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BIRDSALL, FRANK, Agent Erie North Shore Dispatch and Fast Freight Line, office 14 North 4th street; residence, 311 Jersey street; born in Seneca county, New York, 1839; went to Buffalo, New York, in 1853, as freight clerk of Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and Buffalo and Lockport Railroad; to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1856, as freight agent of Milwaukee and Horicon Railroad; to Chicago, in 1864, as chief clerk in general ticket department, of C, R. I. & P. R. R., and in 1875 as traveling agent for “Diamond Line Fast Freight,” and in 1877 as traveling agent of Erie and North Shore Dispatch, and 1878, agent of Erie and North Shore Dispatch and Fast Freight, Quincy. He married Nora M. Burke, 1861. She was born in the City of Dublin, Ireland, daughter of Dr. Joseph Burke, of that city. They have four children: Samuel F. Frank R., Edward L., and Nora Maria, Catholics. He is an Episcopalian. In politics a Democrat. He is the third son of the Hon. Samuel Birdsall, Democratic Judge and Congressman, and Serene Fosgate, daughter of Dr. Beela Fosgate of Auburn, New York.