Biographical Sketch of C. L. Grosscup, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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C. L. Grosscup, engineer on the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council
Bluffs Railroad, is a native of New York, and was born in Canajoharie,
Montgomery County, August 11, 1842.  His father, Henry, was a stone
mason by trade, but followed farming.  The family emigrated to Illinois
when our subject was quite young, and after a short sojourn removed to
Galesburg, Illinois.  In 1865, he commenced railroading in the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy as fireman, and in 1867, took charge of an engine,
continuing with this company until 1870, when he came on what is now
the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad, and has since 
been in their employ.  During the war he was a soldier in the One
Hundred and Second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company D, and parti-
cipated in sixteen hard battles and numerous skirmishes; served until
the close of the war when he was honorably discharged at Washington,
D.C.  Mr. Grosscup has a versatile and inventive mind, and has recently
invented a packing for locomotives, which promises to revolutionize the
old system, being a great improvement.  It is highly endorsed by all
railroad men and will no doubt come into general use.  He was married
March 17, 1861, to Miss Mary M. Keller.  By this union they have five
children: Ida L., Mary L., Ellen A., Hattie and Charles K.  He is a
Master Mason, Knight Templar, and a member of the Brotherhood of Loco-
motive Engineers.

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