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John Fiske Barnard

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=Occupation=
β€œThe Railway AgeAs per his [https: Volume 11” reports that //www.newspapers.com/image/559249142 obit], John started his career with the railway industry with the Grand Trunk, and came to St. Joseph in 1870 as chief engineer of the Grand Island. He later joined the aforementioned MrKC-St.J-CB railway, and was promoted to GM. John F In 1884, he was made GM of both the Hannibal & St. Joseph, and the K.C. Barnard also later lines, which he served as until 1888 when he became president of the Ohio & Mississippi railway company, as well as later part of the general manager Baltimore & Ohio (B&O).  In 1895, he was appointed receiver of the Hannibal Omaha & St. Louis railway, retiring in 1899 to St. Joseph. He relocated in 1907 to Los Angeles, joining his daughter who was wife of the general superintendent of the Pacific coast lines of the Santa Fe railway. According to ''The Railway Age: Vol. 11'', he also served as president of the Atchison Union Depot Co. at St. Joseph) , and was a director of several other companies, others including the Hannibal Union Depot Co., the Kansas City Union Depot Co., etc.
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