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Linsley, William (1851-1910)

Name:
Linsley, William (1851-1910)
Title:
Fireman, Erie Railroad
Fireman, Burlington & Lamoille Railroad
Engineer, Burlington & Lamoille Railroad, 1880
Motorman, Burlington Traction Company, 1893-1910
Member, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Rutland, VT
Born:
03/03/1851
Birthplace:
Middlebury, VT
Died:
10/10/1910
Death Location:
Burlington, VT
Residence:
Middlebury, VT 1851-1870
Winooski, VT 1870-1873
Cambridge, VT 1880
Burlington, VT 1877, 1879, 1885, 1886, 1893-1910
Muncie, IN 1891
Nationality:
American
Occupation:
Railroad machinist, fireman, engineer, and motorman
Railroad historian, collector, and illustrator
Father:
Linsley, Charles (1795-1863)
Mother:
Wells, Emeline Bartholomew (1818-1895)
Spouse:
Wakefield, Henrietta (1863-1950), 9/26/1888, Burlington, VT
Children:
Joel Wakefield, born 1891; died 1943
Helena, born 1897; died 1977
Notes:
"Veteran Gone," Burlington Daily News, Burlington, VT, October 11, 1910, 6.

"Death of William Linsley," Middlebury Register, Middlebury, VT, Ocrober 14, 1910, 7.

Lakeview Cemetery, Burlington, VT
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