Robert Blickensderfer

Background

Blickensderfer, Robert was born on November 20, 1841 in Canal Dover, Ohio, United States. Son of Jacob and Maria L. Blickensderfer.

Education

Educated Lititz and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Career

Began railway service on Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & Saint Louis Railway as rodman, 1859. In engineering department various roads. Assistant engineer Missouri Pacific, 1873, Atlantic & Pacific, 1873-1874.

Locating engineer Dayton & Southeastern Railroad, 1875-1876.

Assistant and locating engineer, 1877-1879, Saint Louis & San Francisco Railroad Locating and division engineer Union Pacific Railway, 1879-1881.

Afterward superintendent construction and superintendent various divisions same road to 1892. General superintendent 1895-1897, receiver 1897-1899, president and general manager May 1, 1899 to 1901, since then general manager Wheeling & Lake Erie. Also manager Wabash, Pittsburgh Terminal Railway, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Address: Pittsburgh.

Achievements

• Robert Blickensderfer has been listed as a noteworthy railway official by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Portuguese Washington, O., 1865, Mary Ross.

Father:

Jacob Blickensderfer

Mother:

Maria L. Blickensderfer

Spouse:

Portuguese Washington