Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-12-10 | Page 11 | A. B. Stevenson Dies in Pocatello

A. B. Stevenson Dies in PocateOo POCATELLO. Ida.. Dec. 9 A. D. I Stevenson, 51 years of ace. one ot the i oldest men in the service of the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line here, died at 5 : "0 this! afternoon at him home on South Harrison Har-rison avenue. The cause of death was nervous prostration brousht on by strenuous work in connection with his j railroad duties. Mr. Stevenson w as superintendent of the Idaho division' , of the Oregon Short Line at the time of his death and had been in tho service serv-ice ot the road for thirty-two years. Mr Stevenson was born in Warsaw, Ind.. April U5, 1865, aud was the son i of N. N. and Amanda Stevenson, the father being a veteran of the t'isil war. He began his railroad careei as an operator for the Pennsylvania railroad rail-road and later served two years In the same capacity for the Baltimore & Ohio. Leaving that road in 1S81. he came direct to Idaho and entered the service serv-ice of the Oregon Short Line as operator op-erator at Soda Springs. He had been with the Short Line continuously since that time, moving upward notch by1 'notch until he was made superintendent superinten-dent of the Utah division with head-: quarters in Salt Lake. He was later i transferred to the Montana division! with headquarters in PocatelJo, and! for the past few years had held thej position of superintendent of the Ida i ho division, one of the most Important p08j.S i n the service Mr. Stevenson took mueh interest iu public affairs He was a Republican Republi-can In politics and he served as slate senator from Bannock county in the seventh session of the legislature, under un-der appointment of Governor W, B. Hcyburn. In July. 1905. Mr Stevenson married Ufa, Jennie Doll Dilaud in this it. I by w hom he is survived, together with one son, Edward Mauson Stevenson, and two stepsons, Frank A. Uhland, an employe of the Short Line, and Ti om ! as H. I 'bland, employed by the Motor Mercantile company of Salt Lake. LH