"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
"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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