Edwin Wheeler Winter (born November 18, 1845, in

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– June 28, 1930, in

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) was president of

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in 1896 then president of

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, Brooklyn Heights Railroad and allied companies.

Life and career

Winter was born on November 18, 1845, in

. Winter entered railway service by joining

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in 1867, where he worked till 1870 and moved to

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. From 1870 to 1873, Winter was a contractor’s agent on construction projects at various railroads. From 1873 to 1876, Winter was a general claim agent with

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. From 1876 to 1879, Winter was general superintendent in western Wisconsin for West Wisconsin Railway Company. From 1879 to 1880, Winter was general superintendent for the Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis Railroad. From 1880 to 1881, Winter was general superintendent for the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad. From 1881 to November 16, 1885, Winter was assistant president for Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway. June 6, 1888, he became director of the railway, and on November 16, 1885, to July 1896, Winter was general manager. From July 1896, to August 31, 1897, Winter was president for the

. In September 1899, Winter was president for the Chicago Transfer and Clearing Company at

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; In February 1902, Winter became president of the

, Brooklyn Heights Railroad and allied companies. In 1913 he was appointed receiver for the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, which at the time was controlled by the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway. On February 16, 1870, Winter married Elisabeth "Libby" Cannon in

and had five children in the subsequent years. He died June 28, 1930, at his summer home in Little Compton, Rhode Island.

References

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