Gilbert Garfield Early

Background

Early, Gilbert Garfield was born on July 25, 1881 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James and Anna Elizabeth (Kerr) Early.

Education

Entered railway service with Erie Railroad as clerk, 1900. Chief rate clerk, Wabash lines, east of Toledo, O., 1907. General freight passenger agent, Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railroad at Pittsburgh, 1917, assistant general freight agent, same, 1918.

Reopened an off-line of Wabash Railway at Philadelphia, 1920.

Assistant general freight agent, Wabash Railway at Saint Louis, 1921, general freight agent, 1924, assistant freight traffic manager, 1927, freight traffic manager, 1931. Appointed chief traffic officer for receivers of Wabash Railway and Ann Arbor Railroad, Vice-President traffic Manistique & Lake Superior Railroad, September 1, 1936.

Appointed vice president traffic Corporate Orgns., Wabash Railway and Ann Arbor Railroad, Vice-President traffic Lake Erie & Fort Wayne Railroad Company, September 29, 1936.

Career

Chief rate clerk, Wabash lines, east of Toledo, O., 1907. Assistant general freight agent, Wabash Railway Chief traffic officer for receivers of Wabash Railway

Achievements

• Gilbert Garfield Early has been listed as a noteworthy railroad executive. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Mason (Shriner).; Clubs: Noonday, Traffic, Wabash, Glen Echo Country (Saint Louis, Missouri).

Connections

Married Mellie Guthridge, November 18, 1903. Children: Wilda, Gilbert G. Junior.

Father:

James Early

Mother:

Anna Elizabeth (Kerr) Early

Spouse:

Mellie Guthridge

child:

Gilbert G. Junior Early

child:

Wilda Early