George Laurence Blose and Bertha Virginia Riddle

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Husband George Laurence Blose ¹

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            AKA: Larry G. Blose 1
           Born: 23 Jun 1872 - Jefferson Co, PA 1
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         Father: Darius Ellsworth Blose (1840-1899) 2 3 4
         Mother: Martha C. McQuown (      -Aft 1913) 3

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       Marriage: 26 Apr 1898 1

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Wife Bertha Virginia Riddle ¹

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           Born: 2 Mar 1880 - Deckers Point, Indiana Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Riddle (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Lavina [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 F Damaris Margaurette Blose ¹

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           Born: 11 Aug 1899 1
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2 M Harold Wayne Blose ¹

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           Born: 29 Aug 1902 1
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3 M Forrest Dryden Blose ¹

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           Born: 2 Jan 1907 1
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General Notes: Husband - George Laurence Blose

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His early years were spent at Sportsburg, Pennsylvania, on a farm, where he attended the public school. At the age of eighteen he taught school for one term at Punxsutawney. Then he entered the Ohio University, at Ada, Ohio, where he studied for about two years. Returning to Punxsutawney, he taught another term of school. Afterward he taught one term at Buhuit, Henderson township, Jefferson County, and a term at Trade City, Indiana County. He also taught in the upper grade of the high school at Coolspring, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. Having taken a preliminary examination he was admitted in Jefferson County as a student of law, and he began to read law at Punxsutawney, in the office of William M. Gillespie. When, however, he was nearly ready to take the final examination, he entered the insurance business. Eventually, he was made manager of a territory including the borough of Ridgway, Elk County, and in general Elk and Cameron counties. He made his home, accordingly, at Ridgway. Having been manager of this territory for eight years, he resigned, and opened an insurance office at Ridgway. He was representative for fire, life and accident insurance companies, including such companies as the Mutual Life, American Casualty, German Fire, German Alliance, Fireman's, of Newark, New Jersey, and the Palatine, of England. In addition Mr. Blose was largely interested in the lumber business; he was a member of the Warsaw Lumber Company. He was a member at Ridgway of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and of the United Order of American Mechanics, at Punxsutawney, Lodge No. 375. He was an active Democrat; was a delegate to the state convention of his party, and in 1910 was senatorial referee for Elk County, at the convention held at Lock Haven.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 465.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1123.

3 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 179.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 464.