Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Financial Dept.

Henry Tatnall was the first professionally-trained vice president in charge of finance on the Pennsylvania Railroad, serving from 1904 to 1925.

Henry Tatnall was born in Wilmington, Del., on April 30, 1855, the son of William Tatnall, a lumber merchant and insurance company president, and Rachel Moon Tatnall. His grandfather, Edward Tatnall, was one of the organizers of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad Company. After attending the Westtown School, Henry Tatnall began his career as a clerk in a Wilmington real estate office. In 1879 he moved to Philadelphia to take a position with the Girard Trust Company. He became its treasurer in 1881 and vice president in 1885. He resigned in 1900 to become president of the Franklin National Bank.

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