Bio: Peck, Alberson C. (1881)

Contact: crystal@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Peck

----Source: History of Northern Wisconsin (Eau Claire County, Wis.) 1881, page 330

ALBERSON C. PECK, passenger engineer, C. St. P., M. & O. R. R., Eau Claire, came to Wisconsin in 1857, and located at Tomah; he ran a stationary engine for four years, and was then fireman on M. & St. P. R. K., running out of Milwaukee, for four years; afterward, promoted to engineer, which position he filled for about three years. He returned to Tomah and opened the Rockwood House, in the Fall of 1867: carried it on for two years, then engaged with the C, St. P., M. & O. R. R. Co., in the construction department; afterward, as passenger engineer; then two years as master mechanic; then, again, as passenger engineer, in which capacity he has been since. Came to Eau Claire to reside about nine years ago. He was born in Freedom, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1840, and married some years ago; he has three children — Annie May, Vernon and Ida Belle.