Background
Atkins, George Tyng was born on August 13, 1878 in St. Petersburg, Virginia, United States. Son of George Tyng and Elizabeth Mayo (Harrison) Atkins.
Atkins, George Tyng was born on August 13, 1878 in St. Petersburg, Virginia, United States. Son of George Tyng and Elizabeth Mayo (Harrison) Atkins.
Education public and private schools.
Messenger in auditor’s office, Texas & Pacific Railway, Dallas, 1897. Clerk, auditor’s office, Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway, Dallas, 1898-1901, successively file clerk, rate clerk, chief rate clerk, general freight office, 1901-1906. Commercial agent, March-October 1906, chief clerk, general freight office, 1906-1910.
Freight traffic manager, Shreveport (Louisiana) Chamber Commerce, 1910-1918, during which time the “Shreveport Case” was filed and successfully prosecuted before Interstate Commerce Commission Commerce Court, various state and federal courts, including Supreme Court of the United States Court.
Traffic assistant, division public service and accounting, United States.R.R. Administrn., Washington, District of Columbia, July 1918-February 1919, assistant director division public service, February 1919-March 1920. Freight traffic manager M.,K&T. Lincolnshire, 1920-1926.
Vice president traffic M-K-T Railroad Company, 1926-1935, executive vice president since 1935, executive vice president and director M-K-T Railroad Company of Texas and Beaver, Meade & Englewood Railroad Company. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Transportation Company.
Director Joplin Union Depot Company, The Union Depot Realty Company (Joplin, Missouri), San Antonio Belt & Terminal Railway Company, Texas Central Railroad Company, Union Terminal Company of Dallas, Wichita Falls & Northwestern Railway Company of Texas, Wichita Falls & Wellington Railway Company of Texas, Wichita Falls Railway Company, Texas City Terminal Railway Company.
Club: Noonday (Saint Louis).
Married Annie Linda Evans, August 31, 1904. Children: Annie Linda (Mistress Marion F. Fooshee, deceased), George Tyng, William Allen, Harriet Alford (Mistress James South. Legg), John White (deceased), Sergeant Luther Walter, Lieutenant Dudley Townsend (killed in action, Rendova, July 4, 1943).