
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.

as Narrator

as Chauffeur

as Train Passenger

as Emma Staley

as Self - Curator, N.C. Museum of History

as Train Passenger

as young Arthur Staley / voice of young A.E. Staley

as Train Passenger

as young A.E. Staley / voice of teenage A.E. Staley

as Self - Grandson of Decatur Staley's Baseball Player Randy Young

as G.E. Chamberlain (voice)

as Self - Chairman, Staley Federal Credit Union

as Self - Curator, Pro Football Hall of Fame

as Self - Daughter of Jo & Dutch Sternaman

as Self - Former President, Monticello Railway Museum

as Self - Director of Safety/Health, Grain & Feed Assn of IL

as Self - Nephew of A.E. Staley

as Self - Head Archivist, Decatur Public Library

as Self - Chairman, Chicago Bears

as Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Employees

as A.P. Titus (voice)

as Self - Pro Football Hall of Fame

as Train Passenger

as Self - Attendee, A.E. Staley Funeral

as Self - President, United Way of Decatur and Mid-Illinois

as G.E. Chamberlain

as Walter Franklin (voice)

as A.E. Staley (voice)

as Self - Electrical Engineer, A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co.

as Emma Staley (voice)

as Self - Historian, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum

as Self - Director of The Staley Museum

as Self - Granddaughter & Grand Niece of Decatur Staley's Players

as Self - Great Nephew of A.E. Staley

as Self - President & CEO, Community Foundation of Macon Georgia

as C.D. Lyon (voice)

as Wabash Railroad Conductor

as Housekeeper

as Train Passenger

as Self - Great Grandson of G.E. Chamberlain

as Self - National Baseball Hall of Fame

as Self - Chairman Patterson Cottage Museum

as Train Passenger

as Self - Author & Historian

as Self - Regional Editor, Herald & Review

as Self - Former Pitcher, Springfield Illinois Cardinals

as A.E. Staley

as Wabash Railroad Secretary

as Self - Former Illionois Senator & Representative

as Ed Scheiter (voice)

as Self - News Anchor WAND-TV

as Self - Former Pastor, Shiloh United Methodist Church

as Self - Daughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee

as Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee

as Self - Historian

as Adolph Mueller (voice)

as Self - Mayor, City of Decatur, IL

as Staley Rail Engineer

as Direct descendant of Nancy Hanks Lincoln

as Self - Grandson of A.E. Staley

as Self - Board Member, Masonic Temple Decatur, IL