Frank R. Firth was born in Leicester, Mass. on May 25, 1847, and died on June 19, 1872, from the effects of a railway accident. Remembered as faithful unto death, he was honored by the men in the service of the Atchison and Nebraska Rail Road Co. as their beloved and respected superintendent, alongside the words, "Wisdom is the gray hair unto men and an unspotted life is old age."