Edward J. Pearson

Pearson, Edward Jones (October 4, 1863, to December 7, 1928).

"Chief Engineer, Pacific Railway."

Office: Seattle, Washington.

Born: October 4, 1863, at Rockville, Indiana.

Education: Graduated from Engineering Department of Cornell University.

Entered railway service: 1880 as rodman Missouri Pacific, since which he has been consecutively to 1883, in Engineering Department Missouri, Kansas and Texas and Atlantic and Pacific; 1883 to 1885, assistant engineer, Northern Pacific; 1885 to April, 1890, supervisor, Bridges, Buildings and Water Supply, Minnesota and St. Paul divisions; April, 1890, to May, 1892, division engineer, Eastern Division of same road; May, 1892, to May, 1894, principal assistant engineer at Chicago in charge of construction of Chicago Terminal Lines and of work on the Wisconsin Central Lines being operated by the Northern Pacific; May, 1894, to August, 1895, superintendent, Yellowstone Division, Glendive, Montana; August, 1895, to December, 1898, superintendent, Rocky Mountain Division, Missoula, Montana; December, 1898, to April, 1902, superintendent, Pacific Division, Tacoma, Washington; April, 1902, to September, 1903, assistant general superintendent; September, 1903, to May 1, 1904, acting chief engineer, and May 1, 1904, to December, 1905, chief engineer; December 1905, to date, chief engineer, Pacific Railway.

Busbey, T. Addison, editor. "The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America, Edition of 1906." Chicago [Ill.] : Railway Age, 1906, p. 467.

Later president of the Milwaukee Road.

Died December 7, 1928; "Who Was Who", p. 949.