Wake County NcArchives Biographies.....Williams, Walter Franklin ************************************************ 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 4, 2010, 9:31 am Source: Biographical Directory of Railway Officials Author: Harold Francis Lane Williams, Walter Franklin Superintendent Telegraph Seaboard Air Line Ry. Office Portsmouth, Va. Born June 24, 1855, at Wake Forest, NC. Educated in the common schools. Entered railway service June 1873 with the Atlantic Coast Line Rd, since which he has been consecutively June 1, 1877 to June, 1844, clerk and operator Charlotte, NC, agency, Carolina Central Ry; June 1884 to Feb. 1888, chief clerk to superintendent at Wilmington, NC; Feb. 1888 to March 1890, paymaster and car accountant same road; March 1890 to May 1, 1895, trainmaster Seaboard Air Line Ry at Raleigh, NC; May 1, 1895 to date, superintendent telegraph same road at Portsmouth, Va. 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/williams101gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb