- H. C. CAREY, conductor on the Freeport division, Illinois
Central Railroad, was born in
- Janesville, Wis., September 28, 1862, and is the son of Thomas
and Mathilda (BURDICK) CAREY. The former, a farmer by occupation,
died in 1864, the latter is living in Belmond, Iowa.
- H. C. CAREY was educated in the public-schools of Durand,
Ill., Belmond, Iowa, and the
- Janesville Business College. At the age of sixteen he began
herding cattle in Iowa and remained in this employment for five
years. He then went to Wayne, Ill., and entered the service of
M. W. Dunham, the largest breeder of fine horses in the world,
where he remained for aperiod of six years. He then took a business
course at the Janesville Business College, and went to Aurora,
Ill., where he clerked in the Hotel Evans for about two months,
then went back to his old employer Mr. Dunham, with whom he remained
about two years. June 8, 1892, Mr. CAREY came to Freeport, and
entered the service of the I.C.R.R. as a brakeman on the Freeport
division, running between Chicago and Dubuque, and in March 1897
was promoted to his present position of conductor.
- Mr. CAREY was married, March 8, 1893, to Helen May HAMMOND,
of Wayne, Illinois.
- Mrs. CAREY was born May 18, 1872. She was educated in the
public schools of Wayne and also took a course in the Academy
at Elgin, Illinois. Her union with Mr. CAREY has been blest with
one child, Marian H., born April 7, 1894. Mr. CAREY is a member
of the B. of R.T. In politics he affiliates with the Republican
party.
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- [Taken from "History of the Illinois Central Railroad
Company and Representative Employes" (c)1900 Railroad Historical
Co., Chicago, IL; p. 536]
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