Antoine "Anthony" "Andy" Sauter (May 4, 1848 – April 16, 1905) was a machinist, once foreman of various shops in the Roanoke Machine Works for the Norfolk and Western Railroad.[1][2][3][4] He was a general foreman for the shops at Lambert's Point from 1895 to 1903.[5]

Antoine Sauter
Born(1848-05-04)May 4, 1848
DiedApril 16, 1905(1905-04-16) (aged 56)
OccupationMachinist
EmployerRoanoke Machine Works
Known forForeman, master mechanic
SpouseCatherine Senn
Children8

Early years

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Antoine Sauter was born on May 4, 1848, to Henri Sauter and Marie Anne Sick (or Sieg) in Oberhergheim, near Colmar in Alsace, France.[1][6] His father Henri was a mason from Dotternhausen, Germany.[7][8] Antoine attended the public and private schools, and worked as a locksmith for the Koechlin machine shops in Mulhouse from 1863 to 1867.[1][8]

On April 21, 1870, he married Catherine Senn in Mulhouse. Sauter was still working as a locksmith.[6]

United States

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Following the Franco-Prussian War, the Sauters left for America, arriving in Jersey City on April 1, 1872.[1] He worked in Jersey City for the Erie Railways Company until its shops were consumed by fire on July 24,[9][a] and then he moved to Susquehanna, Pennsylvania to work for the same company.[1]

 
Sauter worked under Frederick J. Kimball (pictured).

He arrived in Roanoke on July 4, 1882, staying for 13 years a foreman for the machine shops of the Roanoke Machine Works, part of the Norfolk and Western Railroad under president Frederick J. Kimball.[1]

Sauter received a promotion to "master mechanic" and moved to Lambert's Point near Norfolk.[11] He was serenaded at his home by the Roanoke Machine Works Band shortly before the move, on December 1, 1895.[12][13]

Sauter spent a short time with his son as foreman in Portsmouth, Ohio before he was taken ill.[14][15] He died of endocarditis in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the German Hospital on April 16, 1905.[1][16][17]

Notes

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  1. ^ Responding fireman James McCarthy was the first Jersey City firefighter to be killed in the line of duty.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g American Railway Master Mechanics' Association (1906). "Antoine Sauter". Report of Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American Railway Master Mechanics' Association. 39: 551.
  2. ^ "Local Brevities". The Roanoke Times. March 5, 1892. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Mr. Sauter Injured". The Roanoke Times. August 9, 1892. p. 4.
  4. ^ "The Machine Works". The Roanoke Times. July 19, 1891.
  5. ^ "Norfolk and Western Magazine". Norfolk and Western Railway Company. November 13, 1942 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ a b "Archives Hout Rhin Naan". archives.haut-rhin.fr. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  7. ^ Heinrich Sauter, Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. FHL Film Number 999727
  8. ^ a b Haut Rhin, France, Census, 1866 [database online] Archives départementales du Haut-Rhin; Colmar, France; Recensement 1866; Mulhouse, Rue Buffon 20, Dwelling 1
  9. ^ "The Erie Shops In Jersey City Burned". Michigan Argus. July 26, 1872.
  10. ^ "Anniversary ceremony honors Jersey City's first fallen firefighter". 25 July 2013.
  11. ^ "Brief Personals". The Roanoke Daily Times. December 27, 1895. p. 8.
  12. ^ "Mr. Sauter Serenaded". The Roanoke Daily Times. December 1, 1895. p. 5.
  13. ^ Raymond P. Barnes. A History of Roanoke. p. 283.
  14. ^ The Pocket List of Railroad Officials. Primedia Information. 1904.
  15. ^ Norfolk and Western Magazine. Norfolk and Western Railway Company. 1939.
  16. ^ "Andy Sauter Dead In Philadelphia (sic)". Vol. 11, no. 91.
  17. ^ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803–1915."
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