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Date of birth calculated based on age stated in the newspaper article.
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YOUTH, HURT AS UNCLE IS KILLED IN CRASH, DIES
Virden, Sept. 24. - Floyd Bell, aged 19 years, 7 months and 9 days, who was hurt Tuesday near Chicago when a train hit the automobile in which he and his uncle, Elmer Myers, were riding, died at 2:30 o'clock Sept. 24, 1926, at a hospital in Northbrook. Myers was killed instantly, and Bell did not regain consciousness.
Mr. Myers was born in Virden where he spent practically his entire life. He was aged 26 years, 10 months and 7 days.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Myers, Virden; four brothers, Lewis, West Frankfort; Lemuel, Nilwood; James, Virden; and Sinas; five sisters, Mrs. Pearl Bell, Virden, mother of Floyd Bell; Mrs. Ethel Pierce, Toledo, O.; Mrs. Esta Welchman, Springfield; Miss Ruth Myers, Chicago; and Miss Mame Myers, Virden.
Date: Saturday, September 25, 1926
Paper: Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield, Illinois)
Page: 8
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Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Name: Elmer Meyers
Birth Date: 1899
Birth Place: Virden, Illinois
Death Date: 21 Sep 1926
Death Place: Northfield, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date: 24 Sep 1926
Burial Place: Macoupin, Macoupin, Illinois
Cemetery Name: Ferden
Death Age: 27
Occupation: Landscape Worker
Race: White
Marital Status: S
Gender: Male
Residence: Northbrook, Cook, Illinois
Father Name: John R Meyers
Father Birth Place: Clinton County, Illinois
Mother Name: Emma Hudson
Mother Birth Place: Clinton County, Illinois
FHL Film Number: 1613442
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Date of birth calculated based on age stated in the newspaper article.
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YOUTH, HURT AS UNCLE IS KILLED IN CRASH, DIES
Virden, Sept. 24. - Floyd Bell, aged 19 years, 7 months and 9 days, who was hurt Tuesday near Chicago when a train hit the automobile in which he and his uncle, Elmer Myers, were riding, died at 2:30 o'clock Sept. 24, 1926, at a hospital in Northbrook. Myers was killed instantly, and Bell did not regain consciousness.
Mr. Myers was born in Virden where he spent practically his entire life. He was aged 26 years, 10 months and 7 days.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Myers, Virden; four brothers, Lewis, West Frankfort; Lemuel, Nilwood; James, Virden; and Sinas; five sisters, Mrs. Pearl Bell, Virden, mother of Floyd Bell; Mrs. Ethel Pierce, Toledo, O.; Mrs. Esta Welchman, Springfield; Miss Ruth Myers, Chicago; and Miss Mame Myers, Virden.
Date: Saturday, September 25, 1926
Paper: Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield, Illinois)
Page: 8
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Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Name: Elmer Meyers
Birth Date: 1899
Birth Place: Virden, Illinois
Death Date: 21 Sep 1926
Death Place: Northfield, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date: 24 Sep 1926
Burial Place: Macoupin, Macoupin, Illinois
Cemetery Name: Ferden
Death Age: 27
Occupation: Landscape Worker
Race: White
Marital Status: S
Gender: Male
Residence: Northbrook, Cook, Illinois
Father Name: John R Meyers
Father Birth Place: Clinton County, Illinois
Mother Name: Emma Hudson
Mother Birth Place: Clinton County, Illinois
FHL Film Number: 1613442
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Date of birth calculated based on age stated in the newspaper article.
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YOUTH, HURT AS UNCLE IS KILLED IN CRASH, DIES
Virden, Sept. 24. - Floyd Bell, aged 19 years, 7 months and 9 days, who was hurt Tuesday near Chicago when a train hit the automobile in which he and his uncle, Elmer Myers, were riding, died at 2:30 o'clock Sept. 24, 1926, at a hospital in Northbrook. Myers was killed instantly, and Bell did not regain consciousness.
Mr. Myers was born in Virden where he spent practically his entire life. He was aged 26 years, 10 months and 7 days.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Myers, Virden; four brothers, Lewis, West Frankfort; Lemuel, Nilwood; James, Virden; and Sinas; five sisters, Mrs. Pearl Bell, Virden, mother of Floyd Bell; Mrs. Ethel Pierce, Toledo, O.; Mrs. Esta Welchman, Springfield; Miss Ruth Myers, Chicago; and Miss Mame Myers, Virden.
Date: Saturday, September 25, 1926
Paper: Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield, Illinois)
Page: 8
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Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Name: Elmer Meyers
Birth Date: 1899
Birth Place: Virden, Illinois
Death Date: 21 Sep 1926
Death Place: Northfield, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date: 24 Sep 1926
Burial Place: Macoupin, Macoupin, Illinois
Cemetery Name: Ferden
Death Age: 27
Occupation: Landscape Worker
Race: White
Marital Status: S
Gender: Male
Residence: Northbrook, Cook, Illinois
Father Name: John R Meyers
Father Birth Place: Clinton County, Illinois
Mother Name: Emma Hudson
Mother Birth Place: Clinton County, Illinois
FHL Film Number: 1613442
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Date of birth calculated based on age stated in the newspaper article.
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YOUTH, HURT AS UNCLE IS KILLED IN CRASH, DIES
Virden, Sept. 24. - Floyd Bell, aged 19 years, 7 months and 9 days, who was hurt Tuesday near Chicago when a train hit the automobile in which he and his uncle, Elmer Myers, were riding, died at 2:30 o'clock Sept. 24, 1926, at a hospital in Northbrook. Myers was killed instantly, and Bell did not regain consciousness.
Mr. Myers was born in Virden where he spent practically his entire life. He was aged 26 years, 10 months and 7 days.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Myers, Virden; four brothers, Lewis, West Frankfort; Lemuel, Nilwood; James, Virden; and Sinas; five sisters, Mrs. Pearl Bell, Virden, mother of Floyd Bell; Mrs. Ethel Pierce, Toledo, O.; Mrs. Esta Welchman, Springfield; Miss Ruth Myers, Chicago; and Miss Mame Myers, Virden.
Date: Saturday, September 25, 1926
Paper: Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield, Illinois)
Page: 8
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Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Name: Elmer Meyers
Birth Date: 1899
Birth Place: Virden, Illinois
Death Date: 21 Sep 1926
Death Place: Northfield, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date: 24 Sep 1926
Burial Place: Macoupin, Macoupin, Illinois
Cemetery Name: Ferden
Death Age: 27
Occupation: Landscape Worker
Race: White
Marital Status: S
Gender: Male
Residence: Northbrook, Cook, Illinois
Father Name: John R Meyers
Father Birth Place: Clinton County, Illinois
Mother Name: Emma Hudson
Mother Birth Place: Clinton County, Illinois
FHL Film Number: 1613442
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