HENRY EDWARDS PIERPONT

Former Resident of Two Rivers, Pierpont, Dead
Henry Edward Pierpont, 84, who rose from a telegraph operator at the Two Rivers
railroad station to the vice-presidency in charge of traffic of the Milwaukee
railroad, died at his home in Chicago Tuesday.
The body will be brought to Two Rivers Friday and services held at 3 p.m. at
the Klein and Stangel Inc., funeral home with Masonic rites. Burial will be in
Pioneers Rest cemetery.
Mr. Pieropont was born in Two Rivers in 1862, a son of the late Judge and Mrs.
H.S. Pierpont. His father died in 1890. When a young man he was the first agent
at the Milwaukee Lake Shore and Western station in Two Rivers (photo) and also
was the first editor of the weekly Chronicle.
55 Years With Road
He recalls, while station agent, of selling tickets to the Philadelphia centennial
exposition in the seventies. He remained at the Two Rivers station until spring of
1883, when he accepted a position as telegraph operator for the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad at Council Bluffs, Iowa. He continued in the service
of the Milwaukee road and its successor since that date and at different locations
occupying the positions of traveling auditor; freight agent at Kansas City, Mo.;
division freight and passenger agent at LaCrosse; assistant general freight agent;
general freight agent; traffic manager and to the appointment of vice president in
1928. He held the vice presidency until his retirement in 1938, completting 55 years
with the railroad.
Often Visited Two Rivers
For many years Mr. Pierpont, accompanied by his wife and sister, made periodical
visits to Two Rivers. The Pierponts were close friends of the Hamilton family.
Surviving Mr. Pierpont are one step-son, V.K. Simpson of Bristal, Va., and two
sisters, Mrs. (sic) Jennie E. Pierpont, of Chicago and Mrs. Carrie Pierpont Wood
of Milwaukee, mother of Hiram O. Wood, former Two Rivers man and operator of the
Plankington hotel in Milwaukee.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, Janaury 15, 1947 P. 2
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