Edgecombe County NcArchives Biographies.....Battle Jr., W. S. ************************************************ 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 28, 2009, 5:14 pm Source: Biographical Directory of Railway Officials Author: Harold Francis Lane Battle, Jr., W. S. General Claim Agent Norfolk & Western Ry. Office Roanoke, Va. Born, Feb. 24, 1870, at Rocky Mount, NC Educated in Horner's School at Oxford, NC, and University of North Carolina. Entered railway service Dec. 20, 1888, since which he has been consecutively to Dec. 1890, clerk in auditor's office Atlantic Coast Line Rd at Wilmington, NC; Dec. 1890 to 1897, clerk to trainmaster Pulaski division Norfolk & Western Ry at Radford, Va.; 1897 to date, successively stenographer for superintendent, chief clerk, agent, yardmaster, assistant trainmaster, trainmaster and superintendent Virginia & South Western Ry at Bristol, Va., claim agent and general claim agent Norfolk & Western Ry. 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/edgecombe/bios/battlejr132bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb