Reuben Roland Thrall

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Fort Edward, Washington, New York, USA; Fort Edward Academy
• Military Service: Drill officer of the 1st Vermont Regiment
• Occupation: Farmer
• Alt. Birth: 6 Jan 1838, West Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA
• Occupation: 1876; Farmer

Notes:

Was a good father and disciplinarian.

(Medical):He died in his bed of diabetes

Physical Description:
6' 2.5" tall, broad shouldered and narrow-hipped, over two hundred pounds. He retained excellent physical condition until he was past 80 years old, good enough condition break a colt. He had bright blue deep-set eyes, light brown hair and a fine tenor singing voice. He sat in the choir most of his life and played tuba in a band. The choirs and bands changed but he kept his firm opinions about music.

Education:
Returned to Rutland afterwards.

Military Service:
All his life he was interested in miliary matters in all countries.

Occupation:
he returned after the war to his father's farm in East Poultney and bought a half interest in it from his father.

Occupation:
When his father died, Reuben took over the whole farm and raised registered Jersey cattle. He had the first important herd of that kind of cattle in Rutland County. He also raised Morgan horses, which were his greatest interest and nearly caused his financial downfall. He loved horses and was, throughout his later life , convinced that the automobile was a passing fancy and could never supplant horses as transportation.

Reuben married Mary Elizabeth Clark on 15 Nov 1866 in Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA. Mary (daughter of Warren Clark and Sarah Baker) was born on 19 Apr 1843; died on 26 Nov 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Francis left Poultney, Vermont soon after he graduated from Troy Conference Academy. He spent several years in Hartford, Connecticut, USA learing the clothing business. From Hartford, he moved to Boston, Mass. where he worked for R.H. White Company in their clothing department.

He returned to Poultney, Vermont in the early 1900's but when World War I broke out, he was sent to France. He spent two and a half years there, largely in the capacity of expediting the handling and distribution of supplies for army canteens, and much of his time was spent in or near Paris. Francis was a handsome man, about five feet eleven inches tall, had grey eyes, and weighed about 180 pounds. He was interested in amateur dramatics and play&d a leading part in almost two-thirds of the plays which were put on in Poultney and the surrounding towns. Being a fine horseman, he often lead the parades in the town.

He was very dignified and always did the proper thing. He never passed a woman without tipping his hat, and in a small town that was very noticeable. His grace and good mannaers were something that everybody in the comnunity was conscious of and he was well respected. Francis stayed in the clothing business until he was in his sixties then went selling insulation. He did so well at it, that the head of the company offered him the job of sales manager. This offer came just a few days before his seventieth birthday, so he did not accept it. It is interesting to note that he did not find his real niche in business until he was past sixty.

Physical Description:
Francis was a handsome man, about five feet eleven inches tall, had grey eyes, and weighed about 180 pounds

Francis married Genevieve Seward Hayward on 23 Apr 1919 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA. Genevieve (daughter of Edward Hayward and Jane Seward) was born on 10 Feb 1882 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England; and died. [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.

Luther married Elsie May Farr on 26 Apr 1898. Elsie (daughter of Charles Farr and Mary King) was born on 28 Apr 1880 in Raceville, Washington, New York, USA; died on 9 Apr 1944 in Rutland, Vermont, USA; was buried in East Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Gege Thrall

Notes:

Charlotte was a woman of great charm and a fine sense of honor. She was alight of build and outlived all her brothers as well as her husband, Lorenzo. Charlotte affectionately known as "Gege" to a multitude of grand nieces and nephews and their parents, was a great help ia supplying infomation for this genealogy [the 1965 work by D Stephen Thrall and Grant Leslie Thrall], such as where people were born, married or died. In 1965 she still kept her own apartment in Rutland, Vemont.

Charlotte married Lorenzo Sheldon on 28 Oct 1909. Lorenzo was born on 5 Nov 1871 in West Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA; died on 12 Mar 1947 in Rutland, Vermont, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

ELIZABETH was borna and brought up in Poultney, Vermont. She attended the Academy and Green Mountain College. She was trim, with a sharp wit and an easy smile.

Elizabeth married Lloyd G Bartholomew, M.D. on 27 Dec 1943 in Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA. Lloyd was born on 15 Sep 1921; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: 30 Sep 1899, Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA

Notes:

Steve Thrall attended Troy Conference Academy in Poultney, Vermont (now known as Green Mountain College) then Colgate University, graduating in 1922. Later he took graduate work in accounting. After trying tne lumber business, he found his real interest lay in selling. He joined the National Cash Register Company in their Rochester, New York branch in 1924. Since then, he has held many jobs with this firm during the past 38 years, salesman, agent, instructor, divisional manager, assistant sales manager and now branch manager in Boston, Mass. For thirty years, he has been either training salesmen, supervising salesmen or selecting salesmen. His keen sense of the appropriate and his remarkable ability to "sell" his ideas, are major reasons for his outstanding success as a salesman and business leader. He has served Colgate University as Chairman of the Student Selection Committee in Eastern Massachusetts, and Director. and President of the Colgate Alumni Corporation.

He is presently (1965) Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of Green Mountain College, Governor of the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Past President of Rotary, Vice-President of Vermont Historical Society, Member of the Board of Society of Colonial Wars and New England Genealogical and Historical Society.

Steve Thrall has spent many leisure hours during the past five years, working on this genealogy. He has written to hundreds of Thralls all over the united States, and has brought forward nany of the lines that were not previously recorded. In 1957 he compiled and edited a genealogy of his wife's family entitled "James Monroe Goodell and his wife, Emily lingsbury. Their Ancestors and Descendants."

Steve is a member of The Country Club, Veston Golf Club, Everglades Club in Florida, Essex Club in Nswark, Algonquin Club, Wianno Club. He is an Bpiscopalian, Mason and Republican.

Durward married Helen Baker Goodelle on 27 Sep 1924. Helen (daughter of George Guy Goodelle and Edith Baker) was born on 22 Aug 1902; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Grant graduated from Troy Conference Academy in 1920, and has a B.S. degree from Colgate University, Theta Chi, followed by further study in economics at Columbia University. Joining the National City Bank of New York, he was sent to England and then to Bombay, India. After four years with the Bank, he joined General Motors India Ltd. on sales work, which kept him in India, Burma and Ceylon for two years

In 1930, he entered the U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign Service and had a tour of duty as a Commerce officer, in Argentina and Uruguay. Meeting Mr. T. C. Ballagh in Buenos Aires, the present firm of Ballagh & Thrall, Inc. was established in 1933, with headquarters in Philadelphia, of which Grant Is Executive Vice President and Chairman.

Bandtex International Inc. was formed In 1946 with Grant as President, and later acquired in part by the Fidelity Bank, Philadelphia. He is at present a director of four other companies, past-president of the Foreign Traders Association.

He is an Episcopalian, and member of Rotary International, Union League of Philadelphia, Manufacturers Country Club, and Mayflower Descendants, was a Trustee of Green Mountain College, 1953, and a Trustee of Colgate University 1953-1959, also a Trustee and Past President of International House In Philadelphia, is in "Who's Who In the East" 1959 Edition.

Grant has traveled a great deal and has been a member of three Government Trade Missions to India, Pakistan and East Africa, also was a Public Member of the State Department Review Board in 1960, and an Inspection Team to Malta, Cyprus and Turkey in 1965.

After retirement, Grant was a volunteer with the International Executive Service Corps with tours of duty to Indonesia and Venezuela.

Grant married Elizabeth Simpson on 26 Jul 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Charles C Simpson and Martha Phillips) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1965, Rutland, Vermont, USA

Notes:

Charlotte graduated from the Troy Conference Academy and Ithaca Dramatic School. She was coach and actress of many local plays. She has a beautiful speaking voice and has been elected to the Presidency of several women's organizations. She was one of the first women to be a vestryman in the Episcopal Church of Vermont.

Charlotte served three terms in the Vermont State Legislature.

Physical Description:
Blue eyes and light hair

Residence:
77 Bellevue Avenue

Charlotte married George F Jones on 3 Aug 1933 in Rutland, Vermont, USA. George (son of Joseph Craddock Jones and Alice Hope Long Jones) was born on 25 Jan 1897 in Rutland, Vermont, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Graduation: St. Mark's and Princeton
• Name: Marian A Thrall

Notes:

MARIAN attended Troy Conference Academy and the University of Vermont. She was teller for a time at the Rutland Savings Bank. Robert Elmer spent his entire business career with the National City Bank of N.Y. and was manager of the branch near Columbia University when he died at 38 years of age. Captain Barber attended Wilberham and Norwich University. His army career has taken them to many places, but the children were educated largely in the United States. Son Stephen graduated from St. Mark's and Princeton. and Roberta from Cazenovia College.

Marion married Robert S Elmer on 27 Oct 1934. Robert (son of John Wright Elmer) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marion married Captain Wendell Barber on 28 Nov 1950 in Rutland, Vermont, USA. Wendell and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charlotte married Philip Travis Pope [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married John Allen Torrey [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Stephanie married Roger Crichton Smith [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Russell J Brownback [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Frank Warfel Burr [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leslie married George Vail Lavino [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Vivian. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ann Johnson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Stephen married Maryann Josephine Comisky [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Roberta married Thomas Jackson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]