hill, andy
unknown – unknown
- Name variants
- Andy Hill; Hill, Andy
- Record count
- 3
- Sources
- life_events,v2_names
- Places seen
- Birds Mill
- First event date
- 1911-01-04
- Last event date
- 1911-01-04
Timeline — 5 events
- 1911-01-04 Birds Mill. Engineer of Sunshine Limited wrecked at Birds Mill; escaped with severe bruises Co-mentioned: Louis Walteman. Quote: "But we are glad to report that Engineer Hill and his fireman escaped with only severe bruises."
- 1915-10-01 Mr. Andy Hill, now the oldest engineer on the Cat Branch of the Mountain road, began his railroad career by firing for 'Daddy' Baldwin [date from clip_id] Co-mentioned: F. W. Baldwin. Quote: "Mr. Andy Hill, now the oldest engineer on the Cat Branch of the Mountain road began his railroad career by f…
- 1924-11-07 Dexter. M. S. Mason's poem "'Andy Hill of the Cat'" honors Andy Hill, engineer of the eight o'clock train on the Missouri Pacific branch known as the "Cat Line" through Dexter, who began work on the road at age fourteen and served fifty-five years Co-mentioned: M. S. Mason. Quote: "That's Andy Hill…
- 1925-06-19 St. Louis. Engineer on the Iron Mountain and Missouri Pacific railroads died Saturday morning at the Missouri Pacific hospital in St. Louis; remains laid to rest at Poplar Bluff last Sunday; born near Nashville, Tenn., December 27, 1857; married February 27, 1902 at Dexter to Mrs. Etta Rogers, nee E…
- (undated) Dexter. As a boy Andy Hill worked as a bolt boy on the railroad into Dexter and fired the first engine that came through Dexter; at seventy-four he was still working as an engineer on a passenger train, reading his orders without glasses Quote: "fired the first one that came through Dexter. Mr. Hill…
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