GEORGE H. FORDYCE. Susquehanna, Pennsylvania.
A highly competent and popular Erie engineer living in Susquehanna is George H. Fordyce, who was born in that city January 9, 1853. The son of George H. Fordyce, Sr., for many years engineer on an ocean steamer plying between the Island of Cuba and various American ports, he comes by his mechanical ability quite naturally, and when he had finished securing a good common school education at the age of 17, he entered the Erie machine shops as an apprentice. He worked there until the spring of 1874, when he was advanced to fireman, a position he faithfully filled for twelve years, one year of which was on freight. In 1886 he received a merited promotion to engineer and for ten years pulled freight on the Delaware Division between Port Jervis and Susquehanna. He then was transferred to a pusher between Susquehanna and Gulf Summit, which place he has held for the past three years. Mr. Fordyce has an enviable record, his efficient services having entitled him to the praise he has received from time to time from his superiors, while his fellow workmen recognize him as a man of high character and worth, and esteem him as such. He is a member of B. of L. E., Division 137, and for ten years was affiliated with B. of L. F., No. 1, of Port Jervis.

Mr. Fordyce was married on January 20, 1879, to Miss Jennie Manderville, daughter of Henry A. Manderville, a wheelwright of Greenville, Orange County, New York. Mrs. Fordyce is a prominent member of B. of L. E., Ladies' Auxiliary. They have three children, George H., aged 18, who is learning the machinist's trade; Robert W., aged 14, attending Port Jervis school, and Maud Grace, 5 years, the pet of the family. Mr. Fordyce owns a very pleasant home, and with his family resides his mother, a very pleasant and intelligent lady of 58. She is also the mother of James H. Fordyce, whose sketch appears on another page.

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

From the July, 1912 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
It is rumored that George H. Fordyce, engineer on the 2,600 pusher in Susquehanna Yard, has patents on a new style of milking pail. Another rumor has it that his latest idea is on a contrivance for obtaining butter direct from the cow.

From the May, 1933 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
George H. Fordyce, of Susquehanna, was the oldest active engineer attending the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Joshua Leach Lodge No. 1 St. Patrick's Day gathering in Port Jervis, NY. He was accompanied by his wife.

From the October, 1933 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
George H. Fordyce, Sr., veteran engineer of 64 years' service on the Erie, died at his home, 12 Westfall Avenue, Oakland, Susquehanna, late in August (1933). At last year's Veterans reunion in Meadville he was given an engraved gold watch by President Denney as the oldest veteran present in point of continuous service and still in active service. Mr. Fordyce was 80. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jennie Fordyce, and the following children: George Fordyce, Jr., of Great Bend, Robert of Syracuse, Mrs. Harry Neish of Susquehanna, and Stanley at home. Two grandchildren, Robert and Cecil Neish, and one brother, James Fordyce of Susquehanna, and one sister, Mrs. Lona Hillspaugh of Susquehanna, all survive.