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Alger, Russel Alexander Jr.

Born
2/27/1873
Birthplace
Detroit, Michigan
Titles and Honors
President of Alger, Smith & Co. (lumber); Anderson Forge & Machine Company
First Vice-President of Packard Motor Company
Treasurer of Duluth & Northern Minnesota Raileoad
Director of Security Trust Co.; Peoples State Bank; Manistique Lumber Co.' Alger, Sullivan Co.; Gibford Specialty Co.
Co-owner of one of the first Wright planes built
Republican
Member of Fort Street Presbyterian Church
Education
Michigan Military Academy
Detroit High School
Philips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
Occupation
Helped organize the Wright Brothers Aero-plane Company; was a co-owner of one of the first Wright planes built.
Publications
Burton, HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, Vol. V, p. 564
BOOK OF DETROITERS
Father
Russell Alexander Alger, Sr.
Mother
Annette Henry
Spouse
Marion Alger, m. 1/23/1896
Children
Josephine
Caroline Fay
Russell A.
Relations
See genealogy in bio. file
Nationality
American

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