Cerro Gordo County IA Archives Obituaries.....Bryant, George W. 1939
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Globe-Globe Gazette Apr. 1939
From the Mason City (Cerro Gordo, Iowa) Globe-Gazette; Monday April 3, 1939, p.
7, col. 7, with picture of George W. Bryant:

G. W. Bryant Had Retired 2 Years Ago

George W. Bryant, 84, who retired two years ago with a 48 year perfect record as
a railroad conductor, died Sunday night in a hospital at McGregor.

Mr. Bryant, who was well known in Mason City, having made the run between
McGregor and this community for many years, was taken suddenly ill while on his
way to moving picture theater Sunday evening.

The Milwaukee conductor finished his last run on Christmas in 1836 with a record
unmarred by accidents. He started as brakeman with the railroad in 1878 at
Milwaukee where he was born. He came to the the local [Milwaukee] division in
1880 as a brakeman and and later became a freight conductor. In 1883, he was
promoted to the position of passenger conductor.

Fifty six years of his railroading was on the same run through northern Iowa and
South Dakota. He took one of the first trains to the Black Hills after the gold
boom had started there.

On completion of his last run two years ago he was feted at luncheon in Mason
City by the division officials. At the time of his retirement he was considered
the oldest conductor left in passenger service on the local division.


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