Sidney G. Dreese, wrote:
I know very little about this man, Nelson Armstrong IRVINE, and hope
someone knows more.
Sid, I have a problem. I looked up this chap in the Indiana newspapers
and found enough articles for you to be able to write a book about him.
My problem is how I go about getting this information to you.
Just as a taster I have transcribed one article for you. I also looked the
family up in the 1910 census and according to that they only had the
one son W. Clements Irvine.
- Ed
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THE LOGANSPORT PHAROS-TRIBUNE
Saturday Evening, May 31, 1930; page 8.
How Did You Happen To Come To Logansport?
NELSON A. IRVINE
Being at the right place at the
right time has been the contribut-
ing element to many successes.
It was such a circumstance that
gave to Logansport Nelson A. Ir-
vine, retired master timekeeper
of the Logansport division of the
Pennsylvania railroad.
Here on a few days' visit, en-
route to California, where he ex-
pected to seek employment and
locate permanently, Mr. Irvine ac-
companied a relative to the Penn-
Sylvania railroad offices on the
morning of April 2, 1881, and there
learned that a fatal accident had
left a vacancy in the force of
clerks then with the Logansport
division. The young Virginian,
who had arrived in Logansport the
day previous after having just
completed a course in a Pitts-
burgh, Pa., business college,
made application for the position
and was accepted. He entered up
on his duties immediately.
His connection with the division
was continuous from that date.
Mr. Irvine retired three years ago
at which time he had given forty-
six years' service to the Pennsyl-
vania railroad.
Nelson A. Irvine is among the
best known retired Pennsylvania
railroad men of Logansport. He
resides at 418 Eight street.
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