from the presidency of the Union Pacific. Births August births August 16 – CP Couch, president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1939–1941 (d. 1955). Deaths July deaths July 15 – Silas Seymour, chief engineer and/or consulting engineer for several railroads in New York in the mid- to late 19th century (b. 1817). September deaths September 30 – Frederick Billings, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1879–1881 (b. 1823). References Morris, J. C., compiler (December 31, 1902), Annual report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs; Part II, History of the Railroads of Ohio. Retrieved August 16, 2005.