Luther Gardner Thrall

1876 - 1941  (64 years)

• Name	Luther Gardner Thrall  [1]
  Born	1 Jun 1876	Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Mar 1941	Rutland, Vermont, USA   [1]
  Buried	East Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I2177	US Thrall family
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2004

  
  

  Father	Reuben Roland Thrall,   b. 1 Jan 1838, West Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA ,   d. 19 Jun 1924, Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Clark,   b. 19 Apr 1843,   d. 26 Nov 1920  (Age 77 years)
  Married	15 Nov 1866	Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA   [3]
  	Both Reuben and Mary were well-liked and respected in the community. In fact mary was known as Aunt Libby by most of the town. Had six children who survived infancy. [1]
  Family ID	F613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elsie May Farr,   b. 28 Apr 1880, Raceville, Washington, New York, USA ,   d. 9 Apr 1944, Rutland, Vermont, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Married	26 Apr 1898  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Durward Stephen Thrall,   b. 20 Sep 1899, Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Grant Leslie Thrall,   b. 13 Jan 1902, Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Charlotte Elizabeth Thrall,   b. 24 Feb 1904, Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Marion Armina Thrall,   b. 23 Nov 1905, Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2004
  Family ID	F1011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Luther had a fine sense of humor and priceless smile. He was a strict and respected father. Luther and Elsie devoted their time to stimulating their children's ambitions. When the boys were in their teens, they decided they would like to raise chickens. Instead of giving the boys the initial investment, Luther took them to the bank and the transaction was handled in a business- like manner. Because the boys were minors, Luther endorsed their note, but the boys paid it all back in a year and a half, as they sold chickens and eggs. Luther was always busy at something. He became interested in automobiles when they were new and kept abreast, all his life. He was a skilled mechanical engineer and was foreman of A.Y.Gray Company in Poultney, manufacturers of Ruggles engines. The plant burned down just after World War I. Luther then turned to selling Pierce Arrow automobiles, and he was still in the automobile business when he died. He was always fixing automobiles and his son recalls that before garages were common, the back yard was always full of cars which he fixed for his friends. When he was in his late fifties, he developed a great interest in the old family homestead and farm which at that time was owned by his son, Durward Stephen. Although Elsie would not go there to live. Luther took over the direction of the farm and it is one of the few times that the farm made money. Luther and Elsie both coordinated well and liked sports and dancing. They lived in Poultney, Vermont until about 1920 when they moved to Rutland, Vermont. Luther was a Mason, and Warden of the Episcopal vestry in both places. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Thrall Genealogy 1630-1965, Compiled by D Stephen Thrall., (Grant Leslie Thrall 1976), 97 (Reliability: 3). [S5] Thrall Genealogy 1630-1965, Compiled by D Stephen Thrall., (Grant Leslie Thrall 1976), 145 (Reliability: 3). [S5] Thrall Genealogy 1630-1965, Compiled by D Stephen Thrall., (Grant Leslie Thrall 1976), 96 (Reliability: 3).