Samuel Morse Felton, Sr.

Samuel Morse Felton, Sr. (1809–1889) was a civil engineer and railroad executive. He was the Superintendent and engineer of the Fitchburg Railroad 1843-1851 and president of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad from 1851-1865. Felton left the PWBRR to become President of the Pennsylvania Steel Company. While at Pennsylvania Steel, Felton also served as a director of several railroads, including the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, the Northern Pacific Railway, and the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad. In 1869 he was appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant as a Commissioner to inspect Pacific Railroads.[1]

Felton was the brother of Harvard University president Cornelius Conway Felton and attorney John B. Felton [2] and the father of Samuel Morse Felton, Jr., who was also involved with engineering and railroading.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Samuel Morse Felton Family Papers, 1841-1930
  2. ↑ William Bentinck-Smith (1982). The Harvard Book: Selections From Three Centuries. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674373013.


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