[Br²derbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0725, Date of Import: Apr 16, 2002]
Alvin farmed a little, then went to Cincinnati, Ohio at an early age to find a better career. He worked in a steel mill for a few years but spent most of his adult life as a locomotive engineer for the Baltimore and Ohio R.R., with a few years as a stationary engineer for an industrial power plant.