A. E. Staley went from growing up barefoot on a farm in North Carolina, to building a billion dollar agribusiness giant. He was the original owner of the football team that eventually became the Chicago Bears.
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Emma Staley
Self - Curator, N.C. Museum of History
Train Passenger
young Arthur Staley / voice of young A.E. Staley
Train Passenger
young A.E. Staley / voice of teenage A.E. Staley
Self - Grandson of Decatur Staley's Baseball Player Randy Young
G.E. Chamberlain (voice)
Self - Chairman, Staley Federal Credit Union
Self - Curator, Pro Football Hall of Fame
Self - Daughter of Jo & Dutch Sternaman
Self - Former President, Monticello Railway Museum
Self - Director of Safety/Health, Grain & Feed Assn of IL
Self - Nephew of A.E. Staley
Self - Head Archivist, Decatur Public Library
Self - Chairman, Chicago Bears
Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Employees
A.P. Titus (voice)
Self - Pro Football Hall of Fame
Train Passenger
Self - Attendee, A.E. Staley Funeral
Self - President, United Way of Decatur and Mid-Illinois
G.E. Chamberlain
Walter Franklin (voice)
A.E. Staley (voice)
Self - Electrical Engineer, A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co.
Emma Staley (voice)
Self - Historian, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum
Self - Director of The Staley Museum
Self - Granddaughter & Grand Niece of Decatur Staley's Players
Self - Great Nephew of A.E. Staley
Self - President & CEO, Community Foundation of Macon Georgia
C.D. Lyon (voice)
Wabash Railroad Conductor
Housekeeper
Train Passenger
Self - Great Grandson of G.E. Chamberlain
Self - National Baseball Hall of Fame
Self - Chairman Patterson Cottage Museum
Train Passenger
Self - Author & Historian
Self - Regional Editor, Herald & Review
Self - Former Pitcher, Springfield Illinois Cardinals
A.E. Staley
Wabash Railroad Secretary
Self - Former Illionois Senator & Representative
Ed Scheiter (voice)
Self - News Anchor WAND-TV
Self - Former Pastor, Shiloh United Methodist Church
Self - Daughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee
Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee
Self - Historian
Adolph Mueller (voice)
Self - Mayor, City of Decatur, IL
Staley Rail Engineer
Direct descendant of Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Self - Grandson of A.E. Staley
Self - Board Member, Masonic Temple Decatur, IL
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