Clarice Vivian (Eller) Stanley

It is with sadness that I report the death of Clarice Vivian (Eller) Stanley on 23 Dec 2014 (probably at Martins Ferry, Belmont Co., OH).  She was born on 8 Nov 1923 in Taylors Ridge, Marshall Co., WV a daughter of Berrell and Florence Arlena (Blake) Eller.

I had the privilege of meeting Clarice Stanley at one of the Yoho Family Reunions in New Martinsville, WV. We went on to collaborate on the compilation of an updated version of the Rine / Ryan family history that she produced from the papers of Dorothy (Rine) Brown.

The obituary appeared in the 26 December 2014 issue of The Intelligence - Wheeling News Register.

Tribute Page - by Linda Cunningham Fluharty

Dick Henthorn
26 Dec 2014

Will of William Robinson - 18331223

Will
of

William Robinson

Barnesville, OH

23 Dec 1833

I William Robinson give and bequeath to ... ... sons in ... Henry and Beadmore one quarter section to be equally divided between them on condition of them paying my daughter Jane 100 Dollars to be paid 6 months after my death, the above land being situated on Sunfish Creek Monroe County.

s/illegible Robinson

Witnefses { John Dearden
Joseph Earnshaw
Elijah C. Moore

(Note: Barnesville is in Warren Twp., Belmont Co., OH. Belmont County is the county just to the north of Monroe County, where Sunfish Creek is located. This transcription was done, by Richard E. Henthorn from a xerox copy of an original document. The first line of the will may have read: "I William Robinson give and bequeath to Jane's sons in law, Henry and Beadmon one quarter section...". A last line, before the signature has been crossed out and all but 3 words can still be read, "... give and bequeath my ... ... to my Daughter Jane." This document was in the effects of Nathaniel Henthorne and is in the possession of Paul Henthorne of Idabel, OK, as of April 1993.

Is it possible that Jane Alee, who 1st married William Foggin and later William Henthorn was married 3 times? Could there have been a 1st husband, Unknown Alee? Or are the two persons mentioned in the first line, the sons of William Robinson?

Since the 3rd child of the marriage of William Foggin and Jane Alee was named, Robinson Foggin, and since this document is from the effects of Nathaniel Henthorne, son of Jane Alee's marriage to William Henthorn, I think it is probable that Jane Alee was the daughter of William Robinson and that she named one of her sons, Robinson, in honor of her maiden name. REH, 1 May 1993)

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Email: Dick.Henthorn@gmail.com
Posted: 22 Sep 2009
File: 18331231.txt

Thomas, R. David

R. David Thomas

Born: Abt. 1932 in Atlantic City, NJ
Died: 8 Jan 2001, Fort Lauderdale, Broward Co., FL

AKA: Called, Dave

ADOPTION: R. David Thomas was adopted by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo, MI.

COMMENT: This is R. David Thomas, otherwise known as, Dave Thomas. He was the founder of the hamburger chain, "Wendy's," which was named after his daughter, Wendy. The television commercials for Wendy's were famous because Dave Thomas himself appeared in many of them. Some of them were quite humorous and often poked fun at Dave.

RELATIONSHIP: The grandchildren of R. David Thomas were: Kristin Marie Thomas, Michael David Thomas, Sean David Thomas, Ashley von Floto, Andrew von Floto and Allyson Farber.
QUESTION: Who were the parents of the Floto and Farmer grandchildren?


BIOGRAPHY:
R. David Thomas (Dave) never knew his birth parents. He was adopted by Rex and Auleva Thomas from Kalamazoo, Michigan when he was six weeks old. Auleva died when he was five and he spent most of his childhood moving from state to state as Rex sought work. Summers he spent with his adoptive grandmother and it was from her that he learned many of the lessons that were to serve him well in life.

When Dave was a cook at a restaurant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, he married a waitress, Ina Louise Buskirk, whose Buskirk and Baker roots could be traced to Belmont Co., Ohio.

Dave worked for Harland Sanders and managed some of his Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in Columbus, Ohio which we doing poorly. He was very successful in this endeavor and sold his interest for over a million dollars at age 37. He always dreamed of owning his own restaurant and he opened the first Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers restaurant on November 15, 1969 in downtown Columbus, Franklin county, Ohio. He named the resturant after his eight-year-old daughter, Melinda Lou, who had been nicknamed, "Wendy" by her older brother and sisters.

Dave Thomas was an adoption advocate. He founded The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in 1992 to promote and facilitate adoption. Wendy's had a close relationship with the foundation. In 1996, Mr. Thomas was credited by President Bill Clinton with helping to win passage of the legislation that gives adoptive parents a one-time tax credit of $5,000. He also was credited with promoting the 1997 legislation that sought to speed the adoption process.

In 1991-1992 he published the best-selling, "Dave's Way: A New Approach to Old-Fashioned Success."

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas had five children and 16 grandchildren.

Additional information and pictures regarding Dave Thomas and the history of Wendy's is available on the Wendy's website: http://www.wendys.com.
(Furnished by Valerie Kramer, with additions by Richard E. Henthorn)