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Oliver Wiley Harbin
Engineer
Biography
Oliver Harbin was born on June 16, 1834, in Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia. He spent his entire adult life working for different railroads, starting with the Rome Railroad in 1848. During the Great Locomotive Chase, Harbin served as the Engineer of the William R. Smith and helped pursue the General to a point several miles north of Kingston, Georgia. After passing on November 29, 1910, he was laid to rest at Westview Cemetery in Atlanta.
Richard R. Hargis
Conductor
Biography
Dick Hargis was the conductor on the last Western and Atlantic Railroad train from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Atlanta, Georgia, to operate over the railroad’s five-foot gauge. The railroad subsequently changed the railroad’s gauge to match the national gauge.
R. J. Harlan
Superintendent
Biography
R.J. Harlan was appointed superintendent of the Macon Division of the Central of Georgia Railway in October 1906.
In October 1916, he began a new role as the general manager of the Wadley Southern Railway.
Allen H. Harris
General Superintendent
Biography
Allen H. Harris was involved with the streetcar system in Clarksville, Tennessee, for about 25 years and was general superintendent for the Citizens Street Railway from about 1916 until 1928.
Reginald Fairfax Harrison
President
John LaRue Helm
President
Biography
John LaRue Helm became the railroad’s second president on October 2, 1854, after the previous president had been forced out following a disagreement with Louisville’s board of aldermen. On February 4, 1860, two members of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad’s board of directors asked Helm to resign, saying they voted for his re-election as president of the company with the understanding that he would resign when the main line between Louisville and Nashville was finished. Helm resigned on February 21, 1860, and was replaced by James Guthrie.
G. A. Henry
President
Biography
Gustavus Adolphus Henry (1804-1880) was a Whig Party leader and a law school classmate of future Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Henry, nicknamed the “Eagle Orator of Tennessee,” ran for governor of Tennessee in 1853, an election he lost to Democrat Andrew Johnson. During the Civil War, he served for three years in the Confederate Senate.