Hiram Stratton, Sr

Hiram Stratton, SR, is the patriarch of the Stratton

family and very successful businessman in the railway industry. He is the owner of the Stratton Mansion. He is the father, through his first wife Aurelia, of Hiram "Strat" Stratton, Jr and Devonny Winden (nee Stratton). He soon divorced Aurelia, leaving her desolate and dependent on him. He marries and divorces two other unnamed women, and marries a fourth, Florinda, who is frail and prone to fainting. She does, however, stand up to him on occasion. He is one of the main antagonists that appears in the series, especially in the latter three. Mr Stratton died in 1915.