Mother: Elsie Elizabeth MONTAGUE b: 13 MAR 1825 in Cayuga County, New York
Lorenzo's second wife was Nancy Catherine Glazier Sutton
FARMER KILLED BY FAST TRAIN
Wagon Is Struck at Crossing In Sumner, Ill.
SUMNER, Ill., Jan. 7 - - Daniel Sutton, age about 80 years, farmer, was killed almost instantly at 12:10 p.m. today when his wagon was struck by an eastbound B and O passenger train at a crossing here.
Sutton, who lived two miles south of here, had come to Sumner with his wife to do some shopping. Leaving Mrs. Sutton at a store, Mr. Sutton turned his horses around and started to drive across the tracks when the train bore down on him. The wagon was demolished but the team of horses escaped injury.
Sutton was a Civil War Veteran and was widely known in this county.
Vincennes Sun, Wednesday Jan 7 , 1931 page 1
Mother: Elsie Elizabeth MONTAGUE b: 13 MAR 1825 in Cayuga County, New York
Lorenzo's second wife was Nancy Catherine Glazier Sutton
FARMER KILLED BY FAST TRAIN
Wagon Is Struck at Crossing In Sumner, Ill.
SUMNER, Ill., Jan. 7 - - Daniel Sutton, age about 80 years, farmer, was killed almost instantly at 12:10 p.m. today when his wagon was struck by an eastbound B and O passenger train at a crossing here.
Sutton, who lived two miles south of here, had come to Sumner with his wife to do some shopping. Leaving Mrs. Sutton at a store, Mr. Sutton turned his horses around and started to drive across the tracks when the train bore down on him. The wagon was demolished but the team of horses escaped injury.
Sutton was a Civil War Veteran and was widely known in this county.
Vincennes Sun, Wednesday Jan 7 , 1931 page 1
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William Alonzo Sutton
1843–1887
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Mrs Melissa A Sutton Reed
1849–1880
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Martha Ann Sutton Welch
1850–1902
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Joel Henry Sutton
1855–1934
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Phoebe Jane Sutton Sherman
1856–1898
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Robert Adelbert Sutton
1860–1929
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Sarah Emiline Sutton Finney
1862–1960
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Mary Cordelia Sutton Martin
1865–1950
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Susan Latricia Sutton Anson
1869–1945
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