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Shay, Ephraim, 1839-1916


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    • Shay, Ephriam, 1939-1916

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    • Birth Date

        1839-07-17

    • Death Date

        1916-04-20

    • Has Affiliation

        • Organization: United States. Army. Missouri Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1864). Company D.

    • Has Affiliation

        • Organization: Harbor Springs Railway Company (Mich.)

    • Field of Activity

      Shay locomotives


    • Occupation

      Lumbermen

      Inventors

      Machinists

      Teachers

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  • Sources

    • found: Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.). Committee on Science and Arts. Records, 1824-1900(Ephraim Shay; lumberman and inventor of Mich.; b. July 17, 1839; d. April 19, 1916; inventor of Shay geared locomotive in 1874)
    • found: Ephraim Shay collection, 1978 (newspaper articles by Earl T. Huckle about Ephraim Shay, developer of the Shay geared locomotive, ca. 1870)
    • found: ancestry.com website, viewed Aug. 18, 2014:German, Pingrey ancestry family tree (Ephraim Shay, pvt. Civil War, born 19 Apr 1839 in Sherman township, Huron County, Ohio; died 20 Apr. 1916 in Harbor Springs, Emmet County, Mich.); married to Jane Henderson, one daughter Lette Shay); 1850 US Census (Ephraim Shay, 11yo, born in Ohio, living Sussex County NJ, father a farmer); 1860 US Census (Ephraim Shay, 20 yo, living in Sherman, Huron County, Ohio); 1870 US Census (Ephraim Shay, 31 yo, lumber merchant living in Springfield twp. Eaton County. Mich.); 1880 US Census (Ephraim Shay, lumberman, 40 yo, living in Harring, Wesford County, Mich.); 1900 US Census (Ephraim Shay, 60 yo, living in the village of Harbor Springs in Emmet County, Mich.; owner of water works); Michigan death records, 1897-1920, digitized death certificate (Ephriam Shay, b 7/17/1839 died 4/20/16, at 76y,8mo,3days, lumberman, machinist and merchant; died of cancer; widower, buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Harbor Springs, Mich.); US Civil War draft registration records, 1863-1865 (Ephraim Shay, laborer, 23 yo.); 1894 Census of the state of Michigan, US Soldiers of the Civil War (Ehpraim Shay, Harbor Springs, Mich.); 1915 Petoskey Mich., city directory (Ephraim Shay, E. Shay & Son, machinists); 1911 Petoskey city directory (Ephraim Shay, President of Harbor Springs Railway and owner of Water Works); US Appointment of US Postmasters, 1832-1971 (Ephraim Shay, appt. 7. Dec. 1875, Hearing (sp), Wexford County, Mich.)
    • found: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors website, via National Park Service, viewed Aug. 18, 2014 :(Ephraim Shay, 8th regiment, Missouri Infantry, Company D; rank in/out: private)
    • found: Shay locomotives website, viewed Aug. 18, 2014 :Ephraim Shay (He attended a Select School, studying to become a school teachers .. first teaching work was in New Jersey, and by Jan. 1861, he was teaching school in Bellevue, Ohio ... relocated to Michigan in the mid-late 1860's ... was a lumberman, operating a sawmill ... in the summer of 1875 Ephraim built his first tramway to transport logs ... in 1877-78 he worked with William Crippen to design a small locomotive ... ) - http://www.shaylocomotives.com/shaypages/EphraimShay.htm

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    • 1995-02-27: new
    • 2014-10-28: revised

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