LANTERMAN, FIRTH, HAYNES, OGDEN, READ, SUTTON The saying goes that behind every successful man is a woman. BERTHA BERNICE LANTERMAN of Frelinghuysen Township is certainly one Warren County woman who deserves to be recognized in this way. If Bertha hadn't been at home cooking and cleaning and playing hostess to her husband's business associates, Elwood Haynes may not have been as successful as he was. Given the times she probably could not have worked out of the home if she wanted, but she made contributions to the early automobile industry just by being there for Elwood. Bertha was the daughter of WILLIAM DARIUS LANTERMAN and MARY CROSSLEY FIRTH; the granddaughter of JACOB LANTERMAN and RACHEL READ (they were first cousins); great-granddaughter of JOHN READ and ELIZABETH OGDEN; and great great-granddaughter of JOSEPH READ and SARAH SUTTON. I've cut and pasted the section on Bertha from my web page below (READ FAMILY CONNECTIONS)www.charm.net/~edrtjd/readgen/ BERTHA BEATRICE LANTERMAN5, was born 27 February 1858 in Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County, New Jersey and died 1 September 1933 in Howard County, Indiana. She married Elwood Haynes on 21 October 1887, in Portalnd, Indiana. Elwood was the son of the Honorable Jacob M. and Hilinda S. Haynes. He was born 14 October 1857 in Portland, Indiana and died 13 April 1925 in Howard County, Indiana. In 1881, he graduated from the Worcester Institute of Technology in Massachusetts. In 1884, he entered the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland as a graduate student in chemistry and biology. Upon graduation he became head of the chemistry department of the Eastern Indiana Normal School in Portland. In 1886, he became manager of the Portland Natural Gas and Oil Company. He married Bertha Lanterman in 1887. In 1890, Elwood was promoted to field superintendent of the Indiana Natural Gas and Oil Company. The family relocated to Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana in 1892, where they r! esided until at least Elwood's death. During the early 1890s Elwood began to experiment with engines for a "horseless carriage." On 4 July 1894, he successful tested the first such vehicle on a road outside of Kokomo. Thus was born the American automobile industry. His automobile was known as the Haynes. Elwood went on to invent "stellite" and "stainless steel" (he shared the patent for the later with a British gentleman). In 1912, he opened the Haynes Stellite Works in Kokomo. Elwood Haynes and Bertha Lanterman had four children: (i.) MARIE F. HAYNES6, was born 1889 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana and died unknown. (ii.) SON HAYNES6, was born 1890 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana and died unknown. (iii.) BERNICE HAYNES6, was born 1892 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana and died unknown. In 1909 she was a senior at KoKomo High School. (iv.) MARCH HAYNES6, was born 3 January 1896 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana (according to Film #2034462, Family History Library), although in light of the fact that the family had moved to KoKomo in 1892 it seems more likely that he was born there and died 15 January 1968. His last known residence, according to the Social Security Death Index, was Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California. March married Hazel (Last Name Unknown). She died 23 May 1925.