Background
Beven, Thomas D. was born on December 23, 1898 in New Orleans. Son of Charles T. and Mary Ann (Farrell) Beven.
Beven, Thomas D. was born on December 23, 1898 in New Orleans. Son of Charles T. and Mary Ann (Farrell) Beven.
Student in public schools, New Orleans and Jackson, Mississippi.
Messenger, caller and clerk, I.C. R.R., New Orleans, 1912-1914;
clerk, I.C. R.R., McComb, Mississippi, 1916-1917, 20-21;
switchman, I.C. R.R., McComb, 1921;
traveling auditor, I.C. R.R., McComb, 1922-1923;
yardmaster, I.C. R.R., McComb, 1924;
general yardmaster, I.C. R.R., McComb, 1925-1929;
trainmaster, I.C. R.R., McComb, 1929-1935;
superintendent, I.C. R.R., McComb, 1935-1938;
general manager, Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Rlwy. Company, 1939-1941;
vice president, Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Rlwy. Company, 1941-1946;
president, director Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Rlwy.
Company, from 1946.
First lieutenant United States Marine Corps, 1917-1920. Mason, Traffic Club, Union League Club, Chicago Club, Western Rlwy. Club (past president), South Shore Country Club, Chicago (Illinois) Athletic Association, Duquesne Club (Pittsburgh).
Married Mabel Hamilton Reich, June 24, 1920. Children: William Farrell, Stephen Peter.