HISTORY OF MOWER COUNTY, 1911.
William Franklin Clay, one of Austin's aldermen, has the excellent and unusual record of having been in the railroad service for over forty years.
He was born in Gardner, Me., April 15, 1849, son of William A. and Sarah (Douglass) Clay.
He came to Minnesota with his parents in 1856, and there received his education.
He first started railroad work at Austin in 1868. After working about the station for a while he was appointed yardmaster, and later became a conductor. He was conductor of the construction train that was used in the building of the short line between St. Paul and Minneapolis, and for a number of years he was passenger conductor on the Southern Minnesota division. At the time of his retirement, in June, 1908, he had been in the employ of the railroad just forty years and eleven days.
He is a member of the K. of P. and of the B. P. O. E., as well as of the Order of Railway Conductors. In 1910 he was elected alderman from the third ward. Mr. Clay is a Republican.
By his first wife, Emma Fenton, he has two children: William D., now of Tacoma, Wash., and Hattie B., now Mrs. Bert Fitch, of Barber, Mont.
By his second wife, Ida Bowen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen, of Austin, he has had three children. Guy lives at home. Rex died from injuries received while in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, and Frank was drowned in the Cedar river while skating. The family faith is that of the Episcopal church.
William Franklin Clay, one of Austin's aldermen, has the excellent and unusual record of having been in the railroad service for over forty years.
He was born in Gardner, Me., April 15, 1849, son of William A. and Sarah (Douglass) Clay.
He came to Minnesota with his parents in 1856, and there received his education.
He first started railroad work at Austin in 1868. After working about the station for a while he was appointed yardmaster, and later became a conductor. He was conductor of the construction train that was used in the building of the short line between St. Paul and Minneapolis, and for a number of years he was passenger conductor on the Southern Minnesota division. At the time of his retirement, in June, 1908, he had been in the employ of the railroad just forty years and eleven days.
He is a member of the K. of P. and of the B. P. O. E., as well as of the Order of Railway Conductors. In 1910 he was elected alderman from the third ward. Mr. Clay is a Republican.
By his first wife, Emma Fenton, he has two children: William D., now of Tacoma, Wash., and Hattie B., now Mrs. Bert Fitch, of Barber, Mont.
By his second wife, Ida Bowen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen, of Austin, he has had three children. Guy lives at home. Rex died from injuries received while in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, and Frank was drowned in the Cedar river while skating. The family faith is that of the Episcopal church.
HISTORY OF MOWER COUNTY, 1911.
William Franklin Clay, one of Austin's aldermen, has the excellent and unusual record of having been in the railroad service for over forty years.
He was born in Gardner, Me., April 15, 1849, son of William A. and Sarah (Douglass) Clay.
He came to Minnesota with his parents in 1856, and there received his education.
He first started railroad work at Austin in 1868. After working about the station for a while he was appointed yardmaster, and later became a conductor. He was conductor of the construction train that was used in the building of the short line between St. Paul and Minneapolis, and for a number of years he was passenger conductor on the Southern Minnesota division. At the time of his retirement, in June, 1908, he had been in the employ of the railroad just forty years and eleven days.
He is a member of the K. of P. and of the B. P. O. E., as well as of the Order of Railway Conductors. In 1910 he was elected alderman from the third ward. Mr. Clay is a Republican.
By his first wife, Emma Fenton, he has two children: William D., now of Tacoma, Wash., and Hattie B., now Mrs. Bert Fitch, of Barber, Mont.
By his second wife, Ida Bowen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen, of Austin, he has had three children. Guy lives at home. Rex died from injuries received while in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, and Frank was drowned in the Cedar river while skating. The family faith is that of the Episcopal church.
William Franklin Clay, one of Austin's aldermen, has the excellent and unusual record of having been in the railroad service for over forty years.
He was born in Gardner, Me., April 15, 1849, son of William A. and Sarah (Douglass) Clay.
He came to Minnesota with his parents in 1856, and there received his education.
He first started railroad work at Austin in 1868. After working about the station for a while he was appointed yardmaster, and later became a conductor. He was conductor of the construction train that was used in the building of the short line between St. Paul and Minneapolis, and for a number of years he was passenger conductor on the Southern Minnesota division. At the time of his retirement, in June, 1908, he had been in the employ of the railroad just forty years and eleven days.
He is a member of the K. of P. and of the B. P. O. E., as well as of the Order of Railway Conductors. In 1910 he was elected alderman from the third ward. Mr. Clay is a Republican.
By his first wife, Emma Fenton, he has two children: William D., now of Tacoma, Wash., and Hattie B., now Mrs. Bert Fitch, of Barber, Mont.
By his second wife, Ida Bowen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen, of Austin, he has had three children. Guy lives at home. Rex died from injuries received while in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, and Frank was drowned in the Cedar river while skating. The family faith is that of the Episcopal church.
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