Husband Horace Hamlin Redfield 1 2
Born: 10 Jan 1878 - Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, TN 1 2
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Father: Horace Victor Eugene Redfield (1845-1881) 3 4 5
Mother: Jeannette Hamlin (1852- ) 1 3 5 6
Marriage: 10 Oct 1900 1 7
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Wife Grace Emily McCoy 1 7
Born: 1 Apr 1878 - Ellicottville, Cattaraugus Co, NY 1 7
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Father: Frederick Arthur McCoy ( - ) 7 8
Mother: Emily Leona Huenerfeld (1855- ) 1 7
Children
1 M Hamlin Delano Redfield 1 7
Born: 17 Jan 1902 - Smethport, McKean Co, PA 1 7
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2 M Robert Horace Redfield 1 7
Born: 12 Mar 1905 - Smethport, McKean Co, PA 1 7
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3 F Louise Redfield 1 7
Born: 16 Mar 1909 - Smethport, McKean Co, PA 1 7
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Spouse: John R. McAlpin ( - ) 7
General Notes: Husband - Horace Hamlin Redfield
He spent his childhood in Smethport, Pennsylvania, and was graduated from high school there. He later was a student at Hobart College, in Geneva, New York. In earlier years he was for a time a student at St. John's Academy, in Manlius, New York. He spent many of his summers in early life in Smethport, and his winters in Augusta, Georgia. Later he chose Smethport as his permanent residence. He early went into the hardware business in that city, so continuing for a number of years. As time went on and his interests became more ramified, he was at one time or another a leading figure in many businesses. He served as president and a director of the Grange National Bank, in Smethport, and was founder and president of the First National Bank of Eldred. In Bradford he was a director of the First National Bank, and he was also a director of the Hamlin Bank & Trust Company. Mr. Redfield became a member of the advisory board of the First Mortgage Guarantee & Trust Company, of Philadelphia, and was a director of the Great Southern Lumber Company, of Bogalusa, Louisiana; vice-president and a director of the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad; president of the McKean County Refining Company; and a director of the Smethport Water Company. He later sold his holdings in the McKean County Refining Company, which had head-quarters at Farmers' Valley, Pennsylvania, to the Quaker State Oil Company. Mr. Redfield was also a director of the Coudersport & Port Allegany Railroad. One of the active oil producers in the Bradford field, Mr. Redfield was a director of the Gaylord Container Corporation, and also served as chairman of the board of directors of the Jefferson County Gas Company, of Warren.
He helped during the World War period of 1917 and 1918 to promote many war time campaigns, notably as chairman of the McKean County War Savings Stamp drives. He served one term in the Pennsylvania State Legislature. Many organizations found in Mr. Redfield an enthusiastic worker, among these being the Smethport Country Club and the Conopus Club. In the Free and Accepted Masons he was affiliated with McKean Lodge, No. 388, and was a Past Master of that Lodge. He also had memberships in Coudersport Consistory of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and was an initiate in Zem Zem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Erie. He was a member of St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, where he served as vestryman, treasurer and junior warden.
General Notes: Wife - Grace Emily McCoy
She was graduated from Smethport High School in 1895, after which she became active in Smethport affairs as a member of St. Luke's Church and Smethport Chapter, No. 15, of the Order of Eastern Star.