Amasa Stone, Jr. was an American industrialist who is best remembered for having created a regional railroad empire centered in the U.S. state of Ohio from 1860 to 1883. He gained fame in New England
Amasa Stone
Cornelius Vanderbilt.
John D. Rockefeller in 1885.
Cenotaph over the grave of Amasa Stone at Lake View Cemetery.
Stillman Witt was an American railroad and steel industry executive best known for building the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad, Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad, and the Bell
Canvass White, the engineer who apprenticed Stillman Witt at the age of 13 and changed his life.
John Brough. Witt changed Brough's life by not only encouraging him to run for Governor of Ohio in 1863, but also in securing for Brough the financial independence that would enable him to so do. Brough's place in history was secured by Witt.