Edgecombe County NcArchives Biographies.....Laird, Eugene Purnell ************************************************ 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 January 3, 2010, 5:48 pm Source: Biographical Directory of Railway Officials Author: Harold Francis Lane Laird, Eugene Purnell Engineer of Roadway Atlantic Coast Line Rd. Office Rocky Mount, NC Born April 13, 1876 at Parkersburg, W. Va. Educated in Colorado School of Mines 1893-1897. Entered railway service Jan. 1, 1899, as instrumentman Ohio River Rd, since which he has been consecutively 1900 to 1901, assistant resident engineer West Virginia Short Line Rd; 1901 to 1902, assistant division engineer Ohio River division Baltimore & Ohio Rd; 1902 to 1903, assistant division engineer Cleveland division same road; 1903 to 1906, inspector of maintenance same road; 1906 to 1911, assistant engineer Atlantic Coast Line Rd; 1911 to date, engineer of roadway same road at Rocky Mount, NC. 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/laird156bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb