Wake County NcArchives Biographies.....Guess, John M. 1918 - ************************************************ 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 31, 2009, 8:28 pm Source: Railway Officials of America Author: Harold Francis Lane Guess, John M. General Purchasing Agent Grand Trunk Ry System Office Montreal, Que. Born Feb. 5, 1878 near Raleigh, NC. Entered railway service 1895 as telegraph operator Seaboard Air Line, since which he has been consecutively May 1900 to Feb. 1901, clerk to vice-president and general manager same road; Feb. 1901 to March 1902, clerk to vice-president and general manager Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic; March 1902 to 1905, assistant general purchasing agent National Rd of Mexico; part of 1905, assistant secretary and assistant treasurer same road; Sept. 1905 to Sept. 1910, general purchasing agent National Rd of Mexico, and its successor, National Rys of Mexico; in 1910, assitatant general purchasing agent Grand Trunk Ry System, and Jan. 1, 1912 to date, general purchasing 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/wake/bios/guess148bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb