Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ginery Twichell was president of the Boston and Worcester Railroad in the 1860s, the Republican Representative for Massachusetts for three consecutive terms and the sixth president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. He was born on in Athol, Massachusetts. Some references list his actual birth date as August 22, 1811, while others list it as August 26, 1811. In 1827 Twichell left school to seek employment in a local mill. Subsequent jobs saw him working with livestock and later in retail.