William E. Fazenbaker, aged 74 years, died Tuesday at his home in Cumberland, following several months’ illness.
Mr. Fazenbaker was born February 20, 1847, on a farm in Allegany County – now Garrett County, Maryland. He entered the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company service in the Piedmont shops in 1864. A few years later he was assigned to firing an engine and was advanced from time to time until he became a reliable passenger engineer.
He was retired after fifty years service with the company.
William E. Fazenbaker, aged 74 years, died Tuesday at his home in Cumberland, following several months’ illness.
Mr. Fazenbaker was born February 20, 1847, on a farm in Allegany County – now Garrett County, Maryland. He entered the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company service in the Piedmont shops in 1864. A few years later he was assigned to firing an engine and was advanced from time to time until he became a reliable passenger engineer.
He was retired after fifty years service with the company.
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