Oliver Edgar Todd, secretary-treasurer of the Progressive Building & Loan Association and one of the most successful young business men of this section of North Carolina, was born at Loris, Horry County, South Carolina, March 20, 1886. He has been a resident of Wilmington, since 1914, when he came here from his native state to accept a position in the auditing department of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company's General offices.
He attended the Horry County Public Schools and occupied himself in the various capacities of a boy on his father's farm until he was nineteen years of age, or until 1905. In that year, he enrolled in Draughon's Business College, at Columbia, South Carolina, one of the standard commercial training schools in the South. Upon graduation from Draughon's he returned to Loris and was engaged in the general merchandise business for a period of about four years when he disposed of his mercantile interests and organized, in 1909, the Loris Telephone Company, which served the town and rural section of the county, with long-distance connections with the Southern Bell Telephone System. He was sole owner of the telephone company and acted as president and general manager, until he disposed of the property, in 1914, selling to his brother, G. H. Todd, who still owns and operates the plant.
Upon coming to Wilmington, he remained with the General Offices of the Coast Line until 1919 when he became associated with the Progressive Building & Loan Association, then in its infancy, as a bookkeeper. One year later, 1920, he was elected Secretary-Treasurer and has continued in that position to date. As a business man, he has been a pronounced success. As evidence of this, the Progressive Building & Loan, in 1920, had total assets of approximately $100,000; at the present time, its assets are eight times that amount, or over $800,000, invested in high class homes in Wilmington and its vicinity. The association owns attractive and modern headquarters on one of the busy streets in the down-town section, has a notable and substantial group of men as officers and employs a number of clerks, bookkeepers and other attaches of a progressive and rapidly growing business. He takes a normally active interest in church, lodge and civic affairs. His church affiliations are Baptist and he is a regular communicant of the First Church in this city. Fraternally, he is a member of the local lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men. He also is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Politically, he follows his ancestry and is allied with the Democratic party.
Mr. Todd is of English descent. His earliest American ancestors were of the early generations that braved the perils of the Atlantic and the even greater perils of savages skulking in a continent of wilderness. The Todds were among the first Colonials and the descendants of the South Carolina. They have followed the various pursuits, but usually, they were farmers. The direct ancestral line of O. E. Todd remains in Horry County—all his lineal forebears being natives of that section. His grandfather, Joseph Todd, like his fathers before him was a farmer. Prior to the Civil War, in which he served with distinction as a Confederate, he was prosperous in lands and personal property. His son, Cornelius B. Todd, father of Oliver E. Todd, also was a native of Horry County, and was a prosperous farmer and business man. He married Susan Jane Williamson [sic], who became the mother of the subject of this sketch. She also was born in Horry County and was descended through a long line of planters, from the pre-Revolutionary period. Like the Todds, the Williamsons are of English stock.
Mr. Todd married Miss Bessie Hughes, June 8, 1908 at Loris, South Carolina, Mrs. Todd is the daughter of Samuel P. Hughes, a farmer of that county. Her mother was Sarah Elizabeth [sic] Hughes. The Hughes family traces into the Colonial times. William Hughes, father of Samuel P. Hughes was born in Horry County, served as a Confederate soldier and was influential throughout that section. His father was of Scotch descent.
(From "Biographical Sketches of Wilmington Citizens" by R.H. Fisher)
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Note: Cornelius Benjamin Todd married Susan Jane Blanton. Her parents were David Joseph Blanton and Celia Alice Williamson Blanton Harrelson.
Mother of Miss Bessie Hughes was Sarah Margaret Hughes (daughter of Samuel Elliott Hughes and Anna Elizabeth Frink).
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He attended the Horry County Public Schools and occupied himself in the various capacities of a boy on his father's farm until he was nineteen years of age, or until 1905. In that year, he enrolled in Draughon's Business College, at Columbia, South Carolina, one of the standard commercial training schools in the South. Upon graduation from Draughon's he returned to Loris and was engaged in the general merchandise business for a period of about four years when he disposed of his mercantile interests and organized, in 1909, the Loris Telephone Company, which served the town and rural section of the county, with long-distance connections with the Southern Bell Telephone System. He was sole owner of the telephone company and acted as president and general manager, until he disposed of the property, in 1914, selling to his brother, G. H. Todd, who still owns and operates the plant.
Upon coming to Wilmington, he remained with the General Offices of the Coast Line until 1919 when he became associated with the Progressive Building & Loan Association, then in its infancy, as a bookkeeper. One year later, 1920, he was elected Secretary-Treasurer and has continued in that position to date. As a business man, he has been a pronounced success. As evidence of this, the Progressive Building & Loan, in 1920, had total assets of approximately $100,000; at the present time, its assets are eight times that amount, or over $800,000, invested in high class homes in Wilmington and its vicinity. The association owns attractive and modern headquarters on one of the busy streets in the down-town section, has a notable and substantial group of men as officers and employs a number of clerks, bookkeepers and other attaches of a progressive and rapidly growing business. He takes a normally active interest in church, lodge and civic affairs. His church affiliations are Baptist and he is a regular communicant of the First Church in this city. Fraternally, he is a member of the local lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men. He also is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Politically, he follows his ancestry and is allied with the Democratic party.
Mr. Todd is of English descent. His earliest American ancestors were of the early generations that braved the perils of the Atlantic and the even greater perils of savages skulking in a continent of wilderness. The Todds were among the first Colonials and the descendants of the South Carolina. They have followed the various pursuits, but usually, they were farmers. The direct ancestral line of O. E. Todd remains in Horry County—all his lineal forebears being natives of that section. His grandfather, Joseph Todd, like his fathers before him was a farmer. Prior to the Civil War, in which he served with distinction as a Confederate, he was prosperous in lands and personal property. His son, Cornelius B. Todd, father of Oliver E. Todd, also was a native of Horry County, and was a prosperous farmer and business man. He married Susan Jane Williamson [sic], who became the mother of the subject of this sketch. She also was born in Horry County and was descended through a long line of planters, from the pre-Revolutionary period. Like the Todds, the Williamsons are of English stock.
Mr. Todd married Miss Bessie Hughes, June 8, 1908 at Loris, South Carolina, Mrs. Todd is the daughter of Samuel P. Hughes, a farmer of that county. Her mother was Sarah Elizabeth [sic] Hughes. The Hughes family traces into the Colonial times. William Hughes, father of Samuel P. Hughes was born in Horry County, served as a Confederate soldier and was influential throughout that section. His father was of Scotch descent.
(From "Biographical Sketches of Wilmington Citizens" by R.H. Fisher)
Submitted by 47458435 - SuzanneTF
Note: Cornelius Benjamin Todd married Susan Jane Blanton. Her parents were David Joseph Blanton and Celia Alice Williamson Blanton Harrelson.
Mother of Miss Bessie Hughes was Sarah Margaret Hughes (daughter of Samuel Elliott Hughes and Anna Elizabeth Frink).
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Oliver Edgar Todd, secretary-treasurer of the Progressive Building & Loan Association and one of the most successful young business men of this section of North Carolina, was born at Loris, Horry County, South Carolina, March 20, 1886. He has been a resident of Wilmington, since 1914, when he came here from his native state to accept a position in the auditing department of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company's General offices.
He attended the Horry County Public Schools and occupied himself in the various capacities of a boy on his father's farm until he was nineteen years of age, or until 1905. In that year, he enrolled in Draughon's Business College, at Columbia, South Carolina, one of the standard commercial training schools in the South. Upon graduation from Draughon's he returned to Loris and was engaged in the general merchandise business for a period of about four years when he disposed of his mercantile interests and organized, in 1909, the Loris Telephone Company, which served the town and rural section of the county, with long-distance connections with the Southern Bell Telephone System. He was sole owner of the telephone company and acted as president and general manager, until he disposed of the property, in 1914, selling to his brother, G. H. Todd, who still owns and operates the plant.
Upon coming to Wilmington, he remained with the General Offices of the Coast Line until 1919 when he became associated with the Progressive Building & Loan Association, then in its infancy, as a bookkeeper. One year later, 1920, he was elected Secretary-Treasurer and has continued in that position to date. As a business man, he has been a pronounced success. As evidence of this, the Progressive Building & Loan, in 1920, had total assets of approximately $100,000; at the present time, its assets are eight times that amount, or over $800,000, invested in high class homes in Wilmington and its vicinity. The association owns attractive and modern headquarters on one of the busy streets in the down-town section, has a notable and substantial group of men as officers and employs a number of clerks, bookkeepers and other attaches of a progressive and rapidly growing business. He takes a normally active interest in church, lodge and civic affairs. His church affiliations are Baptist and he is a regular communicant of the First Church in this city. Fraternally, he is a member of the local lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men. He also is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Politically, he follows his ancestry and is allied with the Democratic party.
Mr. Todd is of English descent. His earliest American ancestors were of the early generations that braved the perils of the Atlantic and the even greater perils of savages skulking in a continent of wilderness. The Todds were among the first Colonials and the descendants of the South Carolina. They have followed the various pursuits, but usually, they were farmers. The direct ancestral line of O. E. Todd remains in Horry County—all his lineal forebears being natives of that section. His grandfather, Joseph Todd, like his fathers before him was a farmer. Prior to the Civil War, in which he served with distinction as a Confederate, he was prosperous in lands and personal property. His son, Cornelius B. Todd, father of Oliver E. Todd, also was a native of Horry County, and was a prosperous farmer and business man. He married Susan Jane Williamson [sic], who became the mother of the subject of this sketch. She also was born in Horry County and was descended through a long line of planters, from the pre-Revolutionary period. Like the Todds, the Williamsons are of English stock.
Mr. Todd married Miss Bessie Hughes, June 8, 1908 at Loris, South Carolina, Mrs. Todd is the daughter of Samuel P. Hughes, a farmer of that county. Her mother was Sarah Elizabeth [sic] Hughes. The Hughes family traces into the Colonial times. William Hughes, father of Samuel P. Hughes was born in Horry County, served as a Confederate soldier and was influential throughout that section. His father was of Scotch descent.
(From "Biographical Sketches of Wilmington Citizens" by R.H. Fisher)
Submitted by 47458435 - SuzanneTF
Note: Cornelius Benjamin Todd married Susan Jane Blanton. Her parents were David Joseph Blanton and Celia Alice Williamson Blanton Harrelson.
Mother of Miss Bessie Hughes was Sarah Margaret Hughes (daughter of Samuel Elliott Hughes and Anna Elizabeth Frink).
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He attended the Horry County Public Schools and occupied himself in the various capacities of a boy on his father's farm until he was nineteen years of age, or until 1905. In that year, he enrolled in Draughon's Business College, at Columbia, South Carolina, one of the standard commercial training schools in the South. Upon graduation from Draughon's he returned to Loris and was engaged in the general merchandise business for a period of about four years when he disposed of his mercantile interests and organized, in 1909, the Loris Telephone Company, which served the town and rural section of the county, with long-distance connections with the Southern Bell Telephone System. He was sole owner of the telephone company and acted as president and general manager, until he disposed of the property, in 1914, selling to his brother, G. H. Todd, who still owns and operates the plant.
Upon coming to Wilmington, he remained with the General Offices of the Coast Line until 1919 when he became associated with the Progressive Building & Loan Association, then in its infancy, as a bookkeeper. One year later, 1920, he was elected Secretary-Treasurer and has continued in that position to date. As a business man, he has been a pronounced success. As evidence of this, the Progressive Building & Loan, in 1920, had total assets of approximately $100,000; at the present time, its assets are eight times that amount, or over $800,000, invested in high class homes in Wilmington and its vicinity. The association owns attractive and modern headquarters on one of the busy streets in the down-town section, has a notable and substantial group of men as officers and employs a number of clerks, bookkeepers and other attaches of a progressive and rapidly growing business. He takes a normally active interest in church, lodge and civic affairs. His church affiliations are Baptist and he is a regular communicant of the First Church in this city. Fraternally, he is a member of the local lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men. He also is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Politically, he follows his ancestry and is allied with the Democratic party.
Mr. Todd is of English descent. His earliest American ancestors were of the early generations that braved the perils of the Atlantic and the even greater perils of savages skulking in a continent of wilderness. The Todds were among the first Colonials and the descendants of the South Carolina. They have followed the various pursuits, but usually, they were farmers. The direct ancestral line of O. E. Todd remains in Horry County—all his lineal forebears being natives of that section. His grandfather, Joseph Todd, like his fathers before him was a farmer. Prior to the Civil War, in which he served with distinction as a Confederate, he was prosperous in lands and personal property. His son, Cornelius B. Todd, father of Oliver E. Todd, also was a native of Horry County, and was a prosperous farmer and business man. He married Susan Jane Williamson [sic], who became the mother of the subject of this sketch. She also was born in Horry County and was descended through a long line of planters, from the pre-Revolutionary period. Like the Todds, the Williamsons are of English stock.
Mr. Todd married Miss Bessie Hughes, June 8, 1908 at Loris, South Carolina, Mrs. Todd is the daughter of Samuel P. Hughes, a farmer of that county. Her mother was Sarah Elizabeth [sic] Hughes. The Hughes family traces into the Colonial times. William Hughes, father of Samuel P. Hughes was born in Horry County, served as a Confederate soldier and was influential throughout that section. His father was of Scotch descent.
(From "Biographical Sketches of Wilmington Citizens" by R.H. Fisher)
Submitted by 47458435 - SuzanneTF
Note: Cornelius Benjamin Todd married Susan Jane Blanton. Her parents were David Joseph Blanton and Celia Alice Williamson Blanton Harrelson.
Mother of Miss Bessie Hughes was Sarah Margaret Hughes (daughter of Samuel Elliott Hughes and Anna Elizabeth Frink).
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