Background
Winchell, Benjamin Louisiana Fon was born on July 8, 1858 in Palmyra, Missouri, United States. Son of Joseph Rice and Kate Anna (Louisiana Fon) Winchell.
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Benjamin Louisiana Fon Winchell
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Education
Educated in ward and high schools, Hannibal, Missouri, 1867-1874.
Career
1 son, Benjamin Louisiana Fon. Was employed in Burlington railway shops, Hannibal, later transferred to auditor’s office, of the same line. Served as chief clerk general freight office Atchison & Nebraska Railroad, Atchison, Kansas, and then assistant general pass. agent, Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad, Kansas City, Missoury.
General pass. agent United Presbyterian, Denver & Gulf Railway, Denver, 1895.
General pass. agent Saint Louis&San Francisco Railroad, Saint Louis, 1898. Vice-president and traffic manager C.&South. Railway, Denver, January 1899.
President Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad, October 15, 1900. Vice-president and general manager “Frisco” System, September 1901.
3d vice president C.,Rhode Island&P. Railway, and 1st vice president “Frisco” System, October 1903.
President C.,Rhode Island&P. Railway, 1904-1909. Vice chairman of the executive committee “Frisco” System, April 14-December, 1909, president, December, 1909-May 28, 1913, Saint Louis&San Francisco Railroad Company (“Frisco” System) and C.&East.I. Railroad Company. Appointed receiver Saint Louis&San Francisco Lincolnshire, May 28, 1913.
Resigned July 15, 1913, to become director of traffic, United Presbyterian System.
Regional director railroads Southern Region, United States Railway Administration, Atlanta, Georgia., June 1918-February 1920. Vice president Pierce Oil Corporation, New York, since May 1920.
Chairman and president Remington Typewriter Company, since June 1922. Chairman Remington, Rand, Incorporated., since 1927.
Achievements
Membership
Clubs: Metropolitan, Blind Brook, Recess, Cloud, Sleepy Hollow Country (New York).
Connections
Married Jane Helm.
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Nationality
American