Shirley, Thanks for the tip. In addition to my g-grandpa working for the RR for many years, my grandpa, was killed as a result of a RR accident in 1928. The accident itself did not kill him. The injury he received to his right arm became infected and he died of blood poisoning or gang green. They did not have antibiotics in those days. Thanks for your help. Don Weaver, Shawnee, OK ----- Original Message ----- From: Shirley Daykin To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Info on Railroad Retirement DON, MY EXPERIENCE WITH R.R. RETIREMENT BOARD WHILE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON MY HUSBANDS GR. AUNT. THEIR RECORDS START IN 1935. UNTIL THEN EACH INDIVIDUAL RAILROAD CO. KEPT THEIR OWN EMPLOYEE RECORDS. I WAS WANTING TO SEE IF SHE RECEIVED A PENSION AS THE WIDOW OF A BRAKEMAN KILLED IN A DERAILMENT. I ALSO NEED TO ENLIGHTEN YOU ABOUT THE R. R. MUSEUM IN SPRINGFIELD. THEY USED TO HAVE ON THEIR SITE AND I HAVEN'T CHECKED IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT THEY WOULD RESEARCH WHAT THEY HAVE THERE. THEY WANT MONEY IN ADVANCE. DON'T SEND THEM ANY AS YOU WILL NEVER GET IT BACK AND THE R. R. MUSEUM WAS CLOSED DUE TO NOT ENOUGH VOLUNTEER HELP. I TALKED TO 3 PEOPLE THAT HAD SENT MONEY FOR COPIES OF RECORDS AND THEY NEVER GOT ANYTHING AND THEY DIDN'T GET THEIR MONEY BACK. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU NEED TO POST A QUERY ON BEFORE YOU JUMP IN AND DO IT. GOOD LUCK! SHIRLEY IN OK. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Weaver" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Info on Railroad Retirement > Ed, Thank you for the info. > > Don Weaver > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ed-Janis > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 5:59 PM > Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Info on Railroad Retirement > > > Don't know of any online searchable RR retirement data, but the RR > Retirement Board has a service for genealogists. See their site at > <http://www.rrb.gov/geneal.html> for how to order pensioner info. > Ed > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: > > Rail Road Tracks in Bedford > > From: > > "Don Weaver" <[email protected]> > > Date: > > Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:51:09 -0500 > > To: > > [email protected] > > > > > >Hello Bedford List; > >This may not seem like genealogy but it may help me find my g-grandpa who was born in Bedford County in 1859. His name was Zephaniah Polk Weaver. In about 1875 he went to work for the Rail Road, and probably there in Bedford County. He would have been about 16 years old at the time. I believe he became a Road Construction Engineer and may have worked for the Rail Road from about 1875 up to about 1920. My question is this; does anyone in Bedford, or anywhere else for that matter, have information on the Rail Road and/or its employees covering any part of the period from about 1875 to about 1920? Second question; Where can I find searchable Rail Road Pension Records and/or other employee records that might help me prove this? Thanks a lot. > > > >Don Weaver > >[email protected] > > > > > > > > ==== TNBEDFOR Mailing List ==== > Visit the Bedford County pages at TNGenWeb: > > http://www.tngenweb.org/bedford/index.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > ==== TNBEDFOR Mailing List ==== > Visit the Bedford County pages at TNGenWeb: > > http://www.tngenweb.org/bedford/index.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > ==== TNBEDFOR Mailing List ==== Visit the Bedford County Historical Society pages: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnbchs/index.html ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Don, I also tried dealing with the Rail Road Co. itself & after all the offices closed and two or more of the rail roads merged into one and they destroyed records at that point. My husbands family worked for the Frisco here in Enid, OK. His gr. Uncle died in a derailment near Sand Springs, OK. in 1926. The R.R. Board also told me that Widows did not receive pensions/settlements in those early years. After the board was established and records kept then something was done to help widows and minor children. Shirley in OK. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Weaver" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:29 PM Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Info on Railroad Retirement > Shirley, > Thanks for the tip. In addition to my g-grandpa working for the RR for many years, my grandpa, was killed as a result of a RR accident in 1928. The accident itself did not kill him. The injury he received to his right arm became infected and he died of blood poisoning or gang green. They did not have antibiotics in those days. Thanks for your help. > > Don Weaver, Shawnee, OK > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Shirley Daykin > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 8:29 PM > Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Info on Railroad Retirement > > > DON, > > MY EXPERIENCE WITH R.R. RETIREMENT BOARD WHILE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON MY > HUSBANDS GR. AUNT. THEIR RECORDS START IN 1935. UNTIL THEN EACH INDIVIDUAL > RAILROAD CO. KEPT THEIR OWN EMPLOYEE RECORDS. I WAS WANTING TO SEE IF SHE > RECEIVED A PENSION AS THE WIDOW OF A BRAKEMAN KILLED IN A DERAILMENT. I > ALSO NEED TO ENLIGHTEN YOU ABOUT THE R. R. MUSEUM IN SPRINGFIELD. THEY USED > TO HAVE ON THEIR SITE AND I HAVEN'T CHECKED IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT THEY > WOULD RESEARCH WHAT THEY HAVE THERE. THEY WANT MONEY IN ADVANCE. DON'T > SEND THEM ANY AS YOU WILL NEVER GET IT BACK AND THE R. R. MUSEUM WAS CLOSED > DUE TO NOT ENOUGH VOLUNTEER HELP. I TALKED TO 3 PEOPLE THAT HAD SENT MONEY > FOR COPIES OF RECORDS AND THEY NEVER GOT ANYTHING AND THEY DIDN'T GET THEIR > MONEY BACK. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU NEED TO POST A QUERY ON BEFORE > YOU JUMP IN AND DO IT. GOOD LUCK! > > SHIRLEY IN OK. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Weaver" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 6:26 PM > Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Info on Railroad Retirement > > > > Ed, Thank you for the info. > > > > Don Weaver > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ed-Janis > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 5:59 PM > > Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Info on Railroad Retirement > > > > > > Don't know of any online searchable RR retirement data, but the RR > > Retirement Board has a service for genealogists. See their site at > > <http://www.rrb.gov/geneal.html> for how to order pensioner info. > > Ed > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > Subject: > > > Rail Road Tracks in Bedford > > > From: > > > "Don Weaver" <[email protected]> > > > Date: > > > Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:51:09 -0500 > > > To: > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > >Hello Bedford List; > > >This may not seem like genealogy but it may help me find my g-grandpa > who was born in Bedford County in 1859. His name was Zephaniah Polk Weaver. > In about 1875 he went to work for the Rail Road, and probably there in > Bedford County. He would have been about 16 years old at the time. I > believe he became a Road Construction Engineer and may have worked for the > Rail Road from about 1875 up to about 1920. My question is this; does > anyone in Bedford, or anywhere else for that matter, have information on > the Rail Road and/or its employees covering any part of the period from > about 1875 to about 1920? Second question; Where can I find searchable > Rail Road Pension Records and/or other employee records that might help me > prove this? Thanks a lot. > > > > > >Don Weaver > > >[email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TNBEDFOR Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Bedford County pages at TNGenWeb: > > > > http://www.tngenweb.org/bedford/index.htm > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > ==== TNBEDFOR Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Bedford County pages at TNGenWeb: > > > > http://www.tngenweb.org/bedford/index.htm > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== TNBEDFOR Mailing List ==== > Visit the Bedford County Historical Society pages: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnbchs/index.html > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. 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Shirley, I'm with you on the RR. No one can deal with them. But there's a lot of good people out there with records and information willing to help, like your self. Thank you. I'm sure something will turn up and I will find my lost g-grandpa. Don Weaver ----- Original Message ----- From: Shirley Daykin To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Info on Railroad Retirement Don, I also tried dealing with the Rail Road Co. itself & after all the offices closed and two or more of the rail roads merged into one and they destroyed records at that point. My husbands family worked for the Frisco here in Enid, OK. His gr. Uncle died in a derailment near Sand Springs, OK. in 1926. The R.R. Board also told me that Widows did not receive pensions/settlements in those early years. After the board was established and records kept then something was done to help widows and minor children. Shirley in OK. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Weaver" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:29 PM Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Info on Railroad Retirement > Shirley, > Thanks for the tip. In addition to my g-grandpa working for the RR for many years, my grandpa, was killed as a result of a RR accident in 1928. The accident itself did not kill him. The injury he received to his right arm became infected and he died of blood poisoning or gang green. They did not have antibiotics in those days. Thanks for your help. > > Don Weaver, Shawnee, OK > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Shirley Daykin > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 8:29 PM > Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Info on Railroad Retirement > > > DON, > > MY EXPERIENCE WITH R.R. RETIREMENT BOARD WHILE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON MY > HUSBANDS GR. AUNT. THEIR RECORDS START IN 1935. UNTIL THEN EACH INDIVIDUAL > RAILROAD CO. KEPT THEIR OWN EMPLOYEE RECORDS. I WAS WANTING TO SEE IF SHE > RECEIVED A PENSION AS THE WIDOW OF A BRAKEMAN KILLED IN A DERAILMENT. I > ALSO NEED TO ENLIGHTEN YOU ABOUT THE R. R. MUSEUM IN SPRINGFIELD. THEY USED > TO HAVE ON THEIR SITE AND I HAVEN'T CHECKED IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT THEY > WOULD RESEARCH WHAT THEY HAVE THERE. THEY WANT MONEY IN ADVANCE. DON'T > SEND THEM ANY AS YOU WILL NEVER GET IT BACK AND THE R. R. MUSEUM WAS CLOSED > DUE TO NOT ENOUGH VOLUNTEER HELP. I TALKED TO 3 PEOPLE THAT HAD SENT MONEY > FOR COPIES OF RECORDS AND THEY NEVER GOT ANYTHING AND THEY DIDN'T GET THEIR > MONEY BACK. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU NEED TO POST A QUERY ON BEFORE > YOU JUMP IN AND DO IT. GOOD LUCK! > > SHIRLEY IN OK. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Weaver" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 6:26 PM > Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Info on Railroad Retirement > > > > Ed, Thank you for the info. > > > > Don Weaver > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ed-Janis > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 5:59 PM > > Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Info on Railroad Retirement > > > > > > Don't know of any online searchable RR retirement data, but the RR > > Retirement Board has a service for genealogists. See their site at > > <http://www.rrb.gov/geneal.html> for how to order pensioner info. > > Ed > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > Subject: > > > Rail Road Tracks in Bedford > > > From: > > > "Don Weaver" <[email protected]> > > > Date: > > > Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:51:09 -0500 > > > To: > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > >Hello Bedford List; > > >This may not seem like genealogy but it may help me find my g-grandpa > who was born in Bedford County in 1859. His name was Zephaniah Polk Weaver. > In about 1875 he went to work for the Rail Road, and probably there in > Bedford County. He would have been about 16 years old at the time. I > believe he became a Road Construction Engineer and may have worked for the > Rail Road from about 1875 up to about 1920. My question is this; does > anyone in Bedford, or anywhere else for that matter, have information on > the Rail Road and/or its employees covering any part of the period from > about 1875 to about 1920? Second question; Where can I find searchable > Rail Road Pension Records and/or other employee records that might help me > prove this? Thanks a lot. > > > > > >Don Weaver > > >[email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TNBEDFOR Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Bedford County pages at TNGenWeb: > > > > http://www.tngenweb.org/bedford/index.htm > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. 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