Samuel Parker McGough was born in Franklin and spent his formative years in both Franklin and Parker, the hometowns of each of his grandparents. At the age of seventeen in 1891, Samuel embarked on his career with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, starting as a Roadman and rising to the position of Division Engineer by 1900. After a stint as a Construction Engineer in New York, he returned to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, eventually becoming the Sales Agent for the Continuous Rail and Joint Co. In 1902, Samuel married Jean Gibson Donnell in Pittsburgh, and soon after became the manager of the Continuous Rail & Joint Company’s western office in Chicago, where he and Jean settled after honeymooning at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan. By 1908, he joined the management of Lorain Steel, previously known as Johnstown Steel. During World War I, Samuel was tasked with overseeing the maintenance of the Baltimore & Ohio track, serviced by Lorain Steel, fo...