ALFRED
M. Le BLOND
A representative of the industrial interests
of Troy, Mr. Le Blond is numbered among the native sons of the Buckeye
state, his birth having occurred in Mercer county, October 17, 1867, his
parents being Alfred and Jane R. (Slack) Le Blond. The mother was born
in Morrow county, where her people had located in pioneer days. In 1868,
during the infancy of our subject, his father died and his mother then
came to Miami county. Alfred M. Le Blond has therefore spent almost his
entire life in this locality, was reared on a farm near West Milton, and
during his youth became familiar with all the duties and labors that fall
to the lot of the agriculturist. He attended the public schools and, well
equipped for life's practical duties by a good English education, he came
to Troy in 1889, and was first employed in the Troy Wagon Works. He spent
three years in the department where the wagon beds are manufactured, after
which he became inspector of the lumber and is also foreman of the yards
and drying department at the present time. A very extensive business is
carried on by this corporation at the present time and his duties are therefore
arduous and responsible. That he has the unqualified confidence of the
company is evidenced by his long connection with the business. In April,
1893, Mr. Le Blond was united in marriage to Miss Ida R. Van Horn, of Elizabeth
township, a daughter of John and Lizzie Van Horn. Their only son, V. Max,
born August, 1899, has the distinction of being the only child of Miami
county that owes its existence to the Caesarean operation. The little boy
is the light and life of the home. Both Mr. and Mrs. Le Blond enjoy the
warm regard of all with whom they have been brought in contact and our
subject is highly respected as a citizen of marked industry and worth.
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