WHO WERE THEY ? -- #85 -- Charles G. Eddy, N&W

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I find it interesting that the individuals in this series of biographical listings who were all born in the 1830s and 1840s seem to have been able to avoid service during the Civil War, unless it just wasn’t mentioned.

John B. Stroupe
Memphis, TN  (not far from the M&C)

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> On Oct 24, 2018, at 3:48 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> EDDY, CHARLES G.,  Vice-President  Norfolk & Western Rd in 1887.  Office Roanoke, Va.  Born Richfield, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1841.  Entered railroad service 1861; to July 26, 1862, clerk freight office Milwaukee & Chicago Rd Milwaukee, Wis.;  June 1865 to April 1868, chief clerk freight office Chicago & North-Western Ry, Milwaukee;  April 1868 to March 1871, general agent Lake Superior & Mississippi Rd, Duluth; March 1870 to Jan. 1, 1871, agent Central Vermont Line, Duluth;  Jan. 1, 1871 to Nov. 1, 1873, general agent Chicago & North-Western RR, Council Bluff's, Iowa;  Nov. 1, 1873 to 1879, assistant general freight agent, and 1879 to Oct. 15, 1882, general freight agent same road;  Feb. 1, 1883 to Sept. 1, 1884, general eastern agent Missouri Pacific RR;  Sept. 1, 1884 to Nov. 1, 1885, freight traffic manager, New York, West Shore & Buffalo Rd;  since Nov. 1, 1885, vice-president Norfolk & Western Rd.
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> ( This concludes the material from the 1887 Biographical Directory. )
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