Biographical Sketch of Thomas B. McLean, Greene County, Missouri, North Springfield >From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western Historical Company, 1883. ********************************************************************** Mr. McLean is a native of England, born December 6th, 1848. His parents and their family came to America in 1850, and settled in Paterson, N. J. At the age of fourteen, the subject of this sketch went into the machine shops of the Iron Mountain R.R. at South St. Louis, to learn the machinist trade. He worked in those shops three years, then went to firing on an engine on the I. M. R.R., and fired four years; from there he went to the Texas Pacific and fired one year, then returned to the I. M. R.R., and fired until July, 1871, then was given an engine which he run on that road six years. In July, 1877 he took an engine on the St. L. & S. F. railway, where he is running at present. September 16th, 1872, he married Miss Annie E. Hewitt, of St. Louis. They have one child, Alice M., born October 24th, 1873. He is a member of Gateway Lodge, No. 110, A. F. & A. M., at Frederick, Mo. He belongs to Pacific City Division, No. 83, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He is the president of the Frisco Locomotive Engineer Health Association, and a member of the Locomotive Engineer Mutual Insurance Association. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================