Rowan County NcArchives Biographies.....Groseclose, William B. ************************************************ 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, 5:45 pm Source: Biographical Directory of Railway Officials Author: Harold Francis Lane Groseclose, William B. Assistant Freight Traffic Manager, Missouri Kansas & Texas Ry. Office Chicago, Ill. Born Oct. 27, 1858, at Salisbury, NC. Entered railway service in 1876, since which he has been consecutively to 1888, clerk, operator and agent Indianapolis & St. Louis Ry and Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Rd and cashier, agent and route agent Adams Express Co. and Wells Fargo & Co.'s Express; Dec. 10, 1888 to April 1, 1890, commercial agent St. Louis Arkansas & Texas Ry of Texas; April to July 1890, general agent, and July 1890 to July 1893, general freight agent same road, now the St. Louis Southwestern Ry of Texas; July 1893 to June 1894, general manager Tyler Car & Lumber Co. at Tyler, Tex.; June 1894 to Jan. 1895, commissioner Galveston Freight Bureau; Jan. 15, 1895 to Nov. 15, 1898, assistant general freight agent Missouri Kansas & Texas Ry of Texas at Houston, Tex.; Nov. 15, 1898 to Jan. 15, 1901, assistant general freight agent Missouri Kansas & Texas Ry at St. Louis, Mo.; Jan. 15, 1901 to June, 1910, general freight agent same road to St. Louis; June 1, 1910 to date, assistant freight traffic manager same road at Chicago. 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/rowan/bios/groseclo152bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb