Antoine Sauter
French-born American machinist (1848–1905)
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Antoine "Anthony" "Andy" Sauter (May 4, 1848 – April 16, 1905) was a machinist, once foreman of various shops in the Roanoke Machine Works for the Norfolk and Western Railroad.[1][2][3][4] He was a general foreman for the shops at Lambert's Point from 1895 to 1903.[5]
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| Born | May 4, 1848 |
| Died | April 16, 1905 (aged 56) |
| Occupation | Machinist |
| Employer | Roanoke Machine Works |
| Known for | Foreman, master mechanic |
| Spouse | Catherine Senn |
| Children | 8 |
Early years
Antoine Sauter was born on May 4, 1848, to Henri Sauter and Marie Anne Sick (or Sieg) in Oberhergheim, near Colmar in Alsace, France.[1][6] His father Henri was a mason from Dotternhausen, Germany.[7][8] Antoine attended the public and private schools, and worked as a locksmith for the Koechlin machine shops in Mulhouse from 1863 to 1867.[1][8]
On April 21, 1870, he married Catherine Senn in Mulhouse. Sauter was still working as a locksmith.[6]
United States
Following the Franco-Prussian War, the Sauters left for America, arriving in Jersey City on April 1, 1872.[1] He worked in Jersey City for the Erie Railways Company until its shops were consumed by fire on July 24,[9][a] and then he moved to Susquehanna, Pennsylvania to work for the same company.[1]
He arrived in Roanoke on July 4, 1882, staying for 13 years a foreman for the machine shops of the Roanoke Machine Works, part of the Norfolk and Western Railroad under president Frederick J. Kimball.[1]
Sauter received a promotion to "master mechanic" and moved to Lambert's Point near Norfolk.[11] He was serenaded at his home by the Roanoke Machine Works Band shortly before the move, on December 1, 1895.[12][13]
Sauter spent a short time with his son as foreman in Portsmouth, Ohio before he was taken ill.[14][15] He died of endocarditis in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the German Hospital on April 16, 1905.[1][16][17]