HIS:TORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, WISCONSIN (1879),p.661
Charles B.Peck, general manager of C & L H R R, Port Huron, Michigan;born in Steuben County, New York August 10,1840; he came to Wisconsin in 1848,and lived in Palmyra until 1856,when he attended Albion Academy one year; he then attended Carroll College,Waukesha,where he learned telegraphy and began life as a railroad man;was appointed station agent at Brodhead,Wisconsin at the age of 19, where he remained until the spring of 1863,when he enlisted in the 36th W.V.I., and was afterward Quartermaster of the regiment; he served until the close of the war,having attained the rank of brevet Major. He went to Kansas in 1867 as General Freight Agent of the L.,L & G.R.R., and was made Superintendent of the line in 1872;in the fall of 1874, he went to Detroit, Michigan, as Western General Freight agent of the G.T.R.R., and organized the lake transportation business of the line; Mr Peck was transferred to General Freight Agent of the C& L H R R, and was made Superintendent in 1877,Receiver and General Manager in 1878, which position he still holds; he is also President of the Chicago and State Line Extension R R now building from Chicago eastward to the Chicago & Lake Huron R R
HIS:TORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, WISCONSIN (1879),p.661
Charles B.Peck, general manager of C & L H R R, Port Huron, Michigan;born in Steuben County, New York August 10,1840; he came to Wisconsin in 1848,and lived in Palmyra until 1856,when he attended Albion Academy one year; he then attended Carroll College,Waukesha,where he learned telegraphy and began life as a railroad man;was appointed station agent at Brodhead,Wisconsin at the age of 19, where he remained until the spring of 1863,when he enlisted in the 36th W.V.I., and was afterward Quartermaster of the regiment; he served until the close of the war,having attained the rank of brevet Major. He went to Kansas in 1867 as General Freight Agent of the L.,L & G.R.R., and was made Superintendent of the line in 1872;in the fall of 1874, he went to Detroit, Michigan, as Western General Freight agent of the G.T.R.R., and organized the lake transportation business of the line; Mr Peck was transferred to General Freight Agent of the C& L H R R, and was made Superintendent in 1877,Receiver and General Manager in 1878, which position he still holds; he is also President of the Chicago and State Line Extension R R now building from Chicago eastward to the Chicago & Lake Huron R R
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