Newhanover County NcArchives Biographies.....Munson, John E. ************************************************ 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, 5:52 pm Source: Biographical Directory of Railway Officials Author: Harold Francis Lane Munson, John E. Vice-President and General Manager Georgia Southern & Florida Ry. Office Macon, Ga. Born April 20, 1864 at Wilmington, NC. Entered railway service 1882 with the Wilmington & Weldon Rd as delivery clerk, since which he has been consecutively receiving and billing clerk same road, stenographer to general freight agent Atlantic Coast Line, rate clerk same road, chief clerk to division freight and passenger agent Richmond & Danville Rd, general freight agent Knoxville Cumberland Gap & Louisville Rd, assistant to president same road, chief clerk to general freight agent Richmond & Danville Rd and its successor, the Southern Ry, and to March 1899, division freight agent Southern Ry at Raleigh, NC; March 1, 1899 to April 3, 1907, general agent freight department same road at New York, NY; April 4, 1907 to July 10, 1908, assistant freight traffic manager same road at Washington, DC; July 10, 1908 to date, vice-president Georgia Southern & Florida Ry; Oct. 1908 to date, also president St. Johns River Terminal Co.; Sept. 3, 1910 to date, also receiver Macon & Birmingham Ry; March 1, 1911 to date, also general manager Georgia Southern & Florida 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/newhanover/bios/munson160bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb