City: Memphis
PROUTT, Frederick George, electrical engineer; born Bowmanville, Canada, Nov. 27, 1870; English-Irish descent; son of Mark J. and Martha (Burk) PROUTT; paternal grandparents Matthias and Betsy (Brewer) PROUTT of England, maternal grandparents Thomas and Elizabeth (Kells) BURK, of Ireland; educated Canadian public and high schools; took course in electrical engineering, General Electric Co., 1892-1893-1894, chief electrician and assistant general manager Malden Electric Co., Malden, Mass., 1894-1895-1896-1897, chief electrician and general superintendent Memphis Consolidate Gas & Electric Co., 1897-1906, general manager Jackson Electric Railway Light and Power Co., Jackson, Miss., 1906-1907; in business as consulting electrical and mechanical engineer 1908 to date; put in system of underground electrical distribution for M. C. G. & E. Co., in Memphis; designed and installed power plants Jackson Miss., Oxford, Miss., Brownsville, Tenn., Binghamton, Tenn., and at present he is engaged in the design of various power installation in and about Memphis, Tenn.; married Laura Jane YARNOLD, July 10, 1895; member of Masons (York and Scottish Rite 32d degree), business Men’s club, American Institute Electrical Engineers, and National Geographic Society.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
