FREDERICK NORTON FINNEY

Finney, Frederick Norton, civil engineer; born, Boston, Mass., March 7, 1832; son of Rev. Charles Grandison and Lydia R. (Andrews) Finney; educated, Oberlin College; married, Oberlin, Ohio, 1863, Willieanna W. Clarke; four children. Admitted to bar, 1857; engaged in practice of law, Oshkosh, Wis., 1857-60; engineering, construction, Chicago & North Western Ry., 1860-62; city engineer, Toledo, Ohio, 1862-64; first assistant engineer Mountain division Union Pacific Rd., 1864; resident engineer and superintendent Jamestown division Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Rd., 1864-67; chief engineer and superintendent Erie & Pittsburgh Rd., 1867-70. Chief engineer and superintendent, located, built and operated Canada Southern Ry., 1870-74; chief engineer and superintendent Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Ry., 1874-78; chief engineer and general manager Wisconsin Central Ry., 1878-89; president St. Paul, Minneapolis & Sault Ste. Marie Ry., 1900-02; superintendent of construction Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry., 1893-1902; president Missouri, Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Co. and Missouri, Texas & Oklahoma Railway Co., 1902-04; president Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, 1904-06. Re-publican. Author : Three Months in Italy, 1893; A Souvenir of the Nile, 1896; In Memoriam, 1896; Letters from Across the Sea, 1909. Trustee Oberlin College., Club : Chicago, Chicago, Ill. Address : Villa Dora, South Pasadena, Cal.

Biographical sketches from the book, Men of 1914

Submitted by Deborah Crowell