Catawba County NcArchives Biographies.....Davis, Champion McDowell ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Rosie H. Guthrie n/a December 29, 2009, 6:02 pm Source: Biographical Directory of Railway Officials Author: Harold Francis Lane Davis, Champion McDowell General Freight Agent Atlantic Coast Line Rd. Office Savannah, Ga. Born July 1, 1879, near Hickory, NC. Educated in the public schools. Entered railway service March 1, 1893, as messenger in local freight office Wilmington & Weldon Rd, now the Atlantic Coast Line Rd, at Wilmington, NC, since which he has been consecutively to July 1902, in various clerical positions in local freight office, clerk in freight claim department, stenographer in freight traffic department, rate clerk and chief rate clerk; July 1902 to Jan. 1, 1906, chief clerk in freight traffic department; Jan. 1, 1906 to Nov. 21, 1911, assistant general freight agent in charge of tariff bureau; Nov. 21, 1911 to date, general freight agent same road. Additional Comments: Source: The Biographical Directory of The Railway Officials of America 1918 Edition Edited and Compiled by Harold Francis Lane Associate Editor Railway Age Gazette Published by Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company New York and Chicago File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/catawba/bios/davis141bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb