My dear Apperson: I suppose by now you have given me up for a bad job and thought that all of my promises were like pie crust. Well it is… Read more »
Search Results for: 1900
1900 – September 18 – Author unknown (Marion, Va.) to JSA
My dear Sir: I want to beg your pardon for my apparent neglect of a friendship, which I value very highly, in not answering your letter of a now remote… Read more »
Getting Ready for the Electrical Age: Virginia Tech, General Electric, President McBryde, and the Scientists in the 1890s
Ellen Brown wrote this paper as a graduate student, in history, at Virginia Tech, twenty years ago. She was just beginning to delve into the childhood and education of John… Read more »
Welcome to Adirondack Activism
Imagine the thrill experienced by a young man accustomed to hiking through the mountains near his home in Southwest Virginia, on getting his first glimpse of Lake George, or of… Read more »
Virginia Biographies published 1907 – Richard Duncan Apperson (second cousin of JSA) (copy found in University of Virginia Library – 1999)
Richard Duncan Apperson Apperson, Richard Duncan, president and general manager of the Lynchburg Traction and Light Company; president of the Petersburg Gas Company of Petersburg, Virginia; president of the Lynchburg… Read more »
Chapter Two
(1904 – 1908)
Making Friends at GE and Beyond
John’s activities in Schenectady are hard to trace during those early years, but he did save some letters from a clergyman and his family, with whom he spent considerable time… Read more »
John S. Apperson (a.k.a JSA, Appie)
In 1900, when a young man from Virginia first arrived in Schenectady, he was fascinated by the General Electric Company and with all the opportunities it offered. Having worked for… Read more »
Chapter One
(1893 – 1903)
Early Years in Virginia, Family, and Education
To set the stage for learning about John Apperson’s life and of his education, family, work experiences, and enthusiasm for outdoor recreation, we will start at his birthplace in Virginia,… Read more »