Effingham County IL Archives Biographies.....Hough, Legrand M. 1840 - 
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Author: Lake City Publishing Co.

LEGRAND M. HOUGH, the oldest conductor on the Vandalia Railroad, now running
from Effingham to St. Louis, makes his home in the former city and is one of its
popular men. He was born January 22, 1840, in what is now Gowanda, N. Y., and
was the third in a family of seven sons and one daughter born unto Edwin and
Mary (Ellsworth) Hough. Two of the children died in infancy. The living are
Edwin, now the publisher of the Saturday Herald of Hornellsville, N. Y.; Leroy,
who is agent on the Santa Fe Railroad at Colton, Cal.; Charles F., editor of a
newspaper in Andover, N. Y.; Millard F., residing in Trenton, Mo., a conductor
on the Rock Island Railroad; and Ernest, who is connected with the Baker Iron
Company, of Los Angeles, Cal.

  The father of this family was born in Bridgeport, Conn., in 1812, and there
remained until fifteen years of age. His father was a miller of the place. At
fifteen, he left home and went to Batavia, N. Y., to learn the printer's trade,
working for $25 a year and board. At the age of twenty, he began the publication
of a paper of his own and continued in that business at different points in the
Empire State until 1867, when, on account of ill health, he retired. He died in
1869, at Hornellsville, N. Y. His wife was born in 1814, at North Kingston, R.
I., and when a small child went with her parents to Wales, N. Y. She is still
living and makes her home with our subject.

  Mr. Hough of this sketch was educated in the common schools, and during his
boyhood spent two years in his father's printing office. He remained under the
paternal roof until 1854, when he began working on the New York & Erie Railroad
and has since followed the business in which he is now engaged. In 1858, he came
West and became a news-agent on the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad. Later he became
brakeman and subsequently was made conductor. In 1869, he severed his connection
with that road and became a brakeman on the Vandalia Road between St. Louis and
Chicago, remaining on that run till June, 1870. He then came to Effingham, and
as conductor was placed in charge of a freight train running from this place to
East St. Louis. In November, 1884, he was made passenger conductor on the same
run, which position he holds at this writing.

  On the 4th of February, 1868, Mr. Hough married Miss Caroline Pulliam, of
Vincennes, Ind., who was born March 1, 1848. She there resided until her
marriage. Three children have been born of this union: Edwin E., Annie L. and
Mamie M. The children have all received good educational privileges, having
graduated from the Effingham schools. The family are members of the Presbyterian
Church and are highly respected citizens, widely -known in this community.

  Mr. Hough is a stanch Republican in his political views, and socially is a
member of the Masonic fraternity and the Order of Railway Conductors of
Effingham. A genial, pleasant gentleman, he has a host of friends and
acquaintances in this community, who esteem him highly for his many excellencies
of character. He owns a beautiful residence in this city, and the Hough
household is the abode of hospitality.


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Portrait and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties
Chicago: Lake City Publishing Co.
1893


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