Reuben W. Stroud
Encyclopedia
Reuben W. Stroud was an American civil engineer
and politician from New York
.
.
In 1870, he removed to Syracuse, NY, and was Chief Engineer on the construction of the Syracuse and Chenango Valley Railroad of which he became Superintendent after the construction was finished.
In 1872, he was elected a Canal Commissioner
on the Republican ticket, and died a month before the end of his term.
He was married to Ella M. Bruce (1842-1919, daughter of Canal Commissioner Benjamin F. Bruce
).
He died of typhoid fever
at the Syracuse House in Syracuse, NY.
Civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
and politician from New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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Life
He began his engineering career as assistant to John B. JervisJohn B. Jervis
John Bloomfield Jervis was an American civil engineer. He was America's leading consulting engineer of the antebellum era . Jervis was a pioneer in the development of canals and railroads for the expanding United States...
.
In 1870, he removed to Syracuse, NY, and was Chief Engineer on the construction of the Syracuse and Chenango Valley Railroad of which he became Superintendent after the construction was finished.
In 1872, he was elected a Canal Commissioner
Erie Canal Commission
The New York State Legislature appointed in 1810 a Commission to Explore a Route for a Canal to Lake Erie, and Report which became known as the Erie Canal Commission...
on the Republican ticket, and died a month before the end of his term.
He was married to Ella M. Bruce (1842-1919, daughter of Canal Commissioner Benjamin F. Bruce
Benjamin F. Bruce
Benjamin Franklin Bruce was an American politician from New York.-Life:...
).
He died of typhoid fever
Typhoid fever
Typhoid fever, also known as Typhoid, is a common worldwide bacterial disease, transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person, which contain the bacterium Salmonella enterica, serovar Typhi...
at the Syracuse House in Syracuse, NY.
Sources
- The Candidate for Canal Commissioner in NYT on August 24, 1872
- http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A01E6DB1439EF34BC4A53DFB7678389669FDE Editorial endorsing Stroud, in NYT on November 2, 1872
- http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F02EFDE103BEF34BC4B53DFB467838E669FDE Obit in NYT on December 3, 1875