- WILLIAM J. HAVILAND, engineer for the Illinois Central, has
been connected with the road
- since October 1890, when he began firing. In 1896 he was
promoted to engineer and since that time has had charge of the
engine.
- He is the son of William Henry HAVILAND, formerly a farmer
in Bremer county, Iowa, but who
- is now deceased. Our subject is a native of Rock county,
Wisconsin, and was born February 23, 1868. The only railroad
man in the family, he came to Waterloo in 1890, and shortly after
secured a place in the operating department.
- Mr. HAVILAND married Miss Ella BARNARD, of Cherokee, Iowa,
and they now reside at
- Fort Dodge. For three months he worked on the Yazoo &
Mississippi Valley branch of the Illinois Central, and then returned
to Iowa and has since been running out of Fort Dodge. He is a
member of the B. of L.E. No. 226 and the B. of L.F. No. 222,
of Fort Dodge, also of Waukanzee Lodge I.O.O.F. of Fort Dodge.
He has a beautiful home at 1325 Fourth avenue, south.
-
- [Taken from "History of the Illinois Central Railroad
Company and Representative Employes" (c)1900 Railroad Historical
Co., Chicago, IL; p. 148]
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