- STEPHEN HOTELLING, one of the oldest engineers in point of
service, on the Chicago &
- Northwestern Railroad, was born in Lake County, Ohio, Oct.
13, 1835, and is a son of Menton HOTELLING. His parents were
born near Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., N.Y., and the family is
of Holland origin. The father is still living in New York City,
but the mother died in 1873, at the age of sixty-one years. The
early life of our subject was spent in Painesville, Ohio, and
at the age of sixteen years he began railroading in the employ
of the Cleveland & Erie Railway Company. In the years 1852
and 1853, he was engaged with the Lake Shore Road, and on the
6th day of March, 1854, went to Chicago, where the same day he
secured work with the Northwestern Road, in which employ he has
been continuously since. His run is now on the Green Bay mail
accommodation on the Lake Shore division, on which line he laid
the first bar of iron. He worked on the construction until January,
1855, then engaged in firing for about a year and in 1856, was
placed in charge of his first engine. He spent one year at the
Oshkosh switch, and the year 1859, in the yards at Chicago. His
run is generally between Janesville and Chicago, and he has been
pulling a passenger train for twenty-five or twenty-six years,
during which time not a single person has been injured on one
of his trains.
- Since 1859, Mr. HOTELLING has been a resident of Janesville,
and has made many warm
- friends in this city. On the 16th day of January, 1861, he
was united in marriage with Miss Mary DUSTIN, daughter of S.
B. DUSTIN, and a native of Hartford, Vt. They have one child,
Ella May, and they also lost one child, Minta Bell, who died
in infancy.
- In politics, Mr. HOTELLING is a Republican, and socially,
is a member of the Masonic Fraternity,
- belonging to Janesville Lodge, No. 55, A.F.& A.M.; Janesville
Chapter, No. 5, R.A.M.; Diebold Council No. 2; and Janesville
Commandery No. 2, K.T. He is a valued and worthy citizen of Rock
County, respected by all who know him, and trusted employe of
the railroad company. His long service is a high testimonial
of his ability and of the confidence in which he is held. He
has gained great favor with the traveling public, and richly
merits their esteem.
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- Taken from "The Portrait and Biographical Album of
Rock County, Wis." (c)1889, pp. 556-557.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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