Wake County NcArchives Biographies.....Jenks, William J. 
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Source: Biographical Directory of Railway Officials
Author: Harold Francis Lane

Jenks, William J.
Superintendent Pocahontas Division Norfolk & Western Ry.
Office Bluefield, W. Va.
Born March 21, 1870, near Raleigh, NC.
Educated in the private and public schools.
Entered railway service Nov. 1887 as telegraph operator Raleigh & Augusta Air 
Line Rd, since which he has been consecutively Nov. 1886 to Sept 1887, with 
Southern Ry;
Sept. 1887 to Jan. 1889, agent and telegraph operator Norfolk & Western Rd;
Jan. 1889 to Sept. 15, 1901, successively train dispatcher, chief dispatcher 
and car distributor same road in Pocahontas coal field;
Sept. 15 to Dec. 1, 1901, chief dispatcher Seabord Air Line at Savannah;
Dec. 1, 1901 to Jan. 1, 1903, trainmaster same road to Americus, Ga.;
Jan. 1, 1903 to Jan. 27, 1904, trainmaster at Jacksonville, Fla.;
Jan. 27, 1904 to March 1908, superintendent same road;
March 1908 to May 1912, chairman car allotment commission Norfolk & Western Ry;
May 1912 to date, superintendent Pocahontas division 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

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