FREDERICK F. AUNGST, Akron, Ohio.
Frederick F. Aungst was born February 22, 1850, in Richland County, Ohio, and was a son of Samuel Aungst, a pioneer farmer of that section of Ohio. The young man was an industrious student until his l8th year, when, having acquired a fine common school education, he quit school and for awhile assisted on his father's farm. Tiring of this vocation, he sought and obtained employment on the B. & 0. as a flagman at Mansfield, Ohio. Five years later he quit the B.& 0. and secured a position as fireman on the Erie. After two months firing he was transferred to the roundhouse, and for the ensuing six years worked as engine wiper and hostler. In 1886 he was advanced to fireman, and served in this capacity until 1892, when he was promoted to engineer. He ran a switch engine in the Mansfield yards six months, and then, owing to slack business all along the line, he, with many others, was set back to firing. Three years later he was repromoted and has since run a switch engine in the Akron yards. Mr. Aungst is a careful, conscientious engineer, and is well-liked by all his associates and his superiors; he has been unusually lucky in having no very serious accidents, and has been laid up from injury but thirty days in his entire railroad experience.

He is married to Miss Jennie L. Tingle, daughter of William Tingle, a substantial farmer of South Lebanon, Ohio. Mr. Aungst is a member of Akron Lodge, No. 83, F. & A. M., and B. of L. E., Division No. 16. He owns several fine pieces of property in Mansfield and Akron, and is a valued citizen of the latter city.

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