GEORGE W. DINSMORE, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. General Foreman Susquehanna Shops.
George W. Dinsmore was born in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1854, and is the son of Samuel Dinsmore, foreman of the Erie roundhouse at Susquehanna. Mr. Dinsmore received a high school education and began his railroad career in December, 1869, as a machinist's apprentice in the shops of the Erie. After serving four years' apprenticeship he worked at his trade for fifteen years, being promoted to Assistant General Foreman in 1888. A year afterward he resigned and accepted a position as a machinist for the Mexican Central Railroad in the City of Mexico. After six months he resigned on account of sickness and returned north. He worked four months in the Susquehanna shops and then went to Portland, Maine, where for three years he worked for the Eastern Forge Company, having entire charge of the machinery and men. He returned to Susquehanna in 1893 and was engaged by the Erie as General Foreman, having charge of all departments in the Erie shops at this point.

Mr. Dinsmore was married in 1881 to Miss Catherine Knise of Susquehanna, and three children were born to them. Alice and Bertha are attending Laurel Hill Academy, and Clara, the youngest, is 6 years of age. Mrs. Dinsmore departed this life in 1896, and in March, 1898, Mr. Dinsmore was united in marriage to Miss Lottie Johnson, and they reside in their own pleasant home on West Main Street. Mr. Dinsmore is a member of the Royal Arcanum and Knights of Pythias. He is a man of fine habits and education and is universally respected and admired by his acquaintances and fellow citizens.


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