William Powell Shinn
William Powell Shinn (1834-1892)
1892 Obituary [1]
1893 Obituary [2]
WILLIAM POWELL SHINN was born on the 4th of May, 1834, in Borlington, New Jersey. After receiving such elementary education as the schools of the town afforded, he went to Pittsburgh early in 1850 and found employment as rodman in an engineer corps, under the charge of Mr. Solomon W. Roberts, then engaged in the location of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad.
From August, 1851, to February, 1852, he was Assistant Engineer in charge of a sub-division at Columbia, Ohio, and from April 1852 he had charge of the fuel and water supply of the line. In April, 1853, he was appointed principal Assistant Engineer of the Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, in charge of location and construction, in which capacity he continued until October, 1854.
In February, 1855, he took charge, as auditor, of the freight. accounts of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad, retaining this position until the following November. From March to September, 1856, he was engaged as engineer in the preparation of the land maps and title records of the Ohio and Indiana Railroad, now forming a portion of the Western Division of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad.
In October of the same year he took charge of the freight accounts of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad,....[more]