Indianapolis News - Wednesday, April 1, 1896:
Thomas O. Barbour, treasurer of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, died at a private sanitarium in this city last evening from a tumor in the brain after an operation had been performed. He was about forty-one years of age. Last December, he was stricken with paralysis at his home in Richmond, Virginia. He was taken to a sanitarium in Washington, D.C., but showed no improvement and last Saturday was brought to Indianapolis in his private car, accompanied by his wife and family. He continued to grow worse, and it was hoped that an operation might, for a time, bring relief though it was considered by the surgeons that his life could be prolonged only a short time. It was found that the tumor had destroyed the greater portion of his brain, and he died a few hours after the examination had been made.
Mr. Barbour was born in Rushville, his father being Dr. Samuel Barbour, a physician. When a child, he came to this city with his parents. His education was received in the common schools of this city, and he was graduated with honors from Butler College. When twenty years old, he was bookkeeper for the Indianapolis Sentinel Company, and about that time took up the study of civil engineering. He assisted in the surveying and building of the Indianapolis & Terre Haute Railroad, and finally got a position in the engineering department of the Big Four at Cincinnati. When M. E. Ingalls was appointed receiver of that (rail)road, he was attracted by Mr. Barbour's work. Mr. Ingalls afterward made him auditor, assistant treasurer, real estate agent, finally advising him until he became assistant to the president and Mr. Ingall's secretary. When the Chesapeake & Ohio was placed in charge of Mr. Ingalls, he transferred Mr. Barbour to Richmond, Virginia, and gave him several valuable and important positions. Six years ago, he made him treasurer of that company, and it was understood that he was to have gone up higher.
He married Miss Elizabeth Hughes of Cincinnati, who, with two daughters, age eleven and thirteen years, survive him. His mother, Mrs. Barbour, lives in this city at 597 Capitol Avenue North, with her daughter, Mrs. S. F. Gray. The funeral will take place Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Gray. The burial will be private.
Thomas O. Barbour, treasurer of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, died at a private sanitarium in this city last evening from a tumor in the brain after an operation had been performed. He was about forty-one years of age. Last December, he was stricken with paralysis at his home in Richmond, Virginia. He was taken to a sanitarium in Washington, D.C., but showed no improvement and last Saturday was brought to Indianapolis in his private car, accompanied by his wife and family. He continued to grow worse, and it was hoped that an operation might, for a time, bring relief though it was considered by the surgeons that his life could be prolonged only a short time. It was found that the tumor had destroyed the greater portion of his brain, and he died a few hours after the examination had been made.
Mr. Barbour was born in Rushville, his father being Dr. Samuel Barbour, a physician. When a child, he came to this city with his parents. His education was received in the common schools of this city, and he was graduated with honors from Butler College. When twenty years old, he was bookkeeper for the Indianapolis Sentinel Company, and about that time took up the study of civil engineering. He assisted in the surveying and building of the Indianapolis & Terre Haute Railroad, and finally got a position in the engineering department of the Big Four at Cincinnati. When M. E. Ingalls was appointed receiver of that (rail)road, he was attracted by Mr. Barbour's work. Mr. Ingalls afterward made him auditor, assistant treasurer, real estate agent, finally advising him until he became assistant to the president and Mr. Ingall's secretary. When the Chesapeake & Ohio was placed in charge of Mr. Ingalls, he transferred Mr. Barbour to Richmond, Virginia, and gave him several valuable and important positions. Six years ago, he made him treasurer of that company, and it was understood that he was to have gone up higher.
He married Miss Elizabeth Hughes of Cincinnati, who, with two daughters, age eleven and thirteen years, survive him. His mother, Mrs. Barbour, lives in this city at 597 Capitol Avenue North, with her daughter, Mrs. S. F. Gray. The funeral will take place Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Gray. The burial will be private.
Indianapolis News - Wednesday, April 1, 1896:
Thomas O. Barbour, treasurer of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, died at a private sanitarium in this city last evening from a tumor in the brain after an operation had been performed. He was about forty-one years of age. Last December, he was stricken with paralysis at his home in Richmond, Virginia. He was taken to a sanitarium in Washington, D.C., but showed no improvement and last Saturday was brought to Indianapolis in his private car, accompanied by his wife and family. He continued to grow worse, and it was hoped that an operation might, for a time, bring relief though it was considered by the surgeons that his life could be prolonged only a short time. It was found that the tumor had destroyed the greater portion of his brain, and he died a few hours after the examination had been made.
Mr. Barbour was born in Rushville, his father being Dr. Samuel Barbour, a physician. When a child, he came to this city with his parents. His education was received in the common schools of this city, and he was graduated with honors from Butler College. When twenty years old, he was bookkeeper for the Indianapolis Sentinel Company, and about that time took up the study of civil engineering. He assisted in the surveying and building of the Indianapolis & Terre Haute Railroad, and finally got a position in the engineering department of the Big Four at Cincinnati. When M. E. Ingalls was appointed receiver of that (rail)road, he was attracted by Mr. Barbour's work. Mr. Ingalls afterward made him auditor, assistant treasurer, real estate agent, finally advising him until he became assistant to the president and Mr. Ingall's secretary. When the Chesapeake & Ohio was placed in charge of Mr. Ingalls, he transferred Mr. Barbour to Richmond, Virginia, and gave him several valuable and important positions. Six years ago, he made him treasurer of that company, and it was understood that he was to have gone up higher.
He married Miss Elizabeth Hughes of Cincinnati, who, with two daughters, age eleven and thirteen years, survive him. His mother, Mrs. Barbour, lives in this city at 597 Capitol Avenue North, with her daughter, Mrs. S. F. Gray. The funeral will take place Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Gray. The burial will be private.
Thomas O. Barbour, treasurer of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, died at a private sanitarium in this city last evening from a tumor in the brain after an operation had been performed. He was about forty-one years of age. Last December, he was stricken with paralysis at his home in Richmond, Virginia. He was taken to a sanitarium in Washington, D.C., but showed no improvement and last Saturday was brought to Indianapolis in his private car, accompanied by his wife and family. He continued to grow worse, and it was hoped that an operation might, for a time, bring relief though it was considered by the surgeons that his life could be prolonged only a short time. It was found that the tumor had destroyed the greater portion of his brain, and he died a few hours after the examination had been made.
Mr. Barbour was born in Rushville, his father being Dr. Samuel Barbour, a physician. When a child, he came to this city with his parents. His education was received in the common schools of this city, and he was graduated with honors from Butler College. When twenty years old, he was bookkeeper for the Indianapolis Sentinel Company, and about that time took up the study of civil engineering. He assisted in the surveying and building of the Indianapolis & Terre Haute Railroad, and finally got a position in the engineering department of the Big Four at Cincinnati. When M. E. Ingalls was appointed receiver of that (rail)road, he was attracted by Mr. Barbour's work. Mr. Ingalls afterward made him auditor, assistant treasurer, real estate agent, finally advising him until he became assistant to the president and Mr. Ingall's secretary. When the Chesapeake & Ohio was placed in charge of Mr. Ingalls, he transferred Mr. Barbour to Richmond, Virginia, and gave him several valuable and important positions. Six years ago, he made him treasurer of that company, and it was understood that he was to have gone up higher.
He married Miss Elizabeth Hughes of Cincinnati, who, with two daughters, age eleven and thirteen years, survive him. His mother, Mrs. Barbour, lives in this city at 597 Capitol Avenue North, with her daughter, Mrs. S. F. Gray. The funeral will take place Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Gray. The burial will be private.
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