WILLIAM M. SURMAN
Born 1859.Died 1916
Conductor William M. Surman, one of the Grand Old Men of the Cincinnati Division, was stricken with paralysis on his run (train No. 2), between Ashland and Catlettsburg, Ky., on the afternoon of April 8th. He was hurried to the Huntington Hospital where he died the following morning without rallying.
Mr. Surman was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1859. When ten years of age he came to the United States with his parents, residing in Burbank, Ohio. At the age of 18, he entered the railroad service as a brakeman on the N.Y.P.& O. (now Erie) Railway, where he continued as a brakeman and conductor until he came to the Cincinnati Division of the Chesapeake and Ohio in February, 1890. Since that time he has continued here in the various classes of service, with a record of which any man might justly feel proud. On the roster of conductors on the Cincinnati Division, in point of age in service, he stood fifth at the time of his death.
In 1880 he married Miss Lena Schapp, of Galion, Ohio, who with one daughter Mrs. Jennie Snyder, of Cincinnati, survive him.
As a conductor, Mr. Surman was careful and competent; as a companion he was congenial and considerate and as a friend he was faithful and firm. To say that he was popular among his associates is hardly sufficient to convey an idea of the esteem in which he was held by them and by those of the railway officials who knew him, he was no less respected and admired.
By the hands of those friends and brothers to whom he was most attached, his remains were bourne to the Highland Cemetery, Covington, Ky., where with reverence and sorrow, they were lowered to their last long repose.
Born 1859.Died 1916
Conductor William M. Surman, one of the Grand Old Men of the Cincinnati Division, was stricken with paralysis on his run (train No. 2), between Ashland and Catlettsburg, Ky., on the afternoon of April 8th. He was hurried to the Huntington Hospital where he died the following morning without rallying.
Mr. Surman was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1859. When ten years of age he came to the United States with his parents, residing in Burbank, Ohio. At the age of 18, he entered the railroad service as a brakeman on the N.Y.P.& O. (now Erie) Railway, where he continued as a brakeman and conductor until he came to the Cincinnati Division of the Chesapeake and Ohio in February, 1890. Since that time he has continued here in the various classes of service, with a record of which any man might justly feel proud. On the roster of conductors on the Cincinnati Division, in point of age in service, he stood fifth at the time of his death.
In 1880 he married Miss Lena Schapp, of Galion, Ohio, who with one daughter Mrs. Jennie Snyder, of Cincinnati, survive him.
As a conductor, Mr. Surman was careful and competent; as a companion he was congenial and considerate and as a friend he was faithful and firm. To say that he was popular among his associates is hardly sufficient to convey an idea of the esteem in which he was held by them and by those of the railway officials who knew him, he was no less respected and admired.
By the hands of those friends and brothers to whom he was most attached, his remains were bourne to the Highland Cemetery, Covington, Ky., where with reverence and sorrow, they were lowered to their last long repose.
WILLIAM M. SURMAN
Born 1859.Died 1916
Conductor William M. Surman, one of the Grand Old Men of the Cincinnati Division, was stricken with paralysis on his run (train No. 2), between Ashland and Catlettsburg, Ky., on the afternoon of April 8th. He was hurried to the Huntington Hospital where he died the following morning without rallying.
Mr. Surman was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1859. When ten years of age he came to the United States with his parents, residing in Burbank, Ohio. At the age of 18, he entered the railroad service as a brakeman on the N.Y.P.& O. (now Erie) Railway, where he continued as a brakeman and conductor until he came to the Cincinnati Division of the Chesapeake and Ohio in February, 1890. Since that time he has continued here in the various classes of service, with a record of which any man might justly feel proud. On the roster of conductors on the Cincinnati Division, in point of age in service, he stood fifth at the time of his death.
In 1880 he married Miss Lena Schapp, of Galion, Ohio, who with one daughter Mrs. Jennie Snyder, of Cincinnati, survive him.
As a conductor, Mr. Surman was careful and competent; as a companion he was congenial and considerate and as a friend he was faithful and firm. To say that he was popular among his associates is hardly sufficient to convey an idea of the esteem in which he was held by them and by those of the railway officials who knew him, he was no less respected and admired.
By the hands of those friends and brothers to whom he was most attached, his remains were bourne to the Highland Cemetery, Covington, Ky., where with reverence and sorrow, they were lowered to their last long repose.
Born 1859.Died 1916
Conductor William M. Surman, one of the Grand Old Men of the Cincinnati Division, was stricken with paralysis on his run (train No. 2), between Ashland and Catlettsburg, Ky., on the afternoon of April 8th. He was hurried to the Huntington Hospital where he died the following morning without rallying.
Mr. Surman was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1859. When ten years of age he came to the United States with his parents, residing in Burbank, Ohio. At the age of 18, he entered the railroad service as a brakeman on the N.Y.P.& O. (now Erie) Railway, where he continued as a brakeman and conductor until he came to the Cincinnati Division of the Chesapeake and Ohio in February, 1890. Since that time he has continued here in the various classes of service, with a record of which any man might justly feel proud. On the roster of conductors on the Cincinnati Division, in point of age in service, he stood fifth at the time of his death.
In 1880 he married Miss Lena Schapp, of Galion, Ohio, who with one daughter Mrs. Jennie Snyder, of Cincinnati, survive him.
As a conductor, Mr. Surman was careful and competent; as a companion he was congenial and considerate and as a friend he was faithful and firm. To say that he was popular among his associates is hardly sufficient to convey an idea of the esteem in which he was held by them and by those of the railway officials who knew him, he was no less respected and admired.
By the hands of those friends and brothers to whom he was most attached, his remains were bourne to the Highland Cemetery, Covington, Ky., where with reverence and sorrow, they were lowered to their last long repose.
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