Biographical Sketch of Edwin L. Fay, Greene County, Missouri, North Springfield >From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western Historical Company, 1883. ********************************************************************** Mr. Fay was born at Barnard, Orange County, Vermont, August 5th, 1849. He is the son of Lorenzo D. and Lavinia B. Fay, who are natives of Ver- mont, and are now living at Palatine, Cook County, Illinois. They em- igrated to Iowa in 1862, and settled in Butler County, but removed to their present home in 1864. Edwin L. Fay commenced railroading in September, 1867, on the Chicago and Northwestern, and ran upon that road until 1870. In March, 1871, he ran as a brakesman upon the popu- lar "Frisco" road for four months, and then took charge of the yards at Springfield. He next was an "extra" freight conductor for eight months and was then promoted to the position of a regular conductor on a freight. In March, 1878, he was given a passenger train, as conductor, which responsible position he still holds. Mr. Fay was married on the 27th of August, 1873, to Miss Dot Kern, of St. James, Missouri. This union has been blest with three children, two of whom: Edith Grace and Ethel Idelle, are living. Mr. Fay is a member of the St. John's Comm- andery No. 20, Knights Templars, of Springfield; A. O. U. W., Wentworth Lodge No. 114, and the Order of Railway Conductors, Ozark Division No. 30, North Springfield. He was one of the charter members, and was a delegate to the national meeting at Buffalo, New York, in October, 1881 and at St. Paul, in October, 1882. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================