Organization: New York Central Railroad

From Albany to Buffalo, Main Line, 297 miles. Additional Lines, 258 miles. Office at Albany, N. Y

Pic	Name	Org Role	Org Dates	Birth	Death	Birthplace	Deathplace
director
	Marvin Hughitt	director	1915-1916	9 AUG 1837	6 JAN 1928	NY, Cayuga Co, Genoa	IL, Lake Co, Lake Forest
	Chauncey Mitchell Depew	director	1915-1917	23 APR 1834	5 APR 1928	NY, Westchester Co, Peekskill	NY, New York Co, Manhattan
Director
	Frederick William Vanderbilt	Director	1915-1917	2 FEB 1856	29 JUN 1938	NY, Richmond Co, New Dorp	NY, Richmond Co, Staten Island
director
	Harold Stirling Vanderbilt	director	1915-1917	6 JUL 1884	4 JUL 1970	NY, Suffolk Co, Oakdale	RI, Newport Co, Newport
	William Kissam Vanderbilt	director	1915-1917	12 DEC 1849	22 JUL 1920	NY, Richmond Co, New Dorp	France, Ile-de-France, Paris
director, Massachusetts, Suffolk Co, Boston
	Nathaniel Thayer	director, Massachusetts, Suffolk Co, Boston	1856	11 SEP 1808	7 MAR 1883	MA, Worcester Co, Lancaster	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston
director, New York, Rensselaer Co, Troy
	Russell Sage	director, New York, Rensselaer Co, Troy	1856	4 AUG 1816	22 JUL 1906	NY, Oneida Co, Verona	NY, Nassau Co, Lawrence
Formation
	Edwin Dean Worcester	Formation	1853	19 NOV 1828	13 JUN 1904	NY, Albany Co	NY, New York Co, New York City
Founder
	John Van Schaik Lansing Pruyn	Founder	abt 1831	22 JUN 1811	21 NOV 1877	NY, Albany Co, Albany	NY, Ontario Co, Clifton Springs
President
	Hamilton McKown Twombly	President		11 AUG 1849	10 JAN 1910	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston	NJ, Morris Co, Madison
	Horace Henry Baxter	President	1867-1869	18 JAN 1818	17 FEB 1884	VT, Windham Co, Rockingham	NY, New York Co, New York City
	Chauncey Mitchell Depew	President	1885-1898	23 APR 1834	5 APR 1928	NY, Westchester Co, Peekskill	NY, New York Co, Manhattan
president, New York, Albany Co, Albany
	Erastus Corning	president, New York, Albany Co, Albany	1856	14 DEC 1794	9 APR 1872	CT, New London Co, Norwich	NY, Albany Co, Albany
secretary
	Dwight W. Pardee	secretary	1915-1917	21 AUG 1852	22 FEB 1920	NJ, Essex Co, Westfield	NY, Suffolk Co, Islip
treasurer, New York, Albany Co, Albany
	John Van Schaik Lansing Pruyn	treasurer, New York, Albany Co, Albany	1856	22 JUN 1811	21 NOV 1877	NY, Albany Co, Albany	NY, Ontario Co, Clifton Springs
VP, Director
	William Kissam Vanderbilt II	VP, Director	1915-1917	2 MAR 1878	8 JAN 1944	NY, New York Co, New York City	NY, Richmond Co, Staten Island

	Homer Floyd Simons		1948	4 NOV 1883	15 MAY 1948	PA, Lackawanna Co, Drinker	OH, Lake Co, Willoughby

Total: 15

Name	Location	Architects/Engineers
Washington Street Bridge	MA, Hampden Co	William Gray Stickney Chamberlain
Double Arch Bridge	MA, Hampden Co, Chester	George Washington Whistler
Rondout Bridge	NY, Ulster Co, Kingston	Elmer Lawrence Corthell

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Type	First	Last	Role	Years	Location
Railroads	Berton Allen	Aikens	purchasing agent	1912-1913
Railroads	Horace Ellsworth	Andrews	director	1915-1917
Railroads	B. H.	Bail	clerk	1863-1875	NY, Onondaga Co, Syracuse
Railroads	George Fisher	Baker	director	1915-1916
Railroads	James H.	Banker	director	1866	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	Robert L.	Banks	asst treasurer	1866	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	Horace Henry	Baxter	president	1867
Railroads	John J.	Bernet	VP	1915-1916
Railroads	Howard Morton	Biscoe	VP	1915-1917
Railroads	Richard M.	Blatchford	VP	1866	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	Philip S.	Blodgett	gen supt	1901-1902	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	Charles James	Brister	asst VP-traffic	1924	IL, Cook Co, Chicago
Railroads	Miles Jr	Bronson	gen supt	1915-1917
Railroads	Clyde L.	Brown	gen solicitor	1915-1924
Railroads	George Hunt	Burrows	superintendciit	1853-1857
Railroads	Ora Elmer	Butterfield	gen solicitor	1915-1916
Railroads	John B.	Carson	locomotive engineer	1857-1866
Railroads	John Van Vlierden	Carstensen	VP	1915-1917
Railroads	John H.	Chedell	director	1856	NY, Cayuga Co, Auburn
Railroads	H. W.	Chittenden	asst supt	1856	NY, Onondaga Co, Syracuse
Railroads	Harlow W.	Chittenden	supt	1866	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	Cornelius	Christie	gen supt	1916-1917
Railroads	Horace F.	Clark	director	1866	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	George C.	Cleveland	chief engineer	1915-1917
Railroads	Erastus	Corning	president	1856	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	George J.	Cowan	telegraph operator	1866-1868	NY, Onondaga Co, Syracuse
Railroads	Patrick E.	Crowley	VP, president	1916-1932
Railroads	Benjamin Amos	Cunningham		1917	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	Charles Frederick	Daly	VP-traffic	1915-1920
Railroads	Charles Frederick	Daly	VP-traffic	1905-1914	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	Chauncey Mitchell	Depew	director	1915-1917
Railroads	Joseph	Deuel	tallyman	1865-1866	NY, Erie Co, Buffalo
Railroads	William L.	Doyle	passenger agent	1866	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	S.	Drullard	freight agent	1856	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	Solomon	Drullard	freight agent	1866	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	James Thomas	Duffey	valuation	1915	OH, Cuyahoga Co, Cleveland
Railroads	Timothy Wallace	Evans	gen supt, asst gen manager	1915-1922
Railroads	Timothy Wallace	Evans	asst VP	1924	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	Edward G.	Faile	director	1856	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	Joseph	Field	director	1856	NY, Monroe Co, Rochester
Railroads	Ezra, Jr	Foster	asst supt	1856	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	Solomon Thompson	Gage	supt passenger transportation	1915-1917
Railroads	William Berger	Geiser	Asst Chemist	1917	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	Oscar G.	Getzen-Danner	gen land & tax agent	1915-1922	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	George Montgomery	Glazier	asst to gen auditor, auditor	1915-1922	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	Edward Thomas	Glennon	asst VP	1915-1924
Railroads	Edson H.	Graves	telegraph operator	1858
Railroads	George H.	Graves	telegraph operator	1858-1861
Railroads	George E.	Gray	chief engineer	1856	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	George Edward	Gray	chief engineer	1853-1865
Railroads	Leonard J.	Hackney	director	1915-1916
Railroads	George Albert	Haggerty	locomotive engineer western division	1877
Railroads	Leonard	Ham	locomotive engineer	1840-1879
Railroads	Abraham Tracy	Hardin	VP	1915-1917
Railroads	Albert Hall	Harris	chairman, Executive Comm	1928
Railroads	Albert Hall	Harris	VP	1915-1917
Railroads	George D.	Harris	machinist	1865	NY, Onondaga Co, Syracuse
Railroads	Jethro Ayers	Hatch	physician	1907
Railroads	Charles	Hilton	chief engineer	1866	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	Herbert D.	Howe	gen land & tax agent	1915-1917
Railroads	William Edwin	Hoyt	consulting engineer	1915	NY, Monroe Co, Rochester
Railroads	Marvin	Hughitt	director	1915-1916
Railroads	Albert Stimson	Ingalls	asst VP	1930	OH, Cuyahoga Co, Cleveland
Railroads	Albert Stimson	Ingalls	gen supt, gen manager	1915-1924	OH, Cuyahoga Co, Cleveland
Railroads	George Hoadly	Ingalls	traffic manager	1915-1930	IL, Cook Co, Chicago
Railroads	Howard Lyman	Ingersoll	asst to president	1915-1930
Railroads	E. W.	Jerome		1856
Railroads	Frank Jay	Jerome		1915	OH, Cuyahoga Co, Cleveland
Railroads	Frank Joseph	Jerome	director	1915-1922	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	William Brown	Jerome	passenger agent	1905-1916	IL, Cook Co, Chicago
Railroads	Edward H.	Jones	master mechanic	1866	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	Joseph	Jones	master of car repairs	1866	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	Edwin C.	Keenan	gen supt telegraph	1915-1922	IL, Cook Co, Chicago
Railroads	Charles H.	Kendrick	general ticket agent	1867-1869
Railroads	George Watson	Kittredge	chief engineer	1915-1922	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	Casimir Joseph	Klueh	asst engineer	1915	NY, Westchester Co, Yonkers
Railroads	Grovener	Knapp	foreman locomotive building	1863-1866	NY, Monroe Co, Rochester
Railroads	Frederick	Knowland	eastern agent	1870
Railroads	Louis Wiler	Landman	passenger traffic manager	1920-1922	IL, Cook Co, Chicago
Railroads	William G.	Lapham	asst supt	1866	NY, Onondaga Co, Syracuse
Railroads	William Hill	Lazarus	Engineering Dept	1917	NY, Dutchess Co, Poughkeepsie
Railroads	Edward Frederick	Lickey	draftsman	1915	IN, Elkhart Co, Elkhart
Railroads	Schuyler	Livingston	director	1856	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	Robert Scott	Lovett	director	1915-1916
Railroads	Leslie Oliver	Lower	asst engineer	1915	OH, Cuyahoga Co, Cleveland
Railroads	Alexander Steele	Lyman	gen attorney	1915-1930
Railroads	Donald Robertson	Macbain	supt motive power	1915-1916	OH, Cuyahoga Co, Cleveland
Railroads	William Thurston	Maccart	Treatment Inspector	1917	NY, Oneida Co, Rome
Railroads	Henry H.	Martin	director	1866	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	Burt Melville	McDonald	Division Engineer	1917	NY, Erie Co, Buffalo
Railroads	John	McNamara		1853-1864
Railroads	Jesse P.	Meehan	coach painter	1860-1868
Railroads	O. B.	Meeker	clerk	1854-1863	NY, Schenectady Co, Schenectady
Railroads	Ogden	Mills	director	1915-1916
Railroads	Oliver W.	Mink	telegraph operator	1865-1866
Railroads	Dewitt Clinton	Moon	gen manager	1915-1917
Railroads	Robert Murphy	Nevin	counsel	1882-1912
Railroads	William Albert	Newman	gen freight agent	1915-1916	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	William H.	Newman	director	1915-1916
Railroads	Joseph John	O'brien	inspector	1919-1938
Railroads	Alonzo C.	Paige	director	1856	NY, Schenectady Co, Schenectady
Railroads	Dwight W.	Pardee	secretary	1915-1917
Railroads	Charles Jeremiah	Parker	Asst Engineer	1917	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	Benjamin	Penley	apprentice	1915	IN, Elkhart Co, Elkhart
Railroads	Ira Adelbert	Place	VP	1920-1924
Railroads	W. S.	Polhemus	brakeman	1858
Railroads	Leroy V.	Porter	asst Comptroller	1918-1930	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	George Washington	Price	draftsman	1915	IN, Marion Co, Indianapolis
Railroads	Zenas C.	Priest	asst supt	1856	NY, Oneida Co, Utica
Railroads	John V. L.	Pruyn	treasurer	1856	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	Ernest	Rankin	land & Tax agent	1915
Railroads	George W.	Rendall	locomotive engineer	1856-1859
Railroads	Edwin	Richardson	locomotive engineer	1858-1862
Railroads	Dean	Richmond	VP	1856	NY, Erie Co, Buffalo
Railroads	Edgar Franklin	Robinson	Assistant Roadmaster	1899	NY, Wayne Co, Lyons
Railroads	Lester A.	Robison	gen passenger agent	1915-1916
Railroads	William	Rockefeller	director	1915-1916
Railroads	Edward Lawrence	Rossiter	treasurer	1915-1922
Railroads	Charles H.	Russell	director	1866	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	Russell	Sage	director	1856	NY, Rensselaer Co, Troy
Railroads	William Frank	Schaff	div supt	1915-1922	OH, Cuyahoga Co, Cleveland
Railroads	Francis Rauch	Schmid	Bridge Engineer	1917	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	John L.	Schoolcraft	director	1856	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	John F.	Seymour	director	1856	NY, Oneida Co, Utica
Railroads	Patrick	Sheedy	machinist apprentice	1864-1868	NY, Monroe Co, Rochester
Railroads	Alfred Holland	Smith	president, director	1919-1924	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	Charles Frederick	Smith	gen supt, passenger transportation	1915-1924
Railroads	Charles Frederick	Smith	manager, passenger Transp	1930
Railroads	Frank M.	Smith	gen supt	1916-1917	OH, Cuyahoga Co, Cleveland
Railroads	Harry	Smith		1906
Railroads	Harry G.	Snelling	asst treasurer, asst gen treasurer	1915-1922	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	Julius A.	Spencer	asst supt	1866	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	Livingston	Spraker	director	1866	NY, Montgomery Co, Palatine Bridge
Railroads	Raymond Donald	Starbuck	executive VP	1932	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	Raymond Donald	Starbuck	VP	1924	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	Edward Francis	Stephenson	secretary	1915-1922
Railroads	Kirk Bruce	Sweet	corresondence	1915	IL, Cook Co, Chicago
Railroads	Edward Russell	Tattershall	Acting Supervisor of Bridges & Buildings	1917	NY, Franklin Co, Malone
Railroads	Will Albert	Terry	asst freight traffic manager	1930	IL, Cook Co, Chicago
Railroads	Will Albert	Terry	freight traffic manager	1910-1924	IL, Cook Co, Chicago
Railroads	Nathaniel	Thayer	director	1856	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston
Railroads	James	Tillinghast	asst supt	1866	NY, Erie Co, Buffalo
Railroads	S. B.	Tinker	fireman	1854-1855
Railroads	Patrick	Touhy		1852
Railroads	Cornelius L.	Tracy	director	1866	NY, Rensselaer Co, Troy
Railroads	Henry	Underwood	supply agent	1866	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	David	Upton	master mechanic	1866	NY, Monroe Co, Rochester
Railroads	Allen	Vail	machinist	1862-1868	NY, Erie Co, Buffalo
Railroads	Alexander	Van Brewer	apprentice	1915	IN, Elkhart Co, Elkhart
Railroads	Gardner B.	Van Vorst	master mechanic	1866	NY, Schenectady Co, Schenectady
Railroads	Cornelius	Vanderbilt	president	1867-1877
Railroads	Frederick William	Vanderbilt	director	1915-1917
Railroads	Harold Stirling	Vanderbilt	director	1915-1917
Railroads	William Kissam	Vanderbilt	director	1915-1917
Railroads	William Kissam Ii	Vanderbilt	VP, director	1915-1917
Railroads	Chauncey	Vibbard	supt	1856	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	Loren F.	Vosburgh	passenger traffic manager	1917-1930	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	Thomas	Wallace	asst supt	1856	NY, Rensselaer Co, Troy
Railroads	Henry	Watkeys	master mechanic	1866	NY, Onondaga Co, Syracuse
Railroads	James	Webster	freight agent	1910-1922	IL, Cook Co, Chicago
Railroads	John Eugene	Weideman	Car Repair Dept	1917	NY, Erie Co, Buffalo
Railroads	George W.	West	machinist	1865
Railroads	Joel	West	machinist	1856-1857	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	Andrew D.	White	director	1866	NY, Onondaga Co, Syracuse
Railroads	Horace	white	director	1856	NY, Onondaga Co, Syracuse
Railroads	Richard A.	White	gen auditor	1915-1920
Railroads	Frank V.	Whiting	attorney	1915-1922	NY, New York Co, New York City
Railroads	Sydney Buckminster	Wight	gen purchasing agent	1915-1918
Railroads	Sydney Buckminster	Wight	manager Purchases & Stores	1920-1922
Railroads	Frank Hanning	Wilson	gen supt	1915-1921	OH, Cuyahoga Co, Cleveland
Railroads	George L.	Wilson	secretary and asst treasurer	1856	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	Edwin D.	Worcester	formation	1853
Railroads	Edward J.	Wright	gen supt	1915-1917	NY, Albany Co, Albany
Railroads	William C.	Young	asst supt	1856	NY, Erie Co, Buffalo
Railroads	Henry A.	Ziesel	div supt	1915-1924	IN, Lake Co, Gibson

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Organization: New York Central Railroad

From Albany to Buffalo, Main Line, 297 miles. Additional Lines, 258 miles. Office at Albany, N. Y

Marvin Hughitt

Chauncey Mitchell Depew

Frederick William Vanderbilt

Harold Stirling Vanderbilt

William Kissam Vanderbilt

Nathaniel Thayer

Russell Sage

Edwin Dean Worcester

John Van Schaik Lansing Pruyn

Hamilton McKown Twombly

Horace Henry Baxter

Chauncey Mitchell Depew

Erastus Corning

Dwight W. Pardee

John Van Schaik Lansing Pruyn

William Kissam Vanderbilt II

Homer Floyd Simons

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