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No National Archives'
biography exists for D. H. Cram since he was not in the military.
Blue entries are my biography.
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Daniel Houston Cram was born
in New Hampshire in 1829. At some point, he moved to Alabama. His
background before becoming the Superintendent of the Montgomery &
West Point RR in the 1850's is unknown. He remained in that position
until after the war. From 1872 - 1874, he was President and
Superintendent of the Pensacola & Louisville RR (45 miles long). In
1876, he published a report on the coal market potential for Alabama
coal in Cuba and Central America. |
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He married Clemantina in
Montgomery in 1857, and they had at least two children who reached
adulthood. In the 1860 Census, Cram was in Montgomery, with $6,000
of Real Estate, listed as a Civil Engineer. D. H. died in 1881; his
wife in 1874, perhaps of yellow fever, which D. H. had at the
same time. Both are buried in Montgomery. |
| April 30,
1861 |
Reported the
results of the Montgomery railroad convention as its
secretary
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| October 26,
1861 |
Appointed
Transportation Agent at Montgomery by Ashe
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| March 1,
1862 |
Made
Superintendent's Report in the Montgomery & West Point RR's
Annual Report
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| January 21,
1863 |
Paid as
Transportation Agent and discharged from that duty by Morfit
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