William H. Eagar

    William H. Eagar, agent for the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific, and Alabama & Great Southern, was born in New Orleans, February 14, 1851. He was reared in Selma, Ala., where he removed with his parents when a child. In 1872, he engaged in the railroad business in the employ of the Alabama Central Railroad (now East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia), and continued with that road as clerk, paymaster and conductor until 1874, when he entered the employ of the Alabama & Chattanooga (now Alabama & Great Southern Railroad), and has been with this road ever since. August 21, 1874, be united his fortunes with those of Miss Sarah J. East, a native of Alabama, and the result of this union was the birth of three children-two sons and one daughter-all of whom are living. Mr. Eagar came to Chattanooga in 1877, and in February, 1880, was made agent for the Alabama & Great Southern, and November 1, 1881, be was made joint agent for both roads. He is a Democrat in politics, a member of the American Legion of Honor, and also a member of the Episcopal Church.
Goodspeed's History of Tennessee 1887