Biographical Sketch of Gustave Eckstorm, Greene County, Missouri, North Springfield >From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western Historical Company, 1883. ********************************************************************** Mr. Eckstorm was born in St. Louis, Missouri, October 12th, 1855. When he was about fourteen years of age he went upon the Missouri Pacific railroad as a brakeman, and worked at it about a year. In 1879 he came on the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad and braked until 1880, when he was promoted conductor, and is now running a train. Mr. Eckstorm was married December 16th, 1880, to Miss Mary Wahl, of Pacific, Mo. He is a member of Pacific Lodge No. 122, Ancient Order of United Working- men. ==================================================================== 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: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================