Chef. Born into slavery; worked in a Nashville, TN restaurant, 1873-78; employed in restaurant in Chicago, IL, after 1881; Pullman Railroad Car Service, 1883, chef in VIP dining car until 1897; Kansas City, Pittsburgh & Gould railroad, chef in private car of company president, 1897-99, remained in charge of car under new ownership until 1907; U.S. Steel Corporation, Chicago, chef for subsidiary companies after 1907; published Good Things to Eat as Recommended by Rufus, 1911.
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