Gault, F. M.

GAULT

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Date: 12/18/2008 at 13:59:40

F. M. Gault

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.23, Council Bluffs)
F. M. Gault, railroad agent, Council Bluffs, was born in Bow, Merrimack Co., N. H., July 14, 1848. He lived at home until he reached the age of twenty, at which time he went to Rockford, Ill., as baggage man, in the employ of the Chicago & North-Western Railroad. He remained in that capacity a short time and was promoted to clerkship in the freight office at the same point; shortly afterward, he rose to be cashier of the same office, which he held till the spring of 1874, when he engaged in other business. In 1876, he went to Chicago, and engaged as a book-keeper in a commission house, remained at this occupation until he came to Council Bluffs. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Is a stock-holder in the Council Bluffs Insurance Company, and is Vice President of the Mutual Benefit Association of Council Bluffs. He received his education at Blanchard Academy, Pembroke, N. H.; he is of Scotch-Irish descent; he came to Council Bluffs in August, 1880, as the local freight agent at this point of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad; he remained in this capacity till April 1, 1822, when he received his promotion to the general agency of the same road.