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Subject: [AR-RAILROADS] Railroad
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 22:17:42 EST


Hi,
My gr gr Grandfather worked for the railroad back in the 1870's. He was from
Franklin Co. ILL. We have pictures of him standing by the railroad tracks. We
were told that he was like a forman. On the census's that we have found him on
it said that he was a tie maker. But of course that was on the 1880 -1900 -
1910 census. Before then we haven't been able to find him on any cesus. We know
that 1880 he was in Jasper Co.,MO. he had a son that was born in KS. in 1879.
In 1881 he was in Pearidge, Ark. That was where my gr. Grandfather was born.
1900 he was in Ripley Co.,Mo. and 1910 he was in Reynolds Co.,Mo. We think by
then he wasn't any longer with the railroad.
Here is my question. Does anyone know of what railroad it would have been
that he worked on working in the areas that I gave here? And if so would there be
any information to be found on him going back that far?
Thank you,
Paula


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