Posted by Gordon Carleton on July 18, 19103 at 22:17:37:
Richland Co.,OH History
Plymouth Twp.
LOCKWOOD, I. L., Agent B. &. O. R. R., Plymouth; was born iii Cincinnati in 1847; educated in Kentucky. He was connected with the general office of the B. & O. R. R.; he commenced for the company in 1872, at Columbus, Ohio, where he remained about one year, when he went to Toledo, as Chief Clerk of the -Globe Line" offices, the B. &, O. R. R. Co. being at the head of the line, which position he held up to the time that he was appointed to the agency at Plymouth to take charge of their offices, Dec. 1, 1874, the position he still holds to the satisfaction of the railroad company and the citizens generally. Mr. Lockwood is called one of the most gentlemanly agents on the railroad, and the company gave him credit for an increase of freight of over $14,000 in the last two years ; the company highly appreciate his services, as lie is a No. 1 man in every particular. Was married, May 18, 1876, to Miss Lilla A. Bowlby, of Plymouth ; their residence is on Trux street.