Asahel B. QUIMBY

QUIMBY

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Date: 2/16/2013 at 17:25:41

Quimby, Asahel B., Master Mechanic Chicago & Northwestern Ry. Office Eagle Grove, Ia.

Born Sept. 26, 1854, near Concord, N. H. Graduated from Concord high school 1871. Entered railway service 1875 as machinist Concord Rd; left New Hampshire in July 1879 and located in Minnesota. Entered service Chicago & Northwestern Ry 1880, since which he has been consecutively to Feb. 1, 1891, machinist at Winona, Minn.; Feb. 1, 1891, to July 1, 1895, master mechanic Winona & Southwestern Ry; July 1, 1895, to Nov. 10, 1897, machinist Chicago & Northwestern Ry; Nov. 10, 1897, to April 20, 1899. shop foreman same road at Tracy, Minn.; April 20 to Aug. 1. 1899, general foreman at Winona; Aug. 1, 1899, to June 1901, division foreman same road at Huron, S. D.; June 1901 to date, successively, assistant master mechanic at Chicago, Ill., and master mechanic same road at Eagle Grove, Ia.

The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America, Edition of 1906, Edited and compiled by T. Addison Busbey, Associate Editor The Railway Age, Chicago 1906.