Polk County, Missouri Biographies - Harry D. TRAIN

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri; 1889, published by Goodspeed, Pgs. 704, 705

Harry D. Train, of the Ewert & Train Charcoal Company, Fair Play.
Among the many business men of Fair Play deserving of mention
Is the subject of this sketch, who was born in Minnesota,
April 5, 1860, and moved with his father to Kansas City in 1870.  
There he attended the public schools for four years, and at the age
of fourteen years entered the employ of one of the largest dry-goods
firms in the city as cash boy; and at the end of six years was
employed by that firm, receiving a salary of $3,000 per year.  He
subsequently left their employ, and engaged in real estate business
in Kansas City in 1880, where he remained until 1887, his real
estate business proving a grand success, and he realized over
$100,000 from it.  In 1886 he was elected a member of the city
council and served two years.  In the fall of 1887 he came to 
Fair Play and purchased a half-interest in the charcoal plant 
for $15,000.  He also opened a lumber yard, a general merchandise
Store, and a bank, of which he is cashier.  In the spring of
1887 he purchased the entire stock of the charcoal company, and
incorporated it with a capital stock of $50,000.  Mr. Train is
in every way a substantial citizen and a shrewd business man.
He was married to a Kansas City lady, Miss Dora Freeland, in 1881,
And one child, Harry, was the result of this union.  Mr. Train is
the son of H. C. and Maria E. Train; the father, now living, is
seventy-five years of age, but the mother received her final
summons September 8, 1871.  H. C. Train is at present city 
inspector of Kansas City.  He is a wagon-maker by trade and was
in partnership with the proprietor of the Bain wagon.  Of the
seven children born to this union, there were five sons and
two daughters.  The paternal grandfather was born in Southern
New York, but became a pioneer of the northern part of that 
State, and there died.  The maternal grandfather, John Bullene, 
was a soldier in the War of 1812, and the name can be traced
back to Queen Ann Boleyn.
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