Augustus "Gus" Hake was the youngest of the eight children of Andrew F. and Elizabeth "Eliza" (Gross) Hake. He grew up on his family's farm in Manchester, York, Pennsylvania leaving at the age of 17 to begin working for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Four years later he moved to the Kansas and Western Railroad which later became the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. He settled in the town of Harper, Kansas and was joined there by his parents and brothers Benjamin and Levi. His brother Frederick remained in York County, Pennsylvania and the parents eventually moved back there.
Gus continued working for the railroad and in 1883 he was promoted to 'engineer.' He was stationed in Ottawa, Kansas where he met his wife Nettie Lenora Robb who was also a native Pennsylvanian. They were married in Ottawa on December 24, 1883.
He retired from the Railroad in 1917 and received a lifetime railway pass for 34 years of service as an engineer. He was given many other honors during his career including being the first engineer to drive both an air-brake equipped and the first electrically equipped locomotives out of the Kansas City terminal. In retirement he worked part-time as a collector for Zanner Manufacturing.
Gus and Nettie moved early in their married life from Ottawa to Argentine which later became Kansas City, Kansas. They moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1909.
They had two children:
Hazel L.(Harold Norwood Johnson, Sr.)
Robb Augustus (Amy Lemert)
Four years later he moved to the Kansas and Western Railroad which later became the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. He settled in the town of Harper, Kansas and was joined there by his parents and brothers Benjamin and Levi. His brother Frederick remained in York County, Pennsylvania and the parents eventually moved back there.
Gus continued working for the railroad and in 1883 he was promoted to 'engineer.' He was stationed in Ottawa, Kansas where he met his wife Nettie Lenora Robb who was also a native Pennsylvanian. They were married in Ottawa on December 24, 1883.
He retired from the Railroad in 1917 and received a lifetime railway pass for 34 years of service as an engineer. He was given many other honors during his career including being the first engineer to drive both an air-brake equipped and the first electrically equipped locomotives out of the Kansas City terminal. In retirement he worked part-time as a collector for Zanner Manufacturing.
Gus and Nettie moved early in their married life from Ottawa to Argentine which later became Kansas City, Kansas. They moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1909.
They had two children:
Hazel L.(Harold Norwood Johnson, Sr.)
Robb Augustus (Amy Lemert)
Augustus "Gus" Hake was the youngest of the eight children of Andrew F. and Elizabeth "Eliza" (Gross) Hake. He grew up on his family's farm in Manchester, York, Pennsylvania leaving at the age of 17 to begin working for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Four years later he moved to the Kansas and Western Railroad which later became the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. He settled in the town of Harper, Kansas and was joined there by his parents and brothers Benjamin and Levi. His brother Frederick remained in York County, Pennsylvania and the parents eventually moved back there.
Gus continued working for the railroad and in 1883 he was promoted to 'engineer.' He was stationed in Ottawa, Kansas where he met his wife Nettie Lenora Robb who was also a native Pennsylvanian. They were married in Ottawa on December 24, 1883.
He retired from the Railroad in 1917 and received a lifetime railway pass for 34 years of service as an engineer. He was given many other honors during his career including being the first engineer to drive both an air-brake equipped and the first electrically equipped locomotives out of the Kansas City terminal. In retirement he worked part-time as a collector for Zanner Manufacturing.
Gus and Nettie moved early in their married life from Ottawa to Argentine which later became Kansas City, Kansas. They moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1909.
They had two children:
Hazel L.(Harold Norwood Johnson, Sr.)
Robb Augustus (Amy Lemert)
Four years later he moved to the Kansas and Western Railroad which later became the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. He settled in the town of Harper, Kansas and was joined there by his parents and brothers Benjamin and Levi. His brother Frederick remained in York County, Pennsylvania and the parents eventually moved back there.
Gus continued working for the railroad and in 1883 he was promoted to 'engineer.' He was stationed in Ottawa, Kansas where he met his wife Nettie Lenora Robb who was also a native Pennsylvanian. They were married in Ottawa on December 24, 1883.
He retired from the Railroad in 1917 and received a lifetime railway pass for 34 years of service as an engineer. He was given many other honors during his career including being the first engineer to drive both an air-brake equipped and the first electrically equipped locomotives out of the Kansas City terminal. In retirement he worked part-time as a collector for Zanner Manufacturing.
Gus and Nettie moved early in their married life from Ottawa to Argentine which later became Kansas City, Kansas. They moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1909.
They had two children:
Hazel L.(Harold Norwood Johnson, Sr.)
Robb Augustus (Amy Lemert)
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