., where he remained two years, when failing health induced him to return to his father's farm. The younger son is a successful teacher, having taken a course at the Medina Normal School, and was married, Dec. 25, 1878, to Lillian L., daughter of Dr. Albertson, of Granger Township. Mrs. Thayer is a member of the Episcopal Church, as is the elder son. Mr. Thayer is serving his second term as Justice of the Peace. He has been a member of the I.O.O.F. since its organization. He is a Democrat, and voted first for James K. Polk for President. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #27 ******************************************