FRANK L. LA FAVER, Meadville, Pennsylvania.
The ancestors of Frank F. La Faver were among the ealiest settlers of Western Pennsylvania, hewing their farms out of the woods that covered this section of the state. His father was John P. La Faver, a prominent farmer of Crawford County, who was Deputy Sheriff in the early '6os. Mr. La Faver was born in Crawford County, near the city of Meadville, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1860, and secured his early education in the district school of his community, which he attended until he was 17 years of age. He then went to work on his father's farm, following that vocation for seven years, when he went to Meadville and engaged with the Erie as fireman. This was on September 15, 1884, and he continued in that position for five years, being promoted to engineer in December, 1889. Since his promotion he has run through freight, but is capable to handle any train, and is known along the division as a fearless yet competent runner, and his numerous achievements in making up time against odds have won him the admiration of his brother engineers, with whom he is on the most cordial terms. His first trip was made on engine No. 609, with through freight to Salamanca; and in all his career on the road he has never been in a wreck or injured.

On October 30, 1881, Mr. La Faver was united in marriage to Miss Anna M. Mosier, daughter of Amos Mosier, a farmer of near Mosiertown, Pennsylvania. They have an interesting family of three children, two boys and one girl: Clyde A., aged 15; Harry G., aged 14, and Gertrude N., aged 9, all of whom are attending school. Mr. La Faver is a member of Division 43, B. of L. E., and French Creek Council No. 511, Royal Arcanum. He is the owner of fine property in Meadville and is one of the city's most respected citizens.


Excerpted from: "American Locomotive Engineers, Erie Railway Edition," H.R. Romans Editor; Crawford-Adsit Company Publishers, Chicago, IL 1899.