Chatham County GaArchives Biographies.....Grimshaw, Harry B. 1872 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
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   HARRY B. GRIMSHAW, superintendent of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, Savannah,
Georgia, is prominent and popular alike in both business and social circles of
this city. A brief review of his life gives the following facts:

   Harry B. Grimshaw was born in Choctaw county, Alabama, in 1872. When he was a
child, his parents removed to southern California, where he spent twelve years
of his boyhood. Returning to Alabama, he began railroad service in 1890, at the
age of eighteen, as a fireman, running out of Troy, on the old Alabama Midland
Railway. He worked on that road till 1892, when he became an employe of the
operating department of the old Savannah, Americus & Montgomery Railroad (now
the Seaboard Air Line), and has remained with this system, under its different
changes, ever since that time, with the exception of two years, when he was
superintendent of the Savannah & Statesboro Railroad. Mr. Grimshaw has lived in
Savannah since 1898.

   On September 1, 1905, Mr. Grimshaw became superintendent of the Savannah
division of the Seaboard Air Line, his jurisdiction then extending over the
Savannah terminals and the lines west of Savannah extending to Montgomery,
Alabama. On November 1, 1910, his jurisdiction as superintendent was expanded to
include, in addition to the territory just mentioned, the main north and south
line of the Seaboard extending from Columbia, South Carolina, to Jacksonville,
Florida. This consolidated territory embraces 740 miles of railway, and is
perhaps one of the largest divisions under one division superintendent. Mr.
Grimshaw has rendered notably efficient and skillful services in railroad
operation and is of high standing in railroad official circles.

   While not a politician in any sense of the word, Mr. Grimshaw can be depended
upon to support the best men and measures, and is recognized as an all-around
representative citizen. In 1910 he was honored by being elected a member of the
Savannah board of aldermen. Fraternally, he is an Elk and a Mason. He belongs to
Ancient Landmark Lodge, No. 231, F. & A. M., and Richard Nunn Consistory, No. 1,
in which he received the thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite; and he has
membership in Savannah Lodge of Elks, No. 183.


Additional Comments:
A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME I
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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