Family Ties and Factory Dreams Across a Wartime Town
In a tense scene, Jerry, a storekeeper hopeful, explains he earns thirty-five a week but plans betterment through sales training, as Gavin doubts his taste and finances. Lizzie relays past glories and future aims, while Ellen and Jerry exchange flirty banter and plans to help her father. An interwoven history recalls Hugh Pendleton’s 1802 trek from Connecticut to Ohio, building a store and trade routes, and sparking iron industry growth with Wyant and Nash near the river, setting the stage for later steel works and community development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gavin
Arrow Steel Works
Jerry
Lizzie
Caleb
Gavin Junior
Atlantic City
Ellen
Sue
Hugh Pendleton
Connecticut
Penachang
Ohio
Hugh
Pittsburgh
Wyant
Nash
Silas
Pendleton Family Iron Works and a Fractured Marriage
The Pendleton family built a large iron works by the mid 1840s employing eighteen hundred men, with intermarriages tying them to Woods Renshaws Moffatts and Debarrys. Fluvanna Pendleton faces tragedy after her husband James Marsh’s suicide and the couple’s strained finances and social tensions, while Hugh contemplates staying in Corinth or moving for a new business. In the present, Corrie debates relocation and insurance with Hugh as he tours the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyant
Nash
Indiana
Hugh
Pendleton
Hugh Junior
Caleb
Silas Pendleton
Pendletons
Renshaws
Moffats
Debarrys
Virginia
England
Hugh Pendleton
Fluvanna
Ely Pendleton
James Marsh
Clements
James
Ely
Corrie
John
John Keeper
Beryl
New York
Dorrie
Corinth
Clare County Canvassers Finalize 1936 Primary Votes
Official statement from the Board of County Canvassers of Clare County certifies the September 15 1936 primary election results for governor lieutenant governor US senator representative in Congress state senator judge of probate prosecuting attorney sheriff county clerk and register of deeds drain and road commissioners. The document confirms totals for multiple Republican and Democratic candidates and closes with certification by Thomas S Dorsey C A Derby and William A Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Congress
Charles B. Asslin
Wm. J. Kelly
Republican Party
Scout Fedceenchid
Ernest Ramey
Wes -Codwonednenernes
Donald H. Holbrook
Joseph K. Naumes
James Graves
Wag
Donald EH. Holbrook
Theo
Bowler
Guy Light
J. K. Naumes
George Bates
John W. Dunlop
Edmond Woods
State of
Michigan
Clare
Board of County
Circuit Court
Wm. A
Henderson
Dorsey
John
Clare County
Alexander WH. Wylie
Donald H.holbrook
Drain
Sam Bruce
Thos, S. Dorsey
Shay
C. A. Derby
A. Henderson
Thos
S. Dorsey
Wmn
Proceedings of Road Commissioners Harrison Michigan 1936
The Harrison Clare County Road Commissioners met September 18 1936 at the court house in Harrison. The meeting approved payroll of 1321.10 and multiple county road expenditures including supplies miles and gravel. They authorized signing the WPA project on the fish rearing pond and adjourned with clerk Wm A Henderson recording.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Michigan
Clare County Road
Court House
J. H. Ladd
Ladd
Emerson
Emersor
Tyane
Hight Lane Lake
Mr. Emerson
County Road Commission
Board of Supervisors
I. R.armstrong
J. B. Garrabrant
Bell Telephone
Ira Miller
Aaron Irwin
Sheaffer's
Clare Auto Parts
J. B. Doherty
Sons Co
Clare Hay Grain & Bean Co
J. BE. Ladd
Richard Emerson
Arthur D. Johnson
M. H. Hull
Thomas Nichols
Kakoska
Standard Oil Co
Gen. Dist. Corp
Melson. Brothers Co
International Harvester Co
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Pinhead
Sear
The
Associated Rawepaper
Mary Schumann
Macrae Smith’ Co
WNU
Finney
Ted O'Loughlin
Western Newspaper Union
Chapter
Hao Lossife Finney
Gwe A
Board OF County Canvassers
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Rosco Conkling Fitch
George Welsh
Frank Murphy
United States
Wilbur M. Brucker
James Couzens
Prentiss M. Brown
Ralph W. Liddy
John H. Muyskens
Louis B. Ward
Miles M. Callaghan
Fred C. Hobheck
Osceola Dist
Bernie Ff. Hampton
Louis G. Scherlitz
Si Barsrbapes
Theo G. Bowler
Daniel BH
Hoover
Alexander BE
Wylie
Marion Johnson
Donald B. E. Wile
Alexa Beans
Gerald Lamb
Leo Campeau
Joe Naumes
James Wellman
Wm. Murphy
Wm. Smith
Vincent Hisenhauer
Sid Youngs
G. Slattery
Charles David
Franklin P. Davis
Harley Mangle
Louis B. Slater
Wm. Barrus
Charles Bailey
Corner
F. G. Slattery
Sam Brice
Gerald E. Lamb
John White
Wassunnanv
Sam
Bruce
Monas
Frank A. Luce
Meryl Davison
Somerville
Ty of
Thos. S. Dorsey O. A. Derby
Wm. A. Henderson
Assest
Henderson County
Board OF County Road Commissioners
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