Margaret Raithel

F, b. 29 December 1890
Margaret Raithel|b. 29 Dec 1890|p53.htm#i3266|Herman Raithel|b. 4 Mar 1870|p52.htm#i3264|Nettie J. Main|b. 13 Jul 1871\nd. 27 Jan 1933|p52.htm#i3263|||||||Madison Main|b. 19 Jan 1844\nd. 22 Apr 1907|p29.htm#i2218|Jane Smith|b. 14 Oct 1845\nd. 4 Oct 1873|p32.htm#i2318|

Last Edited=22 Mar 2003
     Margaret Raithel was born on 29 December 1890 at Kittaning, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Herman Raithel and Nettie J. Main. Margaret Raithel married Raymond Philip Newton, son of James R. Newton and Jane Brown, on 26 June 1913.

Family: Margaret Raithel and Raymond Philip Newton

Cyrus H. Main

M, b. 27 September 1873
Cyrus H. Main|b. 27 Sep 1873|p53.htm#i3270|Madison Main|b. 19 Jan 1844\nd. 22 Apr 1907|p29.htm#i2218|Jane Smith|b. 14 Oct 1845\nd. 4 Oct 1873|p32.htm#i2318|Nye A. Main|b. 23 Mar 1818\nd. 9 Oct 1854|p16.htm#i1123|Mary 'Molly' Reno|b. 1823\nd. 19 Oct 1878|p17.htm#i1125|||||||

Last Edited=31 Dec 2006
     Cyrus H. Main was born on 27 September 1873 at Michigan. He was the son of Madison Main and Jane Smith. Cyrus H. Main married Carrie Bertha Adams, daughter of William J. Adams and Arabella Philpot, circa 1895.
     Cyrus H. Main appeared on the census of 14 June 1900 at S.D.17; E.D.3; Sheet 22 B, Centre Township (Village of Lisbon), Columbiana County, Ohio; is age 25, married 5 years to Carrie and he is working as a roller at a tin mill. They have had 2 children, both are living. He appeared on the census of 15 April 1910 at S.D.25; E.D.172; Sheet 2A (138), New Kensington (2-WD), Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; Has been married 15 years to Carrie. They have had 3 children, 2 are living. He is working as a roller in a tin mill. He appeared on the census of 12 January 1920 at S.D.22; E.D.34; Sheet 6 B, North Sewickley Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; is age 45, married to Carrie, and he is working at the Tin Milll. One child is with them. He appeared on the census of 16 April 1930 at E.D.65-132; S.D.15; Sheet 13 B, Parnassus Borough, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; is age 56, married to Carrie, and he is working as a mill worker at the tin mill.

Children of Cyrus H. Main and Carrie Bertha Adams

Carrie Bertha Adams

F, b. 1 September 1876, d. 5 April 1951
Carrie Bertha Adams|b. 1 Sep 1876\nd. 5 Apr 1951|p53.htm#i3271|William J. Adams|b. 29 Mar 1842|p60.htm#i4004|Arabella Philpot|b. 29 Apr 1853\nd. 11 May 1937|p60.htm#i4005|||||||Robert W. Philpot|b. 1822|p60.htm#i4006|Susan West|||

Last Edited=28 Sep 2004
     Carrie Bertha Adams was born on 1 September 1876 at Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio; birth year may be 1874. She was the daughter of William J. Adams and Arabella Philpot. Carrie Bertha Adams married Cyrus H. Main, son of Madison Main and Jane Smith, circa 1895. Carrie Bertha Adams died on 5 April 1951 at West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, at age 74. She was buried after 5 April 1951 at Lisbon Cemetery, Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio.

Children of Carrie Bertha Adams and Cyrus H. Main

Edith Virginia Main

F, b. 1 March 1897, d. 24 March 1991
Edith Virginia Main|b. 1 Mar 1897\nd. 24 Mar 1991|p53.htm#i3272|Cyrus H. Main|b. 27 Sep 1873|p53.htm#i3270|Carrie Bertha Adams|b. 1 Sep 1876\nd. 5 Apr 1951|p53.htm#i3271|Madison Main|b. 19 Jan 1844\nd. 22 Apr 1907|p29.htm#i2218|Jane Smith|b. 14 Oct 1845\nd. 4 Oct 1873|p32.htm#i2318|William J. Adams|b. 29 Mar 1842|p60.htm#i4004|Arabella Philpot|b. 29 Apr 1853\nd. 11 May 1937|p60.htm#i4005|

Last Edited=22 Oct 2004
     Edith Virginia Main was born on 1 March 1897 at Ohio. She was the daughter of Cyrus H. Main and Carrie Bertha Adams. Edith Virginia Main died on 24 March 1991 at Indianapolis, Indiana, at age 94.

Family: Edith Virginia Main and Harold Bruce Kahle

Harry Main

M, b. November 1898, d. after 1900
Harry Main|b. Nov 1898\nd. a 1900|p53.htm#i3273|Cyrus H. Main|b. 27 Sep 1873|p53.htm#i3270|Carrie Bertha Adams|b. 1 Sep 1876\nd. 5 Apr 1951|p53.htm#i3271|Madison Main|b. 19 Jan 1844\nd. 22 Apr 1907|p29.htm#i2218|Jane Smith|b. 14 Oct 1845\nd. 4 Oct 1873|p32.htm#i2318|William J. Adams|b. 29 Mar 1842|p60.htm#i4004|Arabella Philpot|b. 29 Apr 1853\nd. 11 May 1937|p60.htm#i4005|

Last Edited=8 Jan 2005
     Harry Main was born in November 1898 at Ohio. He was the son of Cyrus H. Main and Carrie Bertha Adams. Harry Main died after 1900; died of a head injury as a result of hitting a tree while sledding with his mother.

Martin Reno Main II

M, b. 8 February 1881, d. 11 September 1952
Martin Reno Main II|b. 8 Feb 1881\nd. 11 Sep 1952|p53.htm#i3275|Madison Main|b. 19 Jan 1844\nd. 22 Apr 1907|p29.htm#i2218|Margaret Jane Nye|b. 17 Feb 1857\nd. 27 Feb 1922|p32.htm#i2319|Nye A. Main|b. 23 Mar 1818\nd. 9 Oct 1854|p16.htm#i1123|Mary 'Molly' Reno|b. 1823\nd. 19 Oct 1878|p17.htm#i1125|Dan Nye|||Mary A. Owery|||

Last Edited=29 Nov 2008
     Martin Reno Main II was born on 8 February 1881 at Kittaning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Madison Main and Margaret Jane Nye. Martin Reno Main II married Flora Greene after 1910. Martin Reno Main II died on 11 September 1952 at his home, Ellport, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, at age 71; I have copy of transcribed obituary. He was buried on 14 September 1952 at Locust Grove Cemetery, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; I have picture of marker with Flora.
     Martin Reno Main II appeared on the census of 1 June 1900 at S.D.240; E.D.94; Sheet 1 B, Wayne Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; is age 19, single, and living with his maternal grandparents. He is working as a machinist. He appeared on the census of 12 January 1920 at S.D.22; E.D.34; Sheet 6 B, North Sewickley Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; is age 37, married to Flora, and he is working as a machinist at the tube mill. He appeared on the census of 3 April 1930 at E.D.65-20; S.D.15; Sheet 5 A, New Kennsington Borough, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; is age 49, married to Flora, and he is working as a machinist at an aluminum company.

Children of Martin Reno Main II and Mary Maloney

Family: Martin Reno Main II and Flora Greene

Flora Greene

F, b. 1889, d. 1957

Last Edited=29 Nov 2008
     Flora Greene was born in 1889. She married Martin Reno Main II, son of Madison Main and Margaret Jane Nye, after 1910. Flora Greene died in 1957. She was buried in 1957 at Locust Grove Cemetery, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; I have picture of marker with Martin.

Family: Flora Greene and Martin Reno Main II

Irene Main

F, b. 28 April 1902, d. 24 February 1981
Irene Main|b. 28 Apr 1902\nd. 24 Feb 1981|p53.htm#i3279|Martin Reno Main II|b. 8 Feb 1881\nd. 11 Sep 1952|p53.htm#i3275|Mary Maloney|||Madison Main|b. 19 Jan 1844\nd. 22 Apr 1907|p29.htm#i2218|Margaret J. Nye|b. 17 Feb 1857\nd. 27 Feb 1922|p32.htm#i2319|John Maloney||||||

Last Edited=22 Oct 2004
     Irene Main was born on 28 April 1902 at Ellwood City, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Martin Reno Main II and Mary Maloney. Irene Main married Lafayette N. Faurie, son of Peter Faurie, on 19 January 1921. Irene Main died on 24 February 1981 at Pennsylvania at age 78. She was buried after 24 February 1981 at Locust Grove Cemetery, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; I have picture of grave marker.
     Irene Main may have married a Mr. Ott after Lafayette Faurie died in 1936. Her grave marker has her name as Irene Main Faurie Ott.

Children of Irene Main and Lafayette N. Faurie

Madison Main

M, b. 1901, d. 1971
Madison Main|b. 1901\nd. 1971|p53.htm#i3280|Martin Reno Main II|b. 8 Feb 1881\nd. 11 Sep 1952|p53.htm#i3275|Mary Maloney|||Madison Main|b. 19 Jan 1844\nd. 22 Apr 1907|p29.htm#i2218|Margaret J. Nye|b. 17 Feb 1857\nd. 27 Feb 1922|p32.htm#i2319|John Maloney||||||

Last Edited=27 May 2007
     Madison Main was born in 1901 at Ellwood City, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Martin Reno Main II and Mary Maloney. Madison Main married Katherine C. Cunning, daughter of John Cunning and Caroline Blinn, circa 1924. Madison Main died in 1971. He was buried in 1971 at Locust Grove Cemetery, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; I have picture of grave marker.
     Madison Main appeared on the census of 15 April 1930 at E.D.4-33; S.D. 7. sheet 10 B, Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; is a machinist at a steel works. Has been married 6 years to Catherine and they have 1 daughter, Eugenia age 5. He was a mechanic at Union Drawn Steel. He was the president of Order of Owl's Nest #1328 in 1947 at Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

Family: Madison Main and Katherine C. Cunning

John Henderson

M, b. August 1866

Last Edited=1 Oct 2004
     John Henderson was born in August 1866 at Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He married Edith M. Main, daughter of Ephraim Main and Maria Grove, circa 1892 at Pennsylvania.
     John Henderson appeared on the census of 9 June 1900 at S.D.19; E.D.13; Sheet 6 B, Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; has been married 8 years to Edith, they have had 3 children all living. John is working for the railroad.

Child of John Henderson and Edith M. Main

Sarah Henderson

F, b. October 1893
Sarah Henderson|b. Oct 1893|p53.htm#i3282|John Henderson|b. Aug 1866|p53.htm#i3281|Edith M. Main|b. 9 Jul 1876|p33.htm#i2377|||||||Ephraim Main|b. 13 Jun 1850\nd. 22 Oct 1910|p29.htm#i2219|Maria Grove|b. 5 May 1854\nd. 9 Jan 1882|p32.htm#i2320|

Last Edited=1 Oct 2004
     Sarah Henderson was born in October 1893 at Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of John Henderson and Edith M. Main.

Alfred Rolinson

M, b. 2 December 1891
Alfred Rolinson|b. 2 Dec 1891|p53.htm#i3289|Joseph Rolinson|||Lucy Foxall|||||||||||||||

Last Edited=22 Mar 2003
     Alfred Rolinson was born on 2 December 1891 at Staffordshire, England. He was the son of Joseph Rolinson and Lucy Foxall.

Children of Alfred Rolinson and Hannah Minerva Main

Ruth Avanelle Rolinson

F, b. 29 November 1914, d. 10 August 1941
Ruth Avanelle Rolinson|b. 29 Nov 1914\nd. 10 Aug 1941|p53.htm#i3292|Alfred Rolinson|b. 2 Dec 1891|p53.htm#i3289|Hannah Minerva Main|||Joseph Rolinson|||Lucy Foxall|||Ephraim Main|b. 13 Jun 1850\nd. 22 Oct 1910|p29.htm#i2219|Sarah E. Grove|b. 15 Jan 1861\nd. 3 Dec 1937|p32.htm#i2321|

Last Edited=22 Apr 2007
     Ruth Avanelle Rolinson was born on 29 November 1914 at Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; birth year may be 1915. She was the daughter of Alfred Rolinson and Hannah Minerva Main. Ruth Avanelle Rolinson died on 10 August 1941 at Grove City Hospital, Grove City, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, at age 26; of congestive heart disease.

Family: Ruth Avanelle Rolinson and (?) Brianesco

Family: Ruth Avanelle Rolinson and Edward William Blucher

Chalmer Rolinson

M, b. 31 January 1917, d. 27 September 1919
Chalmer Rolinson|b. 31 Jan 1917\nd. 27 Sep 1919|p53.htm#i3294|Alfred Rolinson|b. 2 Dec 1891|p53.htm#i3289|Hannah Minerva Main|||Joseph Rolinson|||Lucy Foxall|||Ephraim Main|b. 13 Jun 1850\nd. 22 Oct 1910|p29.htm#i2219|Sarah E. Grove|b. 15 Jan 1861\nd. 3 Dec 1937|p32.htm#i2321|

Last Edited=22 Mar 2003
     Chalmer Rolinson was born on 31 January 1917. He was the son of Alfred Rolinson and Hannah Minerva Main. Chalmer Rolinson died on 27 September 1919 at age 2.

Harold Eugene Main1

M, b. 20 November 1923, d. 7 October 1979
Harold Eugene Main|b. 20 Nov 1923\nd. 7 Oct 1979|p53.htm#i3298|Ralph Edgar Main|b. 19 Feb 1896\nd. 9 Mar 1965|p33.htm#i2382|Ruth Hazel Craven|||Ephraim Main|b. 13 Jun 1850\nd. 22 Oct 1910|p29.htm#i2219|Sarah E. Grove|b. 15 Jan 1861\nd. 3 Dec 1937|p32.htm#i2321|David W. Craven|||Stella Altmeyer|||

Last Edited=9 Apr 2008
     Harold Eugene Main was born on 20 November 1923 at Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Ralph Edgar Main and Ruth Hazel Craven. Harold Eugene Main died on 7 October 1979 at age 55.
     Harold Eugene Main was working for Bell Telephone Company in 1947 at Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

Citations

  1. From Ralph Main, exactly as he wrote it: (BEGIN QUOTE) Harold finished high school and worked at the B & W Tube Mill until he was drafted into the Navy. He went to Camdon, New Jersey after boot camp where they were building the USS Bataan and was on it before it was finished. The Captain was Ward C. Gilbert, USN. It was a light aircraft carrier of the Independence class carrying a complement of 25 fighters and 3 torpedo planes. Originally laid down as a light cruiser, but converted at an early stage in her construction. It was built by The New York Shipbuilding Company and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on November 17, 1943. After a shakedown cruise in the Caribbean waters, the ship proceeded to the Pacific War via the Panama Canal.

    She lost no time getting into action. On April 21, 1944, planes from the Bataan flew their first missions against the Japs in support of the landings by General McArthur's troops at Hollandia, New Guinea. In quick succession followed strikes on Truk, Ponape, the Marianas, and the Bonin Islands, climaxed by participation in the Battle of Eastern Philippines.

    Towards the close of the Marianas campaign, the Bataan returned to San Francisco for operational repairs and then in October 1944 was assigned duty in the Hawaiian Islands as a training ship for day and night air groups. This interlude was terminated early in March of this year when the ship steamed west to take part in the campaign for Okinawa. During the next 3 months, the Bataan, as a unit of Task Force 58, participated in the attacks on Kyushu and Honshu which preceded the invasion of Okinawa, flew strikes and sweeps against that island and many others in the Nansei Shoto chain, and furnished air support to our ground forces on Okinawa. On April 7, in the Battle of the East China Sea, the ship's Avenger torpedo planes contributed 4 "fish" towards the sinking of the 45,000 ton battleship Yamato, other crippling bomb hits were obtained on a cruiser and 2 destroyers by Bataan Hellcat fighters.

    The end of the Okinawa operation found the Bataan enjoying a much needed month's rest at Leyte in the Philippines. From there, on the first of July, she sailed with Admiral Halsey's third Fleet to engage in the series of attacks on the Japanese Home Islands which constituted the final operation of the war. Her target included enemy aircraft, shipping and land targets at Tokyo Bay, Northern Honshu, Hokkaido and Yokosuka and Kure Naval Bases, When news of the Japanese surrender was received aboard on August 15 [Tokyo Time], the ship was cruising in enemy waters of Tokyo Bay ---a fitting place to end the war--- having just launched planes for an attack on Tokyo. The planes were recalled within sight of the Japanese coast, and landed on the flight deck to see the majic "V-J" chalked on the side of the island.

    During the Okinawa operation the ship was in formation next to four large carriers-- Franklin, Hancock, Bunker Hill and the Enterprise--when they were hit by enemy bombs or suicide planes. The Bataan, however, though under attack many times lived up to its reputation as a lucky ship by never being hit by the enemy. The closest shave came on April 17 when a Japanese dive bomber singled the ship out as its target for a suicide run. Hit by a stream of anti- aircraft fire from the ship's guns, the Kamikaze crashed just off the carrier's stern, scattering salt water and pieces of airplane over the flight deck. The fragments furnished good souvenirs for the crew.

    After the surrender, the Bataan took part in operations in connection with the occupation of Japan and furnished personnel for landing parties. She dropped anchor in Tokyo Bay on September 6, and on the same day started the long journey home to the East coast by way of Pearl Harbor and the Panama Canal.

    The flags and symbols painted on the port side of the bridge represented the Bataans combat record which includes a total of 129 enemy planes shot down in aerial combat, 9 planes shot down by the ship's anti-aircraft batteries plus assists on many others, and 112 planes destroyed or damaged on the ground or water. Attacks by Bataan planes and aircraft from other carriers assigned to the same targets resulted in the sinking or damaging of some 207,500 tons of merchant shipping, including the Battleship Yamato and Hyuga, sunk, the battleship Nagato, damaged, and the heavy cruiser Tone and a light cruiser put out of action or sunk; 3 enemy carriers were damaged. Approxamately 41,500 tons of merchant shipping were sunk or damaged by Bataan planes. In addition many land targets of oll descriptions were successfully attacked in the 40 strikes or offensive missions flown against the Japanese Home Islands and the 102 strikes against islands outside the enemy Homeland. This is the write up with pictures given to all aboard the ship.

    Harold, came home, got married and bought property in North Swickley Township . (END QUOTE).

Ralph Edward Main1

M, b. 7 November 1924, d. 8 April 2008
Ralph Edward Main|b. 7 Nov 1924\nd. 8 Apr 2008|p53.htm#i3299|Ralph Edgar Main|b. 19 Feb 1896\nd. 9 Mar 1965|p33.htm#i2382|Ruth Hazel Craven|||Ephraim Main|b. 13 Jun 1850\nd. 22 Oct 1910|p29.htm#i2219|Sarah E. Grove|b. 15 Jan 1861\nd. 3 Dec 1937|p32.htm#i2321|David W. Craven|||Stella Altmeyer|||

Last Edited=5 May 2008
     Ralph Edward Main was born on 7 November 1924 at Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Ralph Edgar Main and Ruth Hazel Craven. Ralph Edward Main died on 8 April 2008 at his home, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, at age 83; I have copy of transcribed obituary, and an online guestbook posting, written by his son. See obituary. He was buried on 11 April 2008.

Child of Ralph Edward Main and Leona Grace Young

Citations

  1. The following was written by Ralph Edward Main. It is exactly as Ralph, himself, wrote it: (BEGIN QUOTE) Ralph was born Nov. 7, 1924 during the depression in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, Beaver County. He attended school there and spent most of his time in the shop building furniture since he had no problems with his other studies.

    At twelve he was out working and also delivering the morning and evening papers. One morning while delivering the papers in the dark a trailer truck lost it's brakes coming down Steffin Hill and turned over less that ten foot from him. He helped the driver out of the cab. At 14 he worked in Kroll's Bakery 60 hours a week and still attended school. At 16 he went to work driving a mail truck on a star route to out lying post offices and picked up mail at the three railroad stations. That was back when they had real steam engines. He enjoyed going to the stations, meeting the trains with the mail. That was 70 hours a week and still attended school. He did this untill he entered the service. All his money but a dollar a week was used to keep bread on the table.

    He also raised and raced homing pigeons. This is what got him drafted into the Army on April 1, 1943. He raced them from 100 to 500 miles under the rules of the American Racing Pigeon Union with 850 members in the Pittsburgh area. In the 500 mile race they had never received a bird the same day so he trained his to fly at night since that was the only time he had for the birds. He got his birds home the same day on a 500 mile race after dark up till 10:00 P.M., The first one 12 hours before anyone else and lost the race because of the rules so the rules were changed world wide. The Army picked this up in all the pigeon magazines and came knocking on his door. They were trying to train night flying birds and couldn't do it. Ralph, told them how but they still couldn't . They wanted his parents to sign so he could go in the service and they wouldn't so they went to the draft board and drafted him when he turned 18. He went when the 22 year olds were drafted.

    He took signal basic at Camp Crowder, Mo. He was extra good at map courses. They had a map compass course that was laid out years before that no one was ever able to run so they gave him a try at it. They dropped him off on a road out in the Osarks at the first and last stake and told him they would be there at 6 P.M. and after three days they would be out looking for him. The course was about ten miles long. On the course he came upon a wooden shack with wooden shutters, no glass windows, the walls papered with news paper to keep the wind from coming through with a small wood stove for cooking and heat. The furniture was made from rough lumber.The beds had straw filled mattrases.This was all in one room. The table was set with tin plates and there was something cooking on the stove but no one around. He had a rifle but no ammo but they didn't know that. He pulled out all the money he had in his pocket and left it on the table and left because they were living on the reservation and no one was allowed to live there. He thought by doing that they would know he meant them no harm. They needed the money more than he did. They could have done away with him and dumped him in the Indian Creek and no one would ever have known what happened. He had to cross that Indian Creek and it almost got him because it was too swift and he couldn't swim. He didn't tell anyone about them because they would have been run off. They were there before it was a reservation . All the other people were run off. He ran the course and found all the stakes with the numbers on that you had to record so they knew that you did run the course. They were grown up with brush and trees. He ran the course and was sitting there waiting on them at 6 P.M. They couldn't beleive it.

    After basic he was sent to the Pigeon Section where he was given the run of the place. They said that they had been waiting for him for two years. He taught pigeon school to fellows old enough to be his father. He didn't have to stand formations and his day started at 1 P.M. He had a truck to go off the base at night back in the hills of the Osarks to many small towns with the birds. He was photographed and wrote up in the "Click" magazine while at Camp Crowder.

    He trained 50 birds in each team and also trained Sgt. Eddie Kowalski on how train them. As soon as he trained a team they would fly them to England for the French Underground because the Germans were shooting down all the day birds carrying map overlays to England. In Crowder they called them the "Secret Weapon" Also they wanted two birds for every glider that went in before daylight in the invasion of France. This way they knew which glider got in and landed at their objectives.

    He got home sick and asked to be transferred to Maryland. He had it made and could have stayed there untill the end of the war but after training 30 teams they gave him a transfer since Eddie had learned the system of training them. He arrived at Ft. Mead Maryland and got home the first wek end. The second week end the outfit was on the way to Ft. Jackson, S.C.. That is where his Muscular Dystrophy started but they didn't know what it was and treated him for flat feet. He got hurt in training and went in the hospital for a serious operation and when he got out his outfit had been broken up and everyone was sent to the infantry. He went to the 300th. Inf, for training but wasn't allowed to train because he could hardly get around. He was shipped to Ft. Dix and then to Scottland, England, and then landed on the beach at La Harve , France. He was a rifleman without any training and could hardly make it. They picked him up on the beach and wanted to send him back to England but he refused and asked to go to a signal outfit since he had signal training so he ended up in the 42nd. Rainbow Inf. Div. at the forward message center and went through France, Germany, Austria to Brenner, Italy.That is the outfit that liberated the Dachau Concentration Camp in Munchen, Germany. He was shot at many times but made it home without a scratch. He could write a lot of stories about being straffed many times, about German mines, about capturing S.S.,about the break through in the Hart Mountains, about what he found in German Castles and traveling through beautiful Austria meeting the older people who were against the war.

    When the war ended he was stationed in beautiful Saltzburg, Austria. There he went to a Photo Studio and asked to learn the trade. They couldn't speak many words but he learned a lot there.

    After discharge he went to work in a studio dark room untill the chemicals gave him a rash.

    He met Leona Young from Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, who he later married on October 12, 1946.

    He went to work for Ing-Rich Manufacturing Co. and then the Armstrong Cork Co. in Beaver Falls, Pa.

    Everything he did was self taught. He made electrician and then electrical supervisor. He was also self taught in electronics and ran a TV repair business for years. He designed and built all the controls for all the old and new operations. He designed and built control systems that the whole engineering department worked on for years with out coming up with anything that worked. He solved a problem that he was told his grandfather , who he never seen, had worked on many years before. Armstrong Engineering Department rated him as one of the top control designers in the country and they had the top engineers from the best schools. He designed systems for other Armstrong plants without ever seeing the operation. He worked on installing a large dielectric heating operation and then ran it untill he became sick and was told to move to Florida, No one else could keep it running so they did away with it. It was like three large microwave ovens that was a continous operation. One unit had more power than the radio station K.D.K.A. and there were three units.

    In 1960 they moved to where Seminole, Fla. is today and went to work for Top Value Enterprises as their engineer over seeing all construction and putting in operation large warehouses and offices all over the country. He spent 18 years there before the trading stamp business started down hill and closed up. He built a home in Highlands, N.C. and one in Seminole, Fla. doing almost all the work himself.

    While living in Florida he took flying lessons in a Piper Colt at the St. Petersburg / Clearwater Airport. He soloed in five hours of ground school and flight training. He enjoyed flying.

    While in Florida he took the two day State Building Contractors test, passed the first time and received a license to build anywhere in the state of Florida. There were very , very , few who ever passed that test the first time and very few who ever passed at all because the passing rate was three percent. The state claimed that the passing of that test was the equivalent of an engineering degree.

    In 1980 they moved to Athens, Ga. where he went to work as the chief engineer for the Holiday Inn. He worked there untill he was 70 years old. He was over all construction, maintenance, renovations and purchasing.

    His wife, Leona, was better known by everyone as " Mama Lee". She took care of children from when they were three weeks old untill they started to school. In 22 years in Athens, Ga. she helped raise approximately 60 children. Each one was like their own but there were some very, very special ones.

    They raised two boys, Ronald and David. David was killed in a auto accident by a drunk driver in North Carolina. Ronald, resides in Spencer, N.C. (END QUOTE).

David Main

M, b. 3 November 1951, d. 17 February 1985
David Main|b. 3 Nov 1951\nd. 17 Feb 1985|p53.htm#i3319|Ralph Edward Main|b. 7 Nov 1924\nd. 8 Apr 2008|p53.htm#i3299|Leona Grace Young|||Ralph E. Main|b. 19 Feb 1896\nd. 9 Mar 1965|p33.htm#i2382|Ruth H. Craven|||Lawrence C. Young|||Sylvia E. Newton|||

Last Edited=22 Mar 2003
     David Main was born on 3 November 1951 at Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Ralph Edward Main and Leona Grace Young. David Main died on 17 February 1985 at Hickory, North Carolina, at age 33.

Robert L. Graham

M, b. 5 April 1929, d. 23 November 1946
Robert L. Graham|b. 5 Apr 1929\nd. 23 Nov 1946|p53.htm#i3326|Clair O. L. Graham Sr.|||Ruth McConahy|||Michael Graham|b. 5 Sep 1865|p34.htm#i2394|Ravilla Reno|b. 4 Mar 1875\nd. 1950|p34.htm#i2395|Luther McConahy|||Ruth Hennon|||

Last Edited=30 Oct 2008
     Robert L. Graham was born on 5 April 1929 at Ellwood City, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Clair O. L. Graham Sr. and Ruth McConahy. Robert L. Graham died on 23 November 1946 at Pennsylvania at age 17. He was buried after 23 November 1946 at North Sewickley Cemetery, North Sewickley Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; I have picture of military marker. He was a private, Field Artillery in World War II.

George Pontius

M, b. 23 January 1906, d. 26 February 2002
George Pontius|b. 23 Jan 1906\nd. 26 Feb 2002|p53.htm#i3332|Frederick Pontius|||Anna Gates|||||||||||||||

Last Edited=1 Oct 2004
     George Pontius was born on 23 January 1906 at Neshannock Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Frederick Pontius and Anna Gates. George Pontius married Catherine S. Booher, daughter of Martin R. Booher and Eva Main. George Pontius died on 26 February 2002 at New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, at age 96.

Family: George Pontius and Catherine S. Booher

Gwenola Jo Norton

F, b. 26 April 1936, d. 19 July 2001
Gwenola Jo Norton|b. 26 Apr 1936\nd. 19 Jul 2001|p53.htm#i3339|Harry Norton|||Mary Ella Gordon|b. 17 Feb 1911\nd. 7 Mar 1995|p34.htm#i2430|Joseph Norton|||Jane Lambert|||Harry L. 'Curly' Gordon|b. 7 May 1890\nd. 25 Dec 1921|p34.htm#i2427|Eddeth Main|b. 26 Jun 1886\nd. 16 Jan 1964|p34.htm#i2426|

Last Edited=27 Sep 2007
     Gwenola Jo Norton was born on 26 April 1936 at Frisco, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Harry Norton and Mary Ella Gordon. Gwenola Jo Norton died on 19 July 2001 at age 65; was found in the Social Security death index last living in Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.

Family: Gwenola Jo Norton and Marlin Carpenter

Ruth Irene Courson

F, b. 15 March 1915, d. 15 February 1963
Ruth Irene Courson|b. 15 Mar 1915\nd. 15 Feb 1963|p53.htm#i3340|Jerry Calvin Courson|||Maud Deemer|||||||||||||||

Last Edited=20 Jan 2008
     Ruth Irene Courson was born on 15 March 1915 at Ellwood City, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Jerry Calvin Courson and Maud Deemer. Ruth Irene Courson married Arthur Emmett Maine, son of Emmet Theodore Main and Ida Mae Ewing, on 2 March 1935. Ruth Irene Courson died on 15 February 1963 at her home, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, at age 47; I have copy of obituary. She was buried on 19 February 1963 at North Sewickley Cemetery, North Sewickley Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; I have picture of double marker with Arthur.

Child of Ruth Irene Courson and Arthur Emmett Maine

Paul Anderson McDowell

M, b. 27 May 1911, d. 26 February 1965
Paul Anderson McDowell|b. 27 May 1911\nd. 26 Feb 1965|p53.htm#i3344|Fred Finwick McDowell|b. 2 Aug 1888|p53.htm#i3345|Nettie (?)|b. 1889|p88.htm#i6592|||||||||||||

Last Edited=6 Sep 2008
     Paul Anderson McDowell was born on 27 May 1911 at Kennerdale, Venango County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Fred Finwick McDowell and Nettie (?). Paul Anderson McDowell married Thelma Lucille Main, daughter of George Raney Francis Main and Viola Dorothy Flinner, on 17 June 1934. Paul Anderson McDowell died on 26 February 1965 at age 53.

Family: Paul Anderson McDowell and Thelma Lucille Main

Fred Finwick McDowell

M, b. 2 August 1888

Last Edited=6 Sep 2008
     Fred Finwick McDowell was born on 2 August 1888 at Scrubgrass, Venango County, Pennsylvania. He married Nettie (?) in 1910.

Child of Fred Finwick McDowell and Nettie (?)

John Wright Sr.

M, b. 26 January 1899, d. June 1984
John Wright Sr.|b. 26 Jan 1899\nd. Jun 1984|p53.htm#i3348|Dell W. Wright|b. 1857|p53.htm#i3349|Sophia Fox|b. 1863|p53.htm#i3350|||||||||||||

Last Edited=27 Jan 2006
     John Wright Sr. was born on 26 January 1899 at Perry Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Dell W. Wright and Sophia Fox. John Wright Sr. married Ethel Marie Main, daughter of Curtis Deweese Main and Eva Louella Stevens, on 15 June 1921. John Wright Sr. died in June 1984 at age 85; was found in the Social Security death index last living in Ellwood City, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
     John Wright Sr. appeared on the census of 13 April 1930 at E.D.4-82; S.D.7; Sheet 17 B, North Sewickley Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; is age 31, married to Ethel and he is working as a foreman at the tube mill. They have one son.

Family: John Wright Sr. and Ethel Marie Main

Dell W. Wright

M, b. 1857

Last Edited=4 Jan 2010
     Dell W. Wright was born in 1857 at Pennsylvania. He married Sophia Fox circa 1882.

Child of Dell W. Wright and Sophia Fox

Sophia Fox

F, b. 1863

Last Edited=4 Jan 2010
     Sophia Fox was born in 1863 at Pennsylvania. She married Dell W. Wright circa 1882.

Child of Sophia Fox and Dell W. Wright

Edith E. Majors

F, b. 4 February 1908, d. 31 July 1975
Edith E. Majors|b. 4 Feb 1908\nd. 31 Jul 1975|p53.htm#i3352|Gardner Majors|||Lucy Pemberthy|||||||||||||||

Last Edited=18 Sep 2009
     Edith E. Majors was born on 4 February 1908 at Wurtemburg, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Gardner Majors and Lucy Pemberthy. Edith E. Majors married Curtis Raymond Main, son of Curtis Deweese Main and Eva Louella Stevens, on 28 August 1922. Edith E. Majors died on 31 July 1975 at Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, at age 67; of injuries sustained, from being accidentally struck by the family car. I have copy of obituary. She was buried on 2 August 1975 at Locust Grove Cemetery, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; I have picture of double marker with Curtis.

Child of Edith E. Majors and Curtis Raymond Main

Delphine I. Main

F, b. 13 July 1924, d. 18 June 1990
Delphine I. Main|b. 13 Jul 1924\nd. 18 Jun 1990|p53.htm#i3355|Curtis Raymond Main|b. 8 Apr 1900\nd. 14 Sep 1975|p36.htm#i2483|Edith E. Majors|b. 4 Feb 1908\nd. 31 Jul 1975|p53.htm#i3352|Curtis D. Main|b. 6 May 1869\nd. 8 Jun 1959|p36.htm#i2478|Eva L. Stevens|b. 17 Apr 1881\nd. 1945|p36.htm#i2479|Gardner Majors|||Lucy Pemberthy|||

Last Edited=27 May 2007
     Delphine I. Main was born on 13 July 1924 at Ellwood City, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Curtis Raymond Main and Edith E. Majors. Delphine I. Main died on 18 June 1990 at Pennsylvania at age 65; was living in Pittsburgh on the Social Security death index. She was buried after 18 June 1990 at Locust Grove Cemetery, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; I have picture of grave marker.

Harry William Brown

M, b. 8 September 1891, d. 5 March 1961
Harry William Brown|b. 8 Sep 1891\nd. 5 Mar 1961|p53.htm#i3360|William Curtis Brown|b. Jan 1855\nd. Feb 1925|p53.htm#i3361|Rosanna Wright|b. May 1853\nd. Aug 1929|p54.htm#i3362|||||||||||||

Last Edited=18 Jul 2004
     Harry William Brown was born on 8 September 1891 at Ellwood City, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of William Curtis Brown and Rosanna Wright. Harry William Brown married Sylvia Irene Main, daughter of Curtis Deweese Main and Eva Louella Stevens, on 27 June 1934. Harry William Brown died on 5 March 1961 at Pennsylvania at age 69.

Family: Harry William Brown and Sylvia Irene Main

William Curtis Brown

M, b. January 1855, d. February 1925

Last Edited=16 Nov 2008
     William Curtis Brown was born in January 1855 at Pennsylvania. He married Rosanna Wright in 1877. William Curtis Brown died in February 1925 at Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, at age 70; notice of his death appeared in the newspaper, February 7, 1925, on page 1. He was buried in February 1925 at Locust Grove Cemetery, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

Children of William Curtis Brown and Rosanna Wright

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