John Work Garrett

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John Work Garrett was a prominent 19th-century American banker and railroad executive who served as president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and played a key role in its expansion and in Civil War logistics.

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instanceOf banker
human
railroad executive
birthDate 1820-07-31
birthPlace Baltimore, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED
boardMemberOf Baltimore and Ohio Railroad NERFINISHED
burialPlace Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath illness
child Robert Garrett NERFINISHED
Thomas Harrison Garrett NERFINISHED
citizenship United States of America
deathDate 1884-09-26
deathPlace Deer Park, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED
employer Baltimore and Ohio Railroad NERFINISHED
endTime 1884
familyName Garrett NERFINISHED
father Robert Garrett NERFINISHED
genreOfActivity finance
rail transport management
givenName John NERFINISHED
knownFor expanding the B&O Railroad westward
leading the B&O Railroad during the American Civil War
name John Work Garrett NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableWork development of Civil War rail logistics for the Union
expansion of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
occupation banker
railroad executive
participantIn American Civil War NERFINISHED
positionHeld president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Baltimore, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED
side Union
significantEvent guided B&O through post–Civil War expansion
oversaw B&O Railroad support for Union troop movements
spouse Rachel Ann Harrison NERFINISHED
startTime 1858

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Garrett County, Maryland namedAfter John Work Garrett