HENRY F. MEHRE, Huntington, Indiana.
That Henry F. Mehre was "cut out" for a railroad man is evident to every one who is acquainted with him and knows how efficiently he has performed the duties that have fallen to his lot since he entered upon his railroad career, ten years ago. Mr. Mehre was born on August 6, 1861, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is the son of Louis F. Mehre, a shoemaker of that city. Mr. Mehre left school at an early age and worked in a spoke factory for several years. He then learned the cigarmaker's trade and worked at it for four years; but, not liking the business, he quit it and worked at other vocations, finally becoming a professional base ball player. The three years he was thus engaged he played on the Fort Wayne, Valley City and South Dakota teams. It was in April, 1890, that he fortunately engaged in the calling for which he was just suited, and since becoming a fireman on the Chicago & Erie he has been better satisfied than ever before. The six years he served as fireman were marked by work of high efficiency, and his promotion to engineer in 1896 was justly merited. Since then he has run in the freight service between Huntington and Chicago, and is rapidly achieving distinction as an engineer of fine judgment and capability.

In April, 1883, Mr. Mehre was married to Miss Lenna Yenney of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and two children were born to them, Dora Elizabeth, aged 13, and Earl Lewis, aged 12, both of whom are attending St. Mary's school. Mrs. Mehre departed this life in 1887, and in April, 1890, Mr. Mehre was united in marriage to Miss Mary McMahon, daughter of Steven McMahon, a grocer of Huntington. Mr. Mehre is affiliated with William Hugo Lodge No. 166, B. of L. F.


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