--------------------------------From Wikipedia, citing: Waters, Lawrence Leslie (1950), Steel Trails to Santa Fe,University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas; "Henry C. Lord", Monthly Journal of the brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers XVIII (5):284, May 1884; Dunn, Jacob Piatt,Greater Indianapolis: The History, etc., I. Chicago, Lewis Publishing Co., p. 257; George S. Cottman, ed. (December 1907), The Railroads and Indianapolis, etc."Henry Clark Lord (October 2, 1824-March 23, 1884) was the fourth president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. He was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, the son of Dartmouth College President Nathan Lord.In 1837, Henry enrolled at Dartmouth. He graduated in 1843 and began working as a tutor in Virginia[sic]. After studying law, he was admitted to the Suffolk Bar in Boston.He married Eliza Burret[sic] Wright of Cincinnati, and moved there in the 1850's. In Ohio, Lord developed a reputation as a rehabilitator of railroad lines. In the 1850's, he served as president of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad. He succeeded William F. Nast as president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway on September 24, 1868.In August 1873, Henry Lord became the founding president of the Indianapolis Belt Railroad.Although he was not a member, Henry Lord was a strong supporter of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and a frequent contributor to the labor union's monthly journal. In November 1883, He developed throat cancer. Henry Lord died at his home in Riverside, Ohio, on March 23, 1884."
--------------------------------From Wikipedia, citing: Waters, Lawrence Leslie (1950), Steel Trails to Santa Fe,University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas; "Henry C. Lord", Monthly Journal of the brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers XVIII (5):284, May 1884; Dunn, Jacob Piatt,Greater Indianapolis: The History, etc., I. Chicago, Lewis Publishing Co., p. 257; George S. Cottman, ed. (December 1907), The Railroads and Indianapolis, etc."Henry Clark Lord (October 2, 1824-March 23, 1884) was the fourth president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. He was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, the son of Dartmouth College President Nathan Lord.In 1837, Henry enrolled at Dartmouth. He graduated in 1843 and began working as a tutor in Virginia[sic]. After studying law, he was admitted to the Suffolk Bar in Boston.He married Eliza Burret[sic] Wright of Cincinnati, and moved there in the 1850's. In Ohio, Lord developed a reputation as a rehabilitator of railroad lines. In the 1850's, he served as president of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad. He succeeded William F. Nast as president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway on September 24, 1868.In August 1873, Henry Lord became the founding president of the Indianapolis Belt Railroad.Although he was not a member, Henry Lord was a strong supporter of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and a frequent contributor to the labor union's monthly journal. In November 1883, He developed throat cancer. Henry Lord died at his home in Riverside, Ohio, on March 23, 1884."
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