Posted on: Medina Co. Oh Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Oh/Medina/335 Surname: Alger ------------------------- >From the "History of Medina County" by the Medina County Historical Society, 1948: Page 175 Lafayette Township. About 1840 came, from Connecticut and Massachusetts, settlers with names still connected with farms of that well cultivated township: (lists about fifteen names) and Russell Alger. Down two paragraphs it says: Perhaps the most known native resident of Lafayette is Russell Alger: General Alger was conspicious in the War of the Rebellion; afterward he made a fortune in lumber in the state of Michigan, became U. S. Senator from that state, was Secrectary of War under McKinley and Thedodore Roosevelt; later served as the head of the Grand Army of the Republics. Hope this helps. Norm Wehner