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Author: Emma E. Forter (1917)

F. A. TRAIN.

    One of the substantial and busy men of Blue Rapids, Marshall county, is F.
A. Train, the president and manager of the Blue Rapids Lumber Company, which he
organized in 1903. He was born at Clinton, Iowa, in 1865 and is the son of
George and Mary Train.

    George and Mary Train were natives of Alsace-Lorraine, France, and
Wittenburg, Germany, respectively. They spent their lives in-their places and
there received the greater part of their education. They later came to the
United States and were, for many years residents of Iowa, where they died some
years ago. The father came to this country; in 1841, at the age of thirteen
years, and for some years lived in Canada, after which he was a resident of the
state of Illinois, where he lived before moving to Iowa.

    In the schools of Clinton, Iowa, F. A. Train received his education and
there he grew to manhood. At the age of nineteen years he was employed by the
Foster Lumber Company at Fostoria, Pottawatomie county, where he remained for
four years. In 1888 he engaged in the work in Colorado, when after a year in
that state he came to Kansas and was at Belleville for fourteen years - and had
charge of the business of the Chicago Lumber and Coal Company. He then came to
Blue Rapids in 1903 and organized the present lumber company with a capital of
eight thousand dollars, which today has a working basis of over sixteen thousand
dollars. They carry a full line of lumber, coal and building material, and are
doing an extensive business.

    F. A. Train was united in marriage in 1885 to Alice G. Stevens, of Fostoria,
Kansas, and to this union six children have been born: Frances M., L. B., B. F.,
William R., Louis B. and Leola. Frances M. Tablow is a resident of Stillwater,
Oklahoma; L. B. is in the lumber business at Pomona, California; William R. and
R. F. are with the Boise-Payette Lumber Company of Boise City, Idaho; Louis B.,
of Hayward, in the lumber business, and Leola E. Reese resides in Blue Rapids.
Since coming to Blue Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Train have taken an active interest in
the social and the civic life of the town, and are among the prominent residents
of that city, and are active members of the Episcopal church.

    Politically, Mr. Train is identified with the Republican party and has
served as mayor of his home town for a term of two years, and is now a member of
the council and had served in that capacity for eight years, up to May, 1917. He
has given much thought and attention to his official life, and his highest aim
has always been to give his best services to the community. Being a man of
excellent judgment and much experience, his services have been most valuable to
the city in the many improvements that have been made during the past few years.

    Fraternally, Mr. Train is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
and has reached the Chapter degrees and is a member of the Knights Templar at
Marysville. He is also a member of the Knights and Ladies of Security, the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Modern Woodmen of America. He
takes much interest in the work of the societies of which he is a member and has
long been one of their most active workers.

    F. A. Train is one of the most hustling of the business men of his home town
and is recognized as one of the most progressive and successful residents of the
district. He is a man of pleasing qualities, and because of his business-like
methods he has met with the success that he deserves. He came to Blue Rapids but
a few years ago, yet in the time that he has been here, he has won the
confidence and the respect, not alone of the business world, but of the entire
community. Politically, socially and financially, he has met with success, and
is today held in the highest regard by the community.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)


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