Biographical Sketch of Charles Murray, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO >From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri. ********************************************************************** Charles Murray, engineer on the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad, is a native of Zanesville, Ohio, and was born Decem- ber 9, 1849; was there reared and educated and commenced railroading on the Baltimore and Ohio, in the capacity of fireman, in 1867. In 1868, he went on the western division of the Chicago and Northwestern, remaining for a time; thence on the Hannibal & St. Joseph, as fireman, after which we find him in the same position on the Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf; here he remained five months, and served as fire- man until April 3, 1872. On April 17, 1872, he accepted the situation of fireman on the Iron Mountain Road, remaining until October 10, 1874, the latter part of this time being engineer. He next was on the Cairo and Fulton; thence on the Mississippi Central, after which, for a few years, was on the Texas, International and Great Northern, and on March 28, 1878, accepted his present position. He has had a wide experience in railroading, and is among the most trusted employees of the road. He is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================