Background
Kenly, Ritchie Graham was born on March 13, 1866 in Ritchie Mines, West Virginia, United States. Son of William L. and Elizabeth Marion (Hook) Kenly.
Kenly, Ritchie Graham was born on March 13, 1866 in Ritchie Mines, West Virginia, United States. Son of William L. and Elizabeth Marion (Hook) Kenly.
Baltimore City College, 1879-1884.
Paul G. Bovard), Grace Isabella (Mistress Edgar R. Bjorklund), Edith Lilian (Mistress C. Hume Ritchie). Married second, Mistress Augusta Davidson Kenly, October 1, 1932. Held minor railway positions, 1885-1891.
Supervisor Radford division, 1891-1893, assistant engineer, 1893-1897, assistant trainmaster Radford and Pulaski divisions, 1897-1898, N.&W. Railway. Assistant to chief engineer West Virginia Central & Pittsburgh Railway, 1898-1899. Draftsman and construction engineer Philadelphia & Erie R.R. and Northern Central Railway (Pennsylvania R.R.), 1899-1900.
Supervisor Lehigh division, L.V. Railway, June 1900. Division engineer Lehigh & New Jersey divisions, same road, 1900-1904. Trainmaster same divisions, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1904-1907.
General superintendent Lehigh & N.E. Railway, 1907-1908. Engineer maintenance of way, L.V. R.R., 1908-1909. Chief engineer, 1909-1917, general manager, May 17, 1917, assistant to president and chief engineer, March 1920, later chief engineer, Minneapolis & St. Louis R.R., retired 1939.
Mason.
Married Grace I. Erdman, October 16, 1888 (deceased).; married second, Mistress. Children: Ritchie Graham (deceased), Guy, Grace Marion (Mistress John A. Buck), Allen Jackson, Katherine Erdman (deceased, wife of Doctor.