The name on this bottle is Franklin Elmore Medaris.
According to U.S. census records, he was born in 1852 in La Porte County, Indiana. La Porte city directories show that he was a teamster in 1907 and that sometime between 1907 and 1910 he entered the milk business.
Sometime after 1913, Frank retired, and Don and Glen Medaris are listed with Medaris Milk Products Co. at 303 John Street.
Frank died in 1933 and is buried in Pinhook Cemetery in Pinhook, Indiana.
More research is required on this one.
1907 — Medaris Frank (Mary), teamster, home at 301 John.
1910 — Medaris Frank (Mary), milk depot at 301 John, phone 866.
1913 — Medaris Frank E, milk dealer at 301 Plain, residence is the same (Mary E). Also listed under Dairymen at 301 Plain. (We thought the change from 301 John to 301 Plain may have been an error; however, 301 Plain Street appears in his 1900 U.S. Census listing. La Porte still has both a Plain Street and a John Street today.)
1923 — Medaris Milk Products Co., (Glen A and Don M Medaris) 303 John.
— Medaris Don M., (Medaris Milk Products Co), Insurance Salesman, The Herald, boards at 301 John.
— Medaris Glen A., (Medaris Milk Products Co), residence 806 Detroit (Lotte E).
— Medaris Frank E, residence 301 John (Mary E).
1926 — Medaris Milk Products Co., (Glen A and Don M Medaris) 303 John.
Medaris Frank E, residence at 301 John (Mary E).
1931 — Medaris Milk Products Co., (D M Medaris) 303 John.
— Medaris Frank E (Mary), residence at 301 John.
1938 — No longer listed.
