FRANK TRUESDALE, Hornellsville, New York.
Frank Truesdale was born in Broome County, New York, on September 2, 1850. His father was Ambrose Truesdale, one of the prominent men of that county, and ran a store at Union for over twenty years. Mr. Truesdale worked for his father until 1870, in which year he entered the service of the Erie as a fireman on the Susquehanna Division. He was promoted to engineer in 1880, and for a number of years has run trains 77 and 94.

Mr. Truesdale was married January 19, 1870, to Miss Jennie L. S. Killman, and they have one daughter, Lizzie. He is a member of Division No. 47, B. of L. E., and has held all the offices of the local lodge except those of Chief and Assistant Chief, at present being chaplain.

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

From the February 17, 1888 issue of the Hornellsville Weekly Tribune:
We are more than pleased to see engineer Frank Truesdell (sic) again on duty. Frank has been laid up for some time with rheumatism and is hardly able to work now, but his great ambition will not let him remain longer idle.

From July, 1908 issue of Erie Magazine (Hornell News):
The death of engineer Frank Truesdell in the wreck of No. 5 at Binghamton prevents the discovery of the reason why he ran his train at full speed with the signals set against him. He was considered a careful and trustworthy engineer, even though he had been in poor health for some time. There is a theory among his friends that he had fainted at his post just before the accident and so was not able to control the train he was drawing. Some believe he died of apoplexy before the accident, as had three members of his family, and that this was the cause of the accident. He left a widow and one daughter, and was buried at Union.