John W. Rayl and Martha S. Smith

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Husband John W. Rayl ¹

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           Born: 26 Apr 1872 - South Beaver Twp, Beaver Co, PA 1
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         Father: John B. Rayl (1841-      ) 2
         Mother: Rebecca J. Louthan (1843-Aft 1914) 3 4

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       Marriage: 22 Nov 1898 1

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Wife Martha S. Smith ¹

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           Born:  - Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA
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         Father: David F. Smith (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Mary C. [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M Fairman Wells Rayl ¹

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           Born: 4 Jun 1904 1
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General Notes: Husband - John W. Rayl

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He attended school in South Beaver township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and until he attained mature age worked on his father's farm, assisting his father in his grocery store for one year after the former's establishment in that line in Beaver Falls. In 1894 he obtained a position with the D. L. Clark Company, wholesale confectioners, for a time driving the delivery wagon which distributed the products of the company and those which it handled for other firms. In that period of the firm's history one wagon was ample accommodation for their trade. Mr. Rayl was steadily advanced to more important positions as his familiarity with the business and his ability warranted, and in 1902 was appointed manager of the company. In 1906 the Model Candy Company, composed of D. L. Clark and Mr. Rayl, bought out the former firm, Mr. Rayl directing the welfare of the new concern as general manager. The Model Candy Company controled a large wholesale trade and was the only firm in the Beaver Valley manufacturing confectionery, their salary list containing twenty-five names and their trade extending over a radius of fifty miles.
Mr. Rayl was a strong Republican sympathizer, and belonged to the New Side Covenanter Church. He was a member of the Commercial Travelers' Association, and held the thirty-second degree in the Masonic order.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 160.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 159.

3 Editor, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 300.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 159, 615, 721.