Background
Terry, Will Albert was born on March 20, 1864 in in Huron Company, Ohio, United States. Son of James E. and Mary Theresa (Maynard) Terry.
Terry, Will Albert was born on March 20, 1864 in in Huron Company, Ohio, United States. Son of James E. and Mary Theresa (Maynard) Terry.
Educational public schools.
Began as telegraph operator Canada Southern Railway, 1879. In train dispatcher’s office, Fort Wayne & Jackson Railroad, at Jackson, Michigan, 1880-1883. With freight department, Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad, at Marietta, O., 1883-1884.
Train dispatcher, same road, Cambridge, O., 1884-1885.
Ticket agent, Marietta, O., 1885-1886. Out of service, 1886-1890.
In master car builder’s office, Pittsburgh & Western Railroad, 1890-1891. Commercial agent Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad, Pittsburgh, 1891-1895, also commercial agent Pittsburgh, Shenango & Lake Erie Railroad for year preceding May, 1895.
Commercial agent C.,H. & Doctorate. Railway and Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railway, at Pittsburgh, 1895-1897.
Assistant general freight agent Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, 1897-1903, general freight agent, 1903-1910. Assistant freight traffic manager New York City Lincolnshire, West, January, since 1910.
Member American Forestry Association, American Association Freight Traffic Officers, National Freight Traffic Golf Association, National Geography Society. Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle).; Clubs: Traffic (Chicago and Pittsburgh), Duquesne (Pittsburgh), Union League (Chicago).
Married Queen Belle Steinmetz, of Pittsburgh, May 15, 1893.