William F. Nast buried at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis. William F. Nast William Frederick Nast (1840–1893) was an American diplomat and entrepreneur. He was the third president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Nast was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 14, 1840, the son of Methodist religious leader William Nast. From 1861 to 1865 he served at the American Consulate in Stuttgart, Germany. Upon his return to the United States, Nast entered the brokerage business in New York, New York. On September 2, 1868, Nast became president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, a position he held
Thomas Fitzpatrick (cartoonist) Thomas Fitzpatrick (cartoonist) Thomas Fitzpatrick (27 March 1860 – 16 July 1912), pen name Fitz, was an Irish political cartoonist. Fitzpatrick was born in Cork. He contributed to the satirical magazine "Pat" (published from 1881-1883), the "Weekly Freeman", the "Irish Figaro", the "Irish Emerald", the "Weekly Nation", "Punch" and the "New York Gaelic American", and was for a time chief cartoonist of the "National Press". In 1905 he launched his own satirical magazine, "The Lepracaun", which he edited and drew most of the cartoons and illustrations for until his health began to fail in 1911. James Joyce contributed short pieces