Events Births June births June 15 – William Butler Ogden, president of the Chicago and North Western Railway (d. 1877). August births August 9 – Joseph Locke, English civil engineer who became Chief Engineer on the Grand Junction Railway (d. 1860). November births November 7 – Thomas Brassey, English railway contractor who supervised the construction of more than 6500 miles ( km) of track around the world (d. 1870). Unknown date births George S. Griggs, pioneering master mechanic in American steam locomotive manufacturing (d. 1870). William Swinburne, American locomotive designer and builder (d. 1883). Deaths References