Directors and Officers of Railroads (Michigan residents)

In  the 19th Century, many Michigan railroads were owned in whole or in part by Michigan residents. Most roads, after a short period of time, depended on east cost financing - often from Boston, New York and sometimes Pennsylvania. With financing came Board of Directors representation. In most cases, voting stock control of the road was transferred to these investors after a short period of time. 

The purpose of this list is to show the names of officials who were resident in Michigan. We have not attempted to show out-of-state officials, as they were numerous, particularly in later years when roads were purchased by eastern capitalists. The list can be used to determine the location of the home corporate office, to see which directors had multiple directorships in various roads, or the progression of a particular officials movement from road to road. It also provides some insight into the naming of towns and junction points (hyperlinked). 

Most of the information in this report comes from the Annual Reports filed by the railroads with the Commissioner of Railroads for Michigan. There is a complete set of these reports in the State of Michigan Library. It will take perhaps 10 years or more to list all officials, given that there are 70-80 years of these reports. 

Directors are listed by Last Name, First Name or initials, Place of Residence, Road, Position and Year. Click below on the first initial of the individual's last name:

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Adams, T. B. - Paw Paw, MI, Paw Paw Railroad, Director 1875

Agens, John L. - St. Clair, MI, Michigan Midland & Canada Railroad, Director 1872

Aldrich, Moses V. - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids and Saginaw Railroad, Treasurer, 1872 (road not built)

Amsden, A. G. - Kalamazoo, MI - Kalamazoo, Allegan & Grand Rapids, Division Supt. 1875

     Kalamazoo & White Pigeon Railroad, Division Supt. 1875

     Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, Division Supt. 1875

Anderson, D. - Bear Lake, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

Andrus, R. W. - Chesaning, MI - East Saginaw & Ann Arbor Railroad, Director, 1872 (road not built) - Go To Top

 

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Baer, Jacob - Hancock, MI - Mineral Range Railroad Company, Director, 1873-1875

Bailey, Sloman S. - Grand Rapids, MI - Director, 1872 (road not built)

Baldwin, A. C. - Pontiac, MI - St Clair & Chicago Air Line Railroad, Director, 1872

Baldwin, S. C. - Escanaba, MI - Chicago & Northwestern Railway, Division Supt., 1872

Bancker, Enoch - Jackson, MI - Michigan Air Line Railroad, Secretary, 1872-1875

Bancroft, William L. - Port Huron, MI - Chicago and Lake Michigan Railroad, Director, 1873

     Port Huron & Lake Michigan Railroad, President and General Supt., 1872

     Chicago & Lake Huron, Receiver, 1875-1876

Barber, E. W. - Charlotte, MI - Grand River Valley Railroad, Treasurer then Secretary, Director, 1872-1875

Barlow, Nathan - Hastings, MI - Grand River Valley Railroad, Vice President, 1875

Barnard, H. - Saginaw, MI - Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad, Vice President, 1875

Barnes, O. M. - Mason and Lansing, MI - Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad, Director, 1875

Barnes, Smith - Traverse City, MI - Traverse City Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

Barton, H. - Portland, MI - Coldwater, Marshall & Mackinaw, Director, 1875

Bates, Thomas T. - Traverse City, MI - Traverse City Railroad, Secretary, 1872-1875

Baxter, W. J. - Jonesville, MI - Northern Central Michigan Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

Beach, D. S. - Marshall, MI - Coldwater, Marshall & Mackinaw, Director, 1875

Berry, James - Adrian, MI - Adrian & State Line Railroad, President, 1872 (road not built)

Bingham, S. D. - Lansing, MI - Chicago & Northeastern Railroad, Director, 1875

Bird, H. P. - Menominee, MI - Deer Creek & Marble Quarry Railroad, Director, 1872 (road not built)

Black, Malcom - Battle Creek, MI - Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad, Division Supt., 1873

Blodgett, P. S. - Detroit, MI - Detroit, Monroe & Toledo (LSMS), Division Supt., 1875

     Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, Division Supt., 1875

Bockee, Isaac S. - Owosso, MI - Owosso and Northwestern Railroad, Treasurer, 1872

Bowne, Andrew J. - Hastings, MI - Kalamazoo Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad, Director, 1872 (road not built)

Brackett, Martin S. - Bellevue, MI - Peninsular Railway, Secretary, Attorney, 1872

Bradford, Edward - Sparta, MI - Grand Rapids Newaygo & Lake Shore Railroad, Director - 1872-1876

Breen, Bartley - Menominee, MI - Deer Creek & Marble Quarry Railroad, Director, 1872 (road not built)

Breen, Thomas - Menominee, MI - Deer Creek & Marble Quarry Railroad, Director, 1872 (road not built)

Briggs, E. O. - Paw Paw, MI - Paw Paw Railroad, Director, 1873

Brockway, W. H. - Albion, MI - Northern Central Michigan Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

Brown, E. C. - Jackson, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad, Division Superintendent, 1875

     Michigan Air Line, Division Superintendent, 1875 - Michigan Central Railroad, Division Superintendent, 1875

     Detroit & Bay City Railroad, Assistant Division Superintendent, 1875

Bruce, George - Adrian, MI - Adrian and Detroit Railroad, Treasurer, 1872 (Road not built, 12 miles graded as of 1872)

Brush, Edmund A. - Detroit, MI - Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad, Director, 1872-1876

Bryant, B. H. - Grand Rapids, MI - Chicago, Saginaw & Canada Railroad, Chief Engineer, 1875-1876

Buckland, D. C. - Pontiac, MI - St. Clair & Chicago Air Line Railroad, Director, 1872

Buhl, Christian H. - Detroit, MI - Detroit, Hillsdale & Indiana Railroad, President, Director, 1872

     Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad, Director, 1872-1876

     Detroit Hillsdale & Southwestern, Director, 1873-1876

Bundy, J. F. - Saginaw, MI - East Saginaw & Ann Arbor Railroad, Treasurer, Director, 1872 (Road not built)

Burch, L. D.  - Ann Arbor, MI - Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Railroad, General Superintendent or Manager, 1872

Bush, C. B. - Saginaw, Bay City and Jackson, MI - Grand River Valley Railroad, Division Superintendent, 1872-1875

     Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad, Division Superintendent, 1873-1875

     Detroit & Bay City Railroad, Division Superintendent, 1876

Bush, Daniel - Corunna, MI - East Saginaw & Ann Arbor Railroad, Director, 1872 (Road not built) - Go To Top

 

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Callaway, S. R. - Detroit, MI - Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad, Ass't. Supt., 1876

Campbell, George - Bay City, MI - Glencoe, Pinconning & Lake Shore Railroad, President, Director, 1876

Campbell, Hugh - Pinconning, MI - Glencoe, Pinconning & Lake Shore Railroad, Vice President, Ass't. Supt. 1876

Camm, John - Calumet, MI - Hecla & Torch Lake Railroad, Secretary, 1873-1876

Carpenter, Charles K. - Orion, MI - Detroit & Bay City Railroad, Vice President, Director, 1872-1876

Chandler, J. H. - Hancock, MI - Mineral Range Railroad, Director, 1875

Chapin B. S. - Jackson, MI - Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad, Treasurer, Ass't. Secretary, 1872-1875

Charlesworth, T. J. - Albion, MI later Lansing, MI - Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, Lansing Div. Supt. 1872-1875

     Northern Central Michigan Railroad (LSMS), Div. Supt., 1872-1875

Chase, D. J. - Bay City, MI - Detroit & Bay City Railroad, Div. Supt., 1875

     Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad, Div. Supt., 1875

Childs, Charles D. - Detroit, MI - Detroit Lansing & Lake Michigan, Auditor, 173

Childs, William A. - Calumet, MI - Hecla & Torch Lake Railroad, Gen. Manager, 1872-1876

Clay, David P. - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids Newaygo & Lake Short Railroad, President, Director, General Manager, 1872-1876

     Michigan Lake Shore Railroad, Receiver, 1873-1875

Close, James A. - Hancock, MI - Mineral Range Railroad, Director, 1873-1875

Cobb, S. S. - Kalamazoo, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven, 1872

Cobb, Thomas S. - Kalamazoo, MI - Kalamazoo Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad, President, 1872-1875 (road not completed)

Collier, Victor P. - Battle Creek, MI - Mansfield Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad, Director, 1872-1875 (road not completed)

Comstock, Charles H. - Adrian, MI - Adrian and Detroit Railroad, Secretary, 1872 (road not built, 12 miles graded as of 1872)

Comstock, E. B. - Pontiac, MI - St. Clair & Chicago Air Line Railroad, Treasurer, 1872

Conger, N. - South Haven, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad, Director, 1875

Cony, J. D. - Manchester, MI - Detroit Hillsdale & Indiana Railroad, Director, 1872

Cook, Rufus - Ionia, MI - Grand Rapids and Saginaw Railroad, President, Director, 1872 (road not built)

Covey, J. D. - Manchester, MI - Detroit Hillsdale & Indiana, Director, 1873

Cowles, F. M. - Lansing, MI - Chicago & Northeastern Railroad, Director, 1875

Crane, C. S. - Marshall, MI - Marshall & Coldwater Railroad, Vice President, 1872 (road not completed)

     Coldwater, Marshall & Mackinaw, Vice President, Director, 1875 (road not competed)

Craw, E. L. - Chicago, Saginaw & Canada Railroad, President, Director, 1875

Crawford, Charles A. - Traverse City, MI - Traverse City Railroad, Treasurer, 1872-1875

Crocker, George M. - Detroit, MI - Detroit & Mackinac Railway, Vice President, Auditor, 1901

Crofoot, M. E. - Pontiac, MI - Michigan Air Line Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

     St. Clair & Chicago Air Line, President, Gen. Manager, Director, 1872

Cummin, James - Corunna, MI - East Saginaw & Ann Arbor Railroad, Director, 1872 (road not built)

Curtis, George E. - Kalamazoo, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad, Division Supt., 1872

Curtin, J. E. - Elkhart, IN - Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, Mich. Div. Supt, 1872

Curtis, Lorenzo - Saginaw, MI - Saginaw Valley & St. Louis, Director, 1872  - Go To Top

 

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Davenport, W. H. - Saline, MI - Detroit Hillsdale & Indiana Railroad, Director, 1872

Dennis, D. B. - Coldwater, MI - Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad, Treasurer, 1872-1875 (road not completed)

Desmond, J. - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand River Valley Railroad, Div. Supt, 1872

Devereaux, J. R. - Houghton, MI - Mineral Range Railroad, Director, 1873-1875

Dewey, Thomas D. - Owosso, MI - Owosso and Northwestern Railroad, President, 1872

Dibble, C. P. - Marshall & Coldwater Railroad, Treasurer, 1872 (road not completed)

     Coldwater, Marshall & Mackinaw, Treasurer, Director, 1875 (road not completed)

Dibble, Leonidas D. - Battle Creek, MI - Peninsular Railway, President, Director, 1872

Douglas, Silas H. - Ann Arbor, MI - Toledo Ann Arbor & Northern Railroad, President, 1872

Dykman, A. S. - South Haven, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad, Director, 1873-1875

Dykeman, B. H. - South Haven, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad, Director, 1872-1875  - Go To Top

 

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Eastman, Loton H. - East Saginaw, MI - Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad, President, Director, 1872-1875

Eaton, Jerome B. - Jackson, MI - Michigan Air Line Railway, President, Director, 1872-1875

Edwards, D. - Detroit, MI - Chicago & Canada Southern Railroad, Gen. Supt., 1872

Ely, S. P. - Marquette, MI - Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon, Vice Pres., Director, 1872

Ernst, William A. - Jackson, MI - Fort Wayne Jackson & Saginaw Railroad, supt., 1872

Evans, John L. - St. Louis, MI - Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad, Director, 1872-1875  - Go To Top

 

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Fay, C. B. - Menominee, MI - Deer Creek & Marble Quarry Railroad, Secretary, 1872 (Road not built)

Ferry, Edward P. - Grand Haven, MI - Chicago, Saginaw & Canada Railroad, Treasurer, Director, 1875-1876

     Michigan Lake Shore Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

Fisher, Benjamin - Hillsdale, MI - Detroit, Hillsdale & Indiana Railroad, Director, 1872

Fisk, James - Allegan, MI - Michigan Lake Shore Railroad, Vice President, Director, 1872-1875

Fisk, Joseph - Allegan, MI - Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, Director, 1872

     Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

Fitzhugh, C. C. - Bay City, MI - Detroit & Bay City Railroad, Director, 1873-1876

Flower, T. A. - Pontiac, MI - St. Clair & Chicago Air Line Railroad, Director, 1872

Ford, J. C. - Lawton, MI - Paw Paw Railroad, Secretary, Director, 1875

Ford, Henry - Paw Paw, MI - Paw Paw Railroad, Director, 1875

Foster, Wilder D. - Grand Rapids, MI (died 1873) - Grand Rapids, Newaygo & Lake Shore, Director, 1872

Fox, W. D. - Albion, MI - Northern Central Michigan Railroad, Secretary, 1872

French, A. S. - Lakeview, MI - Chicago, Saginaw & Canada Railroad, Director, 1876

French, George H. - Homer, MI - Michigan Air Line Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

Fuller, Edward P. - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids, Newaygo & Lake Shore Railroad, Treasurer, Director, 1872-1875

Fuller, William D. - Newaygo, MI - Grand Rapids, Newaygo & Lake Shore Railroad, Director, 1872-1876 - Go To Top

 

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Gale, A. B. - Corunna, MI - Chicago & Northeastern Railroad, Vice President, Director, 1875

Gale, Isaac - Corunna, MI - Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad, Director, 1873

     Port Huron & Lake Michigan Railroad, Director, 1872

Garnett, Stephen - Geneva, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven, Director, 1872

Gillette, John B. - Saginaw, MI - Saginaw Valley & St. Louis, General Superintendent, 1873

Godfrey, F. - Grand Rapids, MI - Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore, Director, 1872

Goodell, H. C. - Detroit, MI - Detroit, Hillsdale & Indiana Railroad, General Superintendent, 1872

Gorham, F. A. - Grand Rapids, MI - Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad, Director, 1875

Goss, George - Kalamazoo, MI - Chicago and Canada Southern Railroad, General Manager, 1872

     Toledo, Canada Southern & Detroit, Director, 1873

Gossage, B. W. - St. Clair, MI - Michigan Midland & Canada Railway, General Manager, Director, 1873-1875

Grafton, J. J. - Detroit, MI later Ionia, MI - Detroit, Hillsdale & Indiana Railroad, Assistant Superintendent, 1872

     Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan, Assistant Superintendent, 1875-1876

Gray, Edward L. - Newaygo, MI - Grand Rapids, Newaygo & Lake Shore, Director, 1872

Green, A. L. - Olivet, MI - Marshall & Coldwater Railroad, President, 1872 (road not completed)

Grosvenor, E. O. - Jonesville, MI - Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad, Vice President, Director, 1872-1876

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Hadley, M. S. - Pontiac, MI and Romeo, MI - St. Clair & Chicago Air Line, Division Superintendent, Director, 1872

     Michigan Air Line Railway, Division Superintendent, 1875

Hale, Marshall - Schoolcraft, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven, Director, 1872

Hall, Lowell - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids and Saginaw Railroad, President, Director, Acting General Manager and Superintendent, 1872 (road not built)

Hamilton, William - Flint, MI - Chicago & Lake Huron, Treasurer, Director, 1873-1876

Hanchett, Benton - Saginaw, MI - Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad, Director, 1875

Hann, Augustus - Bloomingdale, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven, Director, 1872

Hannah, Perry - Traverse City, MI - Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, Director, 1872

     Traverse City Railroad, President, Director, 1872-1875

Hannahs, George - South Haven, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad, Director, 1873-1875

Harris, R. L. - Grosse Isle, MI - Chicago & Canada Southern Railway, Chief Engineer, 1873

Harris, William - Houghton, MI - Mineral Range Railroad, Director, 1873-1875

Harrison, C. A. - Paw Paw, MI - Paw Paw Railroad, Treasurer, Director, 1875

Hart, A. N. - Lansing, MI - Detroit & Bay City, Director, 1873

     Northern Central Michigan, Director, 1872 - 

Harvey, James D. - Traverse City, MI - Traverse City Railroad, Director, 1872-1875 - 

Haven, A. - Bloomingdale, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad, Director, 1875

Hawks, J. D. - Detroit, MI - Traverse City Railroad, Director, 1873-1875

Hay, James - Saginaw, MI - Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad, Director, 1875

Hayden, H. A. - Jackson, MI - Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad, President, Director, 1873-1875

Haze, C. W. - Pinckney, MI - Michigan Air Line Railroad Co., Director, 1872-1875

Hine, Milton B. - Cannon, MI - Grand Rapids and Saginaw Railroad, Director, 1872 (road not built)

Hinkle, O. N. - Ionia, MI - Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan, Assistant Superintendent, 1873

Hoar, R. M. - Houghton, MI - Mineral Range Railroad, Vice President, Director, 1873-1875

Holland, Charles E. - Hancock, MI - Mineral Range Railroad, President, Director, General Superintendent, 1873-1875

Hollingsworth, E. W. - Albion, MI - Northern Central Michigan Railroad, Treasurer, 1872-1875

Hollister, Harvey J. - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, Director, 1872-1876

Hollister, William H. - Battle Creek, MI - Peninsular Railway, General Freight and Passenger Agent, 1872

Holmes, Nelson - Gratton, MI - Grand Rapids and Saginaw Railroad, Director, 1872 (road not built)

Hooper, A. W. - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids, Newaygo & Lake Shore, Superintendent, 1873-1876

Hooper, J. S. - Michigan City, IN - Michigan Air Line Railroad, Division Superintendent, 1872

Hopper, George C.- Saginaw, MI - Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad, Division Superintendent, 1873

Howard, J. E. - Detroit, then Ionia, MI - Detroit & Bay City Railroad, Secretary, 1873

     Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan, Assistant Superintendent, Assistant Treasurer, 1873-1876

Howard, William A. - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, President, 1872

Hubbard, J. H. - Waterloo, MI - Michigan Air Line Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

Hubbard, Theron T.. - South Saginaw, MI - East Saginaw & Ann Arbor Railroad, Director, 1872 (Road not built)

Hubbell, Jay A. - Houghton, MI - Mineral Range Railroad, Director, 1873-1875

Hughart, W. O. - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, President, General Manager, Director, 1875-1876

Hughes, D. D. - Grand Rapids, MI - Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad, Director, 1875

Hurd, C. H. - Detroit, MI - Michigan Central Railroad, Assistant General Superintendent, 1873

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Ihling, J. - Lawton, MI - Paw Paw Railroad, Superintendent, 1875

Ingalls, E. S. - Menominee, MI - Deer Creek & Marble Quarry Railroad, President, 1872 (Road not built)

Ingersoll, George - Marshall, MI - Marshall & Coldwater Railroad, Secretary, 1872 (road not completed)

     Coldwater, Marshall & Mackinaw, Secretary, Director, 1875 (road not completed)

Irwin, S. V. - Albion, MI - Northern Central Michigan Railroad, President, Director, 1872-1875

Ismon, Henry - Jackson, MI - Paw Paw Railroad, Secretary, 1872

Ismon, Horace S. - Jackson, MI - Paw Paw Railroad, President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director, and General Manager, 1872-1875

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Jerome, David H. - Saginaw, MI - Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad, President, Secretary, Director, 1872-1875

Jerome, George - Detroit, MI - Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

     Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad, Director, 1875

Jerome, Timothy - Saginaw, MI - Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad, Director, 1875

Joy, James F. - Detroit, MI - Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore, President, Director, 1872-1876

     Detroit & Bay City Railroad, President, 1873-1876

     Detroit, Hillsdale & Indiana Railroad, Director, 1872

     Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan, President, Director, 1872-1876

     Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad, Director, 1872

     Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad, Director, 1873

     Michigan Central Railroad, President, Director, 1873-1875

     Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

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Keeler, Sanford - East Saginaw, MI - Flint & Pere Marquette Railway, Assistant Superintendent, Superintendent, 1873-1876

Kelsey, Sullivan - Corunna, MI - East Saginaw & Ann Arbor Railroad, Director, 1872 (Road not built)

Kendall, Lucius B. - Kalamazoo, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad, Treasurer, Director, 1872-1875

Kenyon, F. P. - Chesaning, MI - East Saginaw & Ann Arbor Railroad, Director, 1872 (Road not built)

Kidder, George F. - Kalamazoo, MI - Kalamazoo, Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad, Secretary, Treasurer, Director, 1872 (road not built)

Kimball, C. F. - Pontiac, MI - St. Clair & Chicago Air Line Railroad, Secretary, 1872

Kimball, George - Muskegon, MI - Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore, General Manager, Receiver, 1875-1876

Kimball, George C. - East Saginaw, MI - Flint & Pere Marquette Railway, General Superintendent, 1872

Kitton, John E. - St. Clair, MI - Michigan Midland & Canada Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

Knapp, S. O. - Jackson, MI - Michigan Air Line Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

Koon, E. L. - Hillsdale, MI - Detroit, Hillsdale & Indiana, Director, 1872

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Lacy, Edward S. - Charlotte, MI = Grand River Valley Railroad, Secretary, then Treasurer, Director, 1873-1875

Landon, R. W. - Niles, MI - Michigan Air Line Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

     St. Clair & Chicago Air Line Railroad, Director, 1872

Lawler, C. M. - St. Joseph, MI - Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore, Division Superintendent, 1875-1876

Lawton, George W. - Lawton, MI - Paw Paw Railroad, Director, 1873

Leach, DeWitt C. - Traverse City, MI - Traverse City Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

Ledlie, Gilbert W. - East Saginaw, MI - Flint & Pere Marquette Railway, Director, 1872-1875

Ledyard, H. B. - Detroit, MI - Detroit & Bay City Railroad, Assistant General Superintendent, 1875

     Michigan Central Railroad, Assistant General Superintendent, 1875

     Grand River Valley Railroad, Assistant General Superintendent, 1875

     Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad, Assistant General Superintendent, 1875

     Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad, Assistant General Superintendent, 1875

     Michigan Air Line Railroad, Assistant General Superintendent, 1875

Leonard, J. C. - Union City, MI - Michigan Air Line Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

Lewis, H. C. - Coldwater, MI - Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad, President, Vice President, 1872 (road not built)

     Coldwater, Marshall & Mackinaw, Director, 1875

Lindsey, W. B. - Escanaba, MI

Chicago & Northwestern, Division Superintendent, 1875-1876

Livermore, C. F. - Detroit - Michigan Central Railroad, Treasurer, 1875

Loomis, P. B. - Jackson, MI - Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad, President, Director, General Manager, 1873-1876

     Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad, Director, 1873-1875

Lord, Henry W. - Pontiac, MI - St. Clair & Chicago Air Line, Vice President, President, Director, 1872

Lyon, Gilbert - Owosso, MI - Owosso and Northwestern Railroad, Secretary, 1872

Luce, C. W. - East Tawas, MI - Detroit & Mackinac Railway, Chief Engineer, 1875

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Martin, Edwin - Paw Paw, MI - Paw Paw Railroad, President, Director, 1873-1875

Mason, L. G. - Muskegon, MI - Michigan Lake Shore Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

     Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore, Director, 1872-1875

McCree, James - Battle Creek, MI - Chicago & Lake Huron, Division Superintendent, 1875-1876

McCurdy, Hugh - Corunna, MI - East Saginaw & Ann Arbor Railroad, President, General Manager, 1872 (Road not built)

McDonald, Jno. - Bay City, MI - Glencoe, Pinconning & Lake Shore Railroad, Secretary, Treasurer, Director, 1876

McKinney, N. B. - Paw Paw, MI - Paw Paw Railroad, Director, 1875

McNaughton, M. A. - Jackson, MI - Grand River Valley Railroad, Vice President, Director, 1872-1875

     Michigan Air Line Railway, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Director, 1872-1875

McRoberts, M. - Mason, MI - Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad, Director, 1873-1875

Meddaugh, E. W. - Detroit, MI - Chicago, Detroit & Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad, Solicitor, Attorney, 1872-1877

Mellon, Harry - Romeo, MI - Michigan Air Line Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

     St. Clair & Chicago Air Line, Division Superintendent, 1873

Merrill, N. W. - Saginaw, MI - Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad, General Superintendent, 1875

Merriman, D. - Jackson, MI - Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad, Director, 1872-1876

Merritt, D. H. - Marquette, MI - Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad, General Superintendent, 1872

Methany, J. M. - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, Superintendent North Division, 1876

Mille, Chauncey H.  - Ann Arbor, MI - Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Railroad, Treasurer, 1872

Miller, C. F. -  Battle Creek, MI - Peninsular Railway, General Superintendent, 1872

Mitchell, George A. - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, Director, 1873

Mitchell, W. H. C. - East Bay, MI - Traverse City Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

Moore, Eli - Corunna, MI - East Saginaw & Ann Arbor Railroad, Director, 1872 (Road not built)

Morales, M. M. -  Hancock, MI - Mineral Range Railroad, Director, 1873-1875

Morgan, E. W.  - Ann Arbor, MI - Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Railroad, Secretary, 1872

Morley, George W. - East Saginaw, MI - Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad, Vice President, Director, 1872

Morris, J. H. - Pontiac, MI - St. Clair & Chicago Air Line, Director, 1872

Morrison, A. H. - St. Joseph, MI - Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore, Vice President, General Manager, 1872

Morse, H. - Port Huron, MI - Chicago, Detroit & Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad, Division Superintendent, 1875

Muir, James H. - Detroit, MI - Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad, Secretary, 1872-1876

Mulliken, J. B. - Detroit, MI - Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan, General Superintendent, 1875-1876

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Newton, James F. - Saginaw, MI - Saginaw Valley & St. Louis, Director, 1872

Nichols, Edwin C. - Peninsular Railway, Director, 1873

     Chicago & Lake Huron, Director, 1873-1876

Nims, F. A. - Muskegon, MI - Chicago, Saginaw & Canada, Solicitor, Director, Vice President, 1875-1876

North, Townsend - Vassar, MI - Detroit and Bay City Railroad, Director, 1872

Norvell, F. - Detroit, MI - Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad, Secretary, 1872

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O'Rourke, P. S. - Monteith, MI - Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, Superintendent, 1872

     Michigan Lake Shore Railroad, General Superintendent, 1873

Owen, John - Detroit, MI - Detroit, Hillsdale & Indiana  Railroad, Director, 1872

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Paddock, Augustus - Newaygo, MI - Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lake Shore Railroad, Director, 1872

Paine, Alderman B. - Saginaw, MI - Saginaw Valley & St. Louis, Director, 1872

Palmer, Charles - Imlay City, MI - Chicago & Lake Huron, Director, 1875

Palmer, Charles H. - Pontiac, MI - Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad, Director, 1872-1876

Palmer, Charles H. - Hancock, MI - Mineral Range Railroad, Chief Engineer, Assistant Superintendent, 1873-1875

Parker, A. - Pontiac, MI - St. Clair & Chicago Air Line Railroad, Director, 1872

Parker, William F. - Ypsilanti, MI - Detroit, Hillsdale & Indiana, General Superintendent, 1873

     Detroit, Hillsdale & Southwestern, General Superintendent, 1875-1876

Parkhurst, J. G. - Coldwater, MI - Coldwater, Marshall & Mackinaw, Director, 1872-1875 (road not completed)

Payne, Thomas - Detroit, MI - Detroit and Bay City Railroad, Division Superintendent, 1872

Phelps, Edwin - Pontiac, MI - St. Clair & Chicago Air Line, Director, 1872

Potter, Allen - Kalamazoo, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad, President, Director, 1872-1875

Potter, Henry C. - East Saginaw, MI - Flint & Pere Marquette Railway, Secretary, Treasurer, Director, General Manager, 1872-1876

Pringle, Eugene - Jackson, MI - Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad, Secretary, Counsel, 1872-1876

     Michigan Air Line Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

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Quirk, Daniel L. - Ypsilanti, MI - Detroit, Hillsdale & Indiana Railroad, Vice President, Director, 1872

     Detroit, Hillsdale & Southwestern, Vice President, President, General Manager, Director, 1873-1876

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Randall, Leonard H. - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids, Newaygo & Lake Shore, Director, Treasurer, 1872, 1876

Raynale, S. B. - Corunna, MI - East Saginaw & Ann Arbor Railroad, Secretary, 1872 (Road not built)

Read, Sylvador T. - Cassopolis, MI - Peninsular Railway, Director, 1872

     Chicago & Lake Huron, Director, 1875-1876

Reekie, J. F. - Ionia, MI - Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan, Accountant, General Ticket Agent, General Accountant, 1873-1876

Reese, Alvin H. - Detroit, MI - Detroit & Bay City Railroad, General Superintendent, 1872

     Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan Railroad, General Superintendent, 1872

Reynolds, W. R. - Jackson, MI - Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad, Director, 1872-1876

Riblet, S. H. - Newaygo, MI - Grand Rapids, Newaygo & Lake Shore Railroad, Director, 1873-1876

Rich, Hampton - Ionia, MI - Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan Railroad, Director, 1872

Richmond, C. H. - Detroit, MI - Detroit, Hillsdale & Indiana Railroad, Secretary and Treasurer, 1872

Robb, Thomas P. - Battle Creek, MI - Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad, Division Superintendent, 1873

Robinson, A. B. - Muir, MI - Coldwater, Marshall & Mackinaw, Director, 1875

Robinson, C. K. - East Saginaw, MI - East Saginaw & Ann Arbor Railroad, Vice President, Director, 1872 (Road not built)

Rogers, N. F. - Hubbardston, MI - Coldwater, Marshall & Mackinaw, Director, 1875

Rogers, Samuel - South Haven, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad, Director, 1873-1875

Root, Amos - Jackson, MI - Grand River Valley Railroad, President, Director, 1873-1875

Rose, D. F. - East Saginaw, MI - East Saginaw & Ann Arbor Railroad, Director, 1872 (Road not built)

Rose, Julius K. - Saginaw, MI - Saginaw Valley & St. Louis, Director, 1872

Ruppe, Peter - Hancock, MI - Mineral Range Railroad, Director, 1873-1875

Rust, Ezra, Saginaw, MI - Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad, Secretary, Director, 1872-1875

Ryan, Edward - Hancock, MI - Mineral Range Railroad, Director, 1873

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Sargent, H. E. - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand River Valley Railroad, General Superintendent, 1872

     Kalamazoo& South Haven Railroad, General Superintendent, 1872 (Chicago)

     Michigan Air Line Railroad, General Superintendent, 1872

Sargeant, T. B. - Detroit, MI - Detroit & Bay City Railroad, General Superintendent, 1873

Sawyer, Justin - Coldwater, MI - Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan Railroad, Assistant Secretary, 1872 (road not completed)

Saxton, S. P. - Menominee, MI - Deer Creek & Marble Quarry Railroad, Vice President, 1872 (Road not built)

Scheunerman, Philip - Hancock, MI - Mineral Range Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

Schoch, Samuel - Marquette, MI - Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon, General Manager, Superintendent, Director, 1873-1875

Sears, F. P. - East Saginaw, MI - East Saginaw & Ann Arbor Railroad, Director, 1872 (Road not built)

Sears, William - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids, Newaygo & Lake Shore Railroad, Director, 1876

Seaver, George L. - South Haven, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad, Secretary, Director, 1872-1875

Shaw, John E. - East Saginaw, MI - Chicago, Saginaw & Canada, Director, 1875

Shaw, Joseph E. - East Saginaw, MI - Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

Shaw, Gentry A. - Eaton Rapids, MI - Grand River Valley Railroad, Director, 1873-1875

Shaw, H. A. - Eaton Rapids, MI - Grand River Valley Railroad, Director, 1872

Sheffield, William - Napoleon, MI - Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad, Director, 1875

Shelby, William R. - Grand Rapids, MI

     Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, Secretary-Treasurer, 1872-1876

     Michigan Lake Shore Railroad, Secretary-Treasurer, 1873-1875

Shepherd, Elisha - Charlotte, MI - Chicago & Lake Huron, Director, 1873-1876

     Peninsular Railway, Director, 1873

Shepherd, Miles - Menominee, MI - Deer Creek & Marble Quarry Railroad, Treasurer, 1872 (Road not built)

Simonson, John L. - North Newburg, MI - East Saginaw & Ann Arbor Railroad, Director, 1872 (Road not built)

Skinner, T. B. - Battle Creek, MI - Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan Railroad, Director, 1872

Smith, Eben - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids and Saginaw Railroad, Secretary, Director, 1872 (road not built)

Smith, F. V. - Coldwater, MI - Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad, Secretary, Director, 1875

Smith, Hiram H. - Jackson, MI - Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan Railroad, President, Director, 1872

     Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad, Director, 1873, 1876

     Detroit and Bay City Railroad, Director, General Manager, 1872-1875

Smith, S. L. - Marquette, MI and Lansing, MI - Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad, Director, General Manager, 1872-1875

Stanton, A. A. - Oxford, MI - Detroit and Bay City Railroad, Director, 1872

Stanton, J. T. - Oxford, MI - Detroit and Bay City Railroad, Director, 1872

Stebbins, F. R. - Adrian, MI - Adrian and Detroit Railroad, Vice President, 1872 (Road not built, 12 miles graded as of 1872)

Stephenson, C. D. - Paw Paw, MI - Paw Paw Railroad, General Superintendent, 1872

Stewart, David - Kalamazoo, MI - Toledo, Canada Southern & Detroit, Director, 1873

Stone, W. B.  - Adrian, MI - Adrian & State Line Railroad, Treasurer, 1872 (Road not built)

Stout, B. G. - Pontiac, MI - St. Clair & Chicago Air Line Railroad, Director, 1872

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Taylor, Edward B. - Port Huron, MI - Port Huron & Lake Michigan Railway, Secretary, Director, 1872

     Chicago & Lake Huron, Secretary, General Superintendent, 1875-1876

Templeton, Thomas G. - Battle Creek - Peninsular Railway, Superintendent of Motive Power, 1872

Thayer, Artenias - Flint, MI - Port Huron & Lake Michigan Railroad, Director, 1872

Thomas, M. T. - Detroit, MI - Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan, Chief Engineer, 1875-1876

Thompson, W. D. - Jackson, MI - Paw Paw Railroad, Director, 1873

     Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

     Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad, Treasurer, Director, 1873-1875

Tripp, Charles - Ann Arbor, MI - Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Railroad, Vice President, 1872

Trowbridge, Charles C. - Detroit, MI - Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad, President, Director, 1872-1876

Turner, James M. - Lansing, MI - Chicago & Northeastern Railroad, President, Director, 1875

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Uhl, Edwin F. - Ypsilanti, MI - Detroit, Hillsdale & Indiana Railroad, Secretary & Treasurer, 1873

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Van Aiclen, Aaron - Paw Paw, MI - Paw Paw Railroad, Director, 1875

Van Etten, George H. - Bay City, MI - Glencoe, Pinconning & Lake Shore Railroad, Director, 1876

Veile, A. H. - Hancock, MI - Mineral Range Railroad, Secretary, Treasurer, 1875

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Waite, Jonathan G. - Sturgis or Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, Director, 1872

Wakelee, C. - Battle Creek - Peninsular Railway, Treasurer, 1872

Waldron, William - Hillsdale, MI - Detroit, Hillsdale & Indiana Railroad, Director, 1872

Walker, Henry N. - Detroit, MI - Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad, Director, 1872-1876

     Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad, President, 1872

Wallace, William - Battle Creek, MI - Peninsular Railway, Director, 1872

Wallen Jr., H. D. - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, Superintendent North Division, 1873-1875

Ward, E. B. - Detroit, MI - Flint & Pere Marquette Railway, President, 1872

Ward, Joseph M. - Battle Creek, MI - Peninsular Railway, Director, 1872

     Chicago & Lake Huron, Director, 1873-1876

Waterman, H. S. - East Tawas, MI - Detroit & Mackinac Railway, Chief Engineer, 1901

Waters, Daniel H. - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids and Saginaw Railroad, Director, 1872 (road not built)

Waters, T. C. - Bay City, MI - Glencoe, Pinconning & Lake Shore Railroad, Director, 1876

Watson, Andrew - Detroit, MI - Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad, General Superintendent, 1872

Webber, William L. - East Saginaw, MI - Flint & Pere Marquette Railway, Director, 1872-1876

Webster, E. A. - Jackson, MI - Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad, Director, 1872-1876

Wells, H. G. - Kalamazoo, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad,  Director, 1872-1875

Wesson, W. B. - Detroit, MI - Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan Railroad, Director, 1872

Wheaton, William - Kalamazoo, MI - Kalamazoo, Allegan & Grand Rapids Railroad, Division Superintendent, 1872

     Kalamazoo & White Pigeon, Division Superintendent, 1872 - Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, Superintendent, 1872

White, Edgar - Port Huron, MI - Port Huron & Lake Michigan Railroad, Treasurer, Director, 1872

     Chicago & Lake Huron, President, Director, 1873-1876

White, George - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, Director, 1872

Whitney, Channing - Adrian, MI - Adrian & State Line Railroad, Secretary, 1872 (Road not built)

Wilcox, E. R. - Rochester, MI - Detroit & Bay City Railroad, Secretary, Director, 1873

Wilcox, William S. - Adrian, MI - Adrian and Detroit Railroad, President, 1872 (Road not built, 12 miles graded as of 1872)

Williams, George F. - Saginaw, MI - Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad, Vice President, Director, 1872-1875

Wilson, J. E. - Rochester, MI - Detroit and Bay City Railroad, Treasurer, 1872

Wing, Warner - Monroe, MI - Detroit, Monroe & Toledo, Director, 1873

     Kalamazoo & White Pigeon, Director, 1872

Winnett, T. G. - Bay City, MI - Detroit & Mackinac Railway, Freight and Passenger Agent, 1901

Withington, William H. - Jackson, MI - Grand River Valley Railroad, Director, 1873-1875

Wolf, John F. - Centreville, MI - Michigan Air Line Railroad, Director, 1872-1875

Wood, W. A. - Kalamazoo, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad, Director, 1873-1875

Woodward, L. - Rochester, MI - Detroit & Bay Cit Railroad,  President, Director, 1872-1875

Wright, Ammi W. - Saginaw, MI - Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad, Treasurer, Director, 1872-1875

Wright, D. G. - South Haven, MI - Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad, Director, 1875

Wright, James N. (W.) - Calumet, MI - Hecla & Torch Lake Railroad, Director, 1872-1876

Wright, H. M. - Toledo, OH - Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, Detroit Division Superintendent, 1872

     Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad, Division Superintendent, 1872

Wright, Samuel - Hancock, MI - Mineral Range Railroad, Secretary, 1873

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