Background
Holden, James Franklin was born on December 22, 1861 in Prince Albert, Ontario, Canada. Son of James and Orilla Holden.
Holden, James Franklin was born on December 22, 1861 in Prince Albert, Ontario, Canada. Son of James and Orilla Holden.
Educated Whitby (Ontario) Collegiate Institute.
In employ of Grand Trunk, and Canadian Pacific rys., 1877-1886. Clerk agents’ accounts, accounting department, and chief rate clerk general frt. office, Saint Louis & San Francisco Railroad, at Saint Louis, Missouri, 1886-1891. Auditor and traffic manager, 1891-1898, traffic manager, 1898-1901, vice president, 1901-1902, Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Frt. traffic manager, C.,Rhode Island & P. Railway, Chicago, 1902-1906.
Vice-president and general manager, Midland Valley Railroad, Muskogee, Oklahoma, 1906-1910. Former vice president Kansas City Southern Railway, now retired.
With United States Railroad Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, January-July 1918. Director Pioneer Trust Company, Kansas City.
Clubs: Union League (Chicago).
Married Charlotte Ellsworth, of Peterboro, Ontario, October 12, 1887.