Biographical Sketch of John L. Motter, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO >From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri. ********************************************************************** John L. Motter, railroad builder, was born in Frederick County, Mary- land, in 1831, and graduated from the Marshall College, Pennsylvania. He emigrated to St. Joseph, Missouri, in July, 1856. He was married to Miss Helen M. Dunlap, in 1855, she being the daughter of Hon. John Dunlap, a member of the State Senate. By this uniion they had five children, all living. Mr. Motter has been engaged in manufacturing, general merchandising, saw milling and railroading. He is a Mason and member of the Episcopal Church. He was a member of the Kansas Legis- lature in 1875. Mr. Motter was founder, President and Manager of the St. Joseph Glucose Works. He built the St. Joseph and Topeka Railroad which was afterwards taken up, and he also built the St. Joseph and Des Moines Narrow Gauge Railroad to Albany. He was President and Gen- eral Manager of this road, which was afterwards sold to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, by whom he was retained as Manager. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================