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Zarina <I>Barton</I> Field

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Zarina Barton Field

Birth
Tonawanda, Erie County, New York, USA
Death
17 Feb 1895 (aged 72)
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.3676758, Longitude: -71.1404548
Plot
3033
Memorial ID
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Zarina's husband was Franklin Field.
"Franklin Field was engaged in public works, such as railroad building, until his death in Texas, which was caused by a fall from a horse that ran away with him. He was a contractor on the New York and Erie, Buffalo and State Line, and also on lines running east from Buffalo. Removing to St. Louis, Mo, he was engaged in building the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, Belleville and Illinois Town, Alton and St. Louis, North Missouri, Iron Mountain and Missouri Pacific railroads. He also built some railroads in Alabama. At the time of his death he had a contract to build twelve hundred miles of railroad in Texas. He was called "The Railroad King of the West" he d. in 1859"
From "Field Genealogy: being a record of all the Field family in America whose ancestors were in the country prior to 1700" by Frederick Clifton Pierce
Zarina's husband was Franklin Field.
"Franklin Field was engaged in public works, such as railroad building, until his death in Texas, which was caused by a fall from a horse that ran away with him. He was a contractor on the New York and Erie, Buffalo and State Line, and also on lines running east from Buffalo. Removing to St. Louis, Mo, he was engaged in building the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, Belleville and Illinois Town, Alton and St. Louis, North Missouri, Iron Mountain and Missouri Pacific railroads. He also built some railroads in Alabama. At the time of his death he had a contract to build twelve hundred miles of railroad in Texas. He was called "The Railroad King of the West" he d. in 1859"
From "Field Genealogy: being a record of all the Field family in America whose ancestors were in the country prior to 1700" by Frederick Clifton Pierce


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  • Created by: pmowl
  • Added: Dec 29, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63480179/zarina-field: accessed ), memorial page for Zarina Barton Field (8 Nov 1822–17 Feb 1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63480179, citing Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by pmowl (contributor 47406336).