Nelson's biographical dictionary and historical reference book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : containing a condensed history of Pennsylvania, of Fayette County, and the boroughs and townships of the county : also, portraits and biographies of the governors since 1790, and genealogies, family histories and biographies of representative men of the county : illustrated . as general yardmaster of theB. & O. R. R., at Connellsville, and remainedin this position until October 15, 1890, whenhe resigned to accept the position of generalyardmaster of the P. L. E. railway, whichlatter position he res
Nelson's biographical dictionary and historical reference book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : containing a condensed history of Pennsylvania, of Fayette County, and the boroughs and townships of the county : also, portraits and biographies of the governors since 1790, and genealogies, family histories and biographies of representative men of the county : illustrated . as general yardmaster of theB. & O. R. R., at Connellsville, and remainedin this position until October 15, 1890, whenhe resigned to accept the position of generalyardmaster of the P. L. E. railway, whichlatter position he resigned October 15, 1891,to accept the position of trainmaster on theP. J. R. R., P. & W. Ry. and B. & O., joint-ly. He resigned in 1892 and took the po-sition of general yardmaster of the B. & , coke region, but resigned it in 1897and went into the bottling and soda waterbusiness, organizing the firm of Coughanour& Co., in which business he still holds a largeinterest. This firm does the largest businessin that line in Connellsville. He also formedthe Cheat Haven Coal Company, of CheatHaven, Pa., and opened the first coal mineon Cheat river below Rowlesburg, \V. Va.,and now owns a controlling interest in thatcompany. In 1897 he cgain accepted a posi-tion as trainmaster of the B. & O. R. R-for the Fairmont division of that road, at. ASD HISTORICAL REFERENCE BOOK OF FAYETTE COUNTY. 805 Connellsville, which position he still holds,having charge of the great coking regionsfor the B. & O. R. R. Mr. Coughanour, aswill be seen, has had twenty years of continu-ous service of railroading, and is consideredone of the most successful railroad men inhis branch of the service living, as in all thattime in his arranging the running and meet-ing of trains, there has never been an acci-dent or a person injured, and he attributeshis success, he says, to having always ab-stained from drink and in exercising thegreatest care in his arrangements. Besidesbeing such a successful railroad man
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