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 BIOGRAPHIES 
		
					Source: 
					A History of Northwest Ohio 
					A Narrative Account of Its Historical 
					Progress and Development  
					from the First European Exploration of the Maumee and 
					Sandusky Valleys and the Adjacent Shores of 
					Lake Erie, down to the Present Time 
					By Nevin O. Winter, Litt. D. 
					Assisted by a Board of Advisory and Contributing Editors 
					ILLUSTRATED 
					Vol. I & II 
					The Lewis Publishing Company 
					Chicago and New York 
					1917 
			
             
            
              
            
            
            
              
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                RALPH R. 
                McELROY is a young business man of Dunkirk and now 
                serving as assistant cashier of the First National Bank. 
     He was born in Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, June 
                6, 1890, son of William C. and Elizabeth (Patterson) McElroy.  
                His parents were farmers and moved to Hardin County, Ohio, in 
                1895. 
     Mr. McElroy grew up in Hardin County attended 
                the public schools and also the Ohio Northern University at Ada.  
                He had his first business experience with the First National 
                Bank in Dunkirk as bookkeeper, and since 1912 has been assistant 
                cashier.  He is a member of the Masonic order.  For 
                the past three years he has been village clerk.  On 
                December 23, 1915, Mr. McElroy married Ollie Lease 
                of Dunkirk. 
                Source: History of Northwest Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
			The Lewis Publishing 
            Co. - Chicago & New York 
            - by Nevin O. Winter, Litt. D. - 1917 - Pg. 816 - 817 | 
               
               
             
            
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