JOHN JOSEPH DUGGAN

Sacramento County

Biographies

JOHN JOSEPH DUGGAN

JOHN JOSEPH DUGGAN.--Since his sixteenth year, John Joseph Duggan has been in the employ of various railroads and since 1910 he has been identified with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of California, until in 1920 he became chief dispatcher with the Western Pacific Railroad Company; his merited success is all the more notable from the fact that it has been secured by his own judicious management.

John Joseph Duggan was born in Fairbury, Nebr., November 2, 1887, a son of Hugh and Mary (Garin) Duggan, who still reside on their farm in Nebraska. He received his education in the grammar and high schools of his native city; then after finishing school he learned telegraphy and during a number of years was employed by the C. B. & Q., D. & R. G., and O. S. L. In 1910 he removed to California and was employed by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, where his promotion has been rapid.

The marriage of Mr. Duggan united him with Miss Pearl Shaw, a native of Illinois. During the World War Mr. Duggan was first lieutenant in the engineer corps and spent a year and a half in France. Fraternally he belongs to the B. P. O. Elks and the American Legion.

Transcribed by Donna L. Becker.

Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches, Page 517. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.