Son of Aletitia Hanford and Lewis Hanford. Born after his father died. Married to Emma L. Whitlock in New York. 5 children. Burial Date: 29 Jan 1908.
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The New York Times, 26 Jan 1908, Sunday
TRAIN KILLS CAPT. HANFORD
He Was the Conductor in the Fatal Spuyten Duyvil Wreck
Special to the New York Times
ALBANY, Jan. 25.--George F. Hanford, the conductor of the New York Central train which was wrecked with its load of legislators at Spuyten Duyvil, Jan. 13, 1882, in which Senator Wagner was killed, slipped beneath a train near Castleton at noon to-day and died here at 8 o'clock to-night.
Mr. Hanford was 70 years of age and lived in West 136th Street, New York City.
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The Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle, 27 Jan 1908, Monday
TRAGIC DEATH OF GEORGE F. HANFORD
WELL KNOWN RAILROAD MAN DIES AT ALBANY AFTER A DISTRESSING ACCIDENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
WAS WELL KNOWN HERE
George F. Hanford, for thirty years employed in the passenger department of the New York Central railroad died at the Homeopathic Hospital, Albany, Saturday night from injuries received from being run over by a passenger train at Castleton Saturday noon. His wife and daughter had been summoned from New York and were with him when he died. He was about seventy-five years of age and was especially well known in this city where his friends will read of his death with deep regret.
Mr. Hanford started out from Albany Saturday morning bound for Poughkeepsie. He was to stop off at every station to deliver some instructions to agents. At Castleton he had hardly time to visit the station before the train started. Mr. Hanford rushed for the moving train and in making an effort to get on the platform he slipped and fell. With great tenacity he clung to the railing while the lower part of his body dragged along the ground and over the rail. A baggageman saw his perilous position and rushed to aid him. The baggageman had reached a point only four feet away and was stretching out his arms to grab Mr. Hanford when the latter, unable to continue his grip on the railing, fell under the cars, the wheels severing both legs below the knees. The Empire Estate Express was stopped and the injured man taken to the hospital at Albany.
He remained conscious all the time but did not seem to realize the extent of his injuries. When someone asked him if he wanted his wife notified he replied, "I do not think it is necessary. Just tell her that I will not be home to-night." Soon after, he lapsed into unconsciousness and seemed to be addressing the conductor of the train on which he was placed, saying, "I guess we will have to give up this business. There is too much danger, and the trials and tribulations of a railroad man are too many."
Mr. Hanford was a familiar figure on the railroad. He always appeared in a high silk hat. He conducted the Davy Crockett excursion to Atlanta, Georgia, and was guest of honor at a banquet held by the excursionists on their return to this city. At that time he was presented with a handsome token and made an honorary member of the hook and ladder company.
For many years he was a conductor. His last duty was in that capacity was on January 13, 1882 when his train was in a wreck at Spuyten Duyvil. It was in this wreck that Senator Wilson Wagner and many others were killed. For a time Mr. Hanford remained off duty and was later put in the passenger department by the late John M. Toucey, a personal friend who was general manager. That position he held until his death. His home was in New York, 136th Street where he was going to spend Sunday with his family.
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The Sun (New York, NY), 28 Jan 1908, Tuesday
George Fordham Hanford, passenger agent of the New York Central railroad at Albany, died in the Homeopathic Hospital in that city on Saturday evening from injuries sustained at Castleton, N.Y. Mr. Hanford was born in this city May 12, 1833, and was the son of Lewis and Letitia Fordham Hanford, and a descendant of the Rev. Thomas Hanford, first pastor of Norwalk, Conn., and of the Rev. Robert Fordham, founder and first minister of Hempstead, L. I. He was an honorary member of the Davy Crockett Club at Poughkeepsie, N.Y., ex-president of the Old Railroad Conductors' Association and one of the charter members of the old Americus Club. He is survived by his wife, a son and three daughters, two of whom are married.
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The New York Times, 26 Jan 1908, Sunday
TRAIN KILLS CAPT. HANFORD
He Was the Conductor in the Fatal Spuyten Duyvil Wreck
Special to the New York Times
ALBANY, Jan. 25.--George F. Hanford, the conductor of the New York Central train which was wrecked with its load of legislators at Spuyten Duyvil, Jan. 13, 1882, in which Senator Wagner was killed, slipped beneath a train near Castleton at noon to-day and died here at 8 o'clock to-night.
Mr. Hanford was 70 years of age and lived in West 136th Street, New York City.
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The Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle, 27 Jan 1908, Monday
TRAGIC DEATH OF GEORGE F. HANFORD
WELL KNOWN RAILROAD MAN DIES AT ALBANY AFTER A DISTRESSING ACCIDENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
WAS WELL KNOWN HERE
George F. Hanford, for thirty years employed in the passenger department of the New York Central railroad died at the Homeopathic Hospital, Albany, Saturday night from injuries received from being run over by a passenger train at Castleton Saturday noon. His wife and daughter had been summoned from New York and were with him when he died. He was about seventy-five years of age and was especially well known in this city where his friends will read of his death with deep regret.
Mr. Hanford started out from Albany Saturday morning bound for Poughkeepsie. He was to stop off at every station to deliver some instructions to agents. At Castleton he had hardly time to visit the station before the train started. Mr. Hanford rushed for the moving train and in making an effort to get on the platform he slipped and fell. With great tenacity he clung to the railing while the lower part of his body dragged along the ground and over the rail. A baggageman saw his perilous position and rushed to aid him. The baggageman had reached a point only four feet away and was stretching out his arms to grab Mr. Hanford when the latter, unable to continue his grip on the railing, fell under the cars, the wheels severing both legs below the knees. The Empire Estate Express was stopped and the injured man taken to the hospital at Albany.
He remained conscious all the time but did not seem to realize the extent of his injuries. When someone asked him if he wanted his wife notified he replied, "I do not think it is necessary. Just tell her that I will not be home to-night." Soon after, he lapsed into unconsciousness and seemed to be addressing the conductor of the train on which he was placed, saying, "I guess we will have to give up this business. There is too much danger, and the trials and tribulations of a railroad man are too many."
Mr. Hanford was a familiar figure on the railroad. He always appeared in a high silk hat. He conducted the Davy Crockett excursion to Atlanta, Georgia, and was guest of honor at a banquet held by the excursionists on their return to this city. At that time he was presented with a handsome token and made an honorary member of the hook and ladder company.
For many years he was a conductor. His last duty was in that capacity was on January 13, 1882 when his train was in a wreck at Spuyten Duyvil. It was in this wreck that Senator Wilson Wagner and many others were killed. For a time Mr. Hanford remained off duty and was later put in the passenger department by the late John M. Toucey, a personal friend who was general manager. That position he held until his death. His home was in New York, 136th Street where he was going to spend Sunday with his family.
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The Sun (New York, NY), 28 Jan 1908, Tuesday
George Fordham Hanford, passenger agent of the New York Central railroad at Albany, died in the Homeopathic Hospital in that city on Saturday evening from injuries sustained at Castleton, N.Y. Mr. Hanford was born in this city May 12, 1833, and was the son of Lewis and Letitia Fordham Hanford, and a descendant of the Rev. Thomas Hanford, first pastor of Norwalk, Conn., and of the Rev. Robert Fordham, founder and first minister of Hempstead, L. I. He was an honorary member of the Davy Crockett Club at Poughkeepsie, N.Y., ex-president of the Old Railroad Conductors' Association and one of the charter members of the old Americus Club. He is survived by his wife, a son and three daughters, two of whom are married.
Son of Aletitia Hanford and Lewis Hanford. Born after his father died. Married to Emma L. Whitlock in New York. 5 children. Burial Date: 29 Jan 1908.
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The New York Times, 26 Jan 1908, Sunday
TRAIN KILLS CAPT. HANFORD
He Was the Conductor in the Fatal Spuyten Duyvil Wreck
Special to the New York Times
ALBANY, Jan. 25.--George F. Hanford, the conductor of the New York Central train which was wrecked with its load of legislators at Spuyten Duyvil, Jan. 13, 1882, in which Senator Wagner was killed, slipped beneath a train near Castleton at noon to-day and died here at 8 o'clock to-night.
Mr. Hanford was 70 years of age and lived in West 136th Street, New York City.
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The Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle, 27 Jan 1908, Monday
TRAGIC DEATH OF GEORGE F. HANFORD
WELL KNOWN RAILROAD MAN DIES AT ALBANY AFTER A DISTRESSING ACCIDENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
WAS WELL KNOWN HERE
George F. Hanford, for thirty years employed in the passenger department of the New York Central railroad died at the Homeopathic Hospital, Albany, Saturday night from injuries received from being run over by a passenger train at Castleton Saturday noon. His wife and daughter had been summoned from New York and were with him when he died. He was about seventy-five years of age and was especially well known in this city where his friends will read of his death with deep regret.
Mr. Hanford started out from Albany Saturday morning bound for Poughkeepsie. He was to stop off at every station to deliver some instructions to agents. At Castleton he had hardly time to visit the station before the train started. Mr. Hanford rushed for the moving train and in making an effort to get on the platform he slipped and fell. With great tenacity he clung to the railing while the lower part of his body dragged along the ground and over the rail. A baggageman saw his perilous position and rushed to aid him. The baggageman had reached a point only four feet away and was stretching out his arms to grab Mr. Hanford when the latter, unable to continue his grip on the railing, fell under the cars, the wheels severing both legs below the knees. The Empire Estate Express was stopped and the injured man taken to the hospital at Albany.
He remained conscious all the time but did not seem to realize the extent of his injuries. When someone asked him if he wanted his wife notified he replied, "I do not think it is necessary. Just tell her that I will not be home to-night." Soon after, he lapsed into unconsciousness and seemed to be addressing the conductor of the train on which he was placed, saying, "I guess we will have to give up this business. There is too much danger, and the trials and tribulations of a railroad man are too many."
Mr. Hanford was a familiar figure on the railroad. He always appeared in a high silk hat. He conducted the Davy Crockett excursion to Atlanta, Georgia, and was guest of honor at a banquet held by the excursionists on their return to this city. At that time he was presented with a handsome token and made an honorary member of the hook and ladder company.
For many years he was a conductor. His last duty was in that capacity was on January 13, 1882 when his train was in a wreck at Spuyten Duyvil. It was in this wreck that Senator Wilson Wagner and many others were killed. For a time Mr. Hanford remained off duty and was later put in the passenger department by the late John M. Toucey, a personal friend who was general manager. That position he held until his death. His home was in New York, 136th Street where he was going to spend Sunday with his family.
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The Sun (New York, NY), 28 Jan 1908, Tuesday
George Fordham Hanford, passenger agent of the New York Central railroad at Albany, died in the Homeopathic Hospital in that city on Saturday evening from injuries sustained at Castleton, N.Y. Mr. Hanford was born in this city May 12, 1833, and was the son of Lewis and Letitia Fordham Hanford, and a descendant of the Rev. Thomas Hanford, first pastor of Norwalk, Conn., and of the Rev. Robert Fordham, founder and first minister of Hempstead, L. I. He was an honorary member of the Davy Crockett Club at Poughkeepsie, N.Y., ex-president of the Old Railroad Conductors' Association and one of the charter members of the old Americus Club. He is survived by his wife, a son and three daughters, two of whom are married.
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The New York Times, 26 Jan 1908, Sunday
TRAIN KILLS CAPT. HANFORD
He Was the Conductor in the Fatal Spuyten Duyvil Wreck
Special to the New York Times
ALBANY, Jan. 25.--George F. Hanford, the conductor of the New York Central train which was wrecked with its load of legislators at Spuyten Duyvil, Jan. 13, 1882, in which Senator Wagner was killed, slipped beneath a train near Castleton at noon to-day and died here at 8 o'clock to-night.
Mr. Hanford was 70 years of age and lived in West 136th Street, New York City.
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The Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle, 27 Jan 1908, Monday
TRAGIC DEATH OF GEORGE F. HANFORD
WELL KNOWN RAILROAD MAN DIES AT ALBANY AFTER A DISTRESSING ACCIDENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
WAS WELL KNOWN HERE
George F. Hanford, for thirty years employed in the passenger department of the New York Central railroad died at the Homeopathic Hospital, Albany, Saturday night from injuries received from being run over by a passenger train at Castleton Saturday noon. His wife and daughter had been summoned from New York and were with him when he died. He was about seventy-five years of age and was especially well known in this city where his friends will read of his death with deep regret.
Mr. Hanford started out from Albany Saturday morning bound for Poughkeepsie. He was to stop off at every station to deliver some instructions to agents. At Castleton he had hardly time to visit the station before the train started. Mr. Hanford rushed for the moving train and in making an effort to get on the platform he slipped and fell. With great tenacity he clung to the railing while the lower part of his body dragged along the ground and over the rail. A baggageman saw his perilous position and rushed to aid him. The baggageman had reached a point only four feet away and was stretching out his arms to grab Mr. Hanford when the latter, unable to continue his grip on the railing, fell under the cars, the wheels severing both legs below the knees. The Empire Estate Express was stopped and the injured man taken to the hospital at Albany.
He remained conscious all the time but did not seem to realize the extent of his injuries. When someone asked him if he wanted his wife notified he replied, "I do not think it is necessary. Just tell her that I will not be home to-night." Soon after, he lapsed into unconsciousness and seemed to be addressing the conductor of the train on which he was placed, saying, "I guess we will have to give up this business. There is too much danger, and the trials and tribulations of a railroad man are too many."
Mr. Hanford was a familiar figure on the railroad. He always appeared in a high silk hat. He conducted the Davy Crockett excursion to Atlanta, Georgia, and was guest of honor at a banquet held by the excursionists on their return to this city. At that time he was presented with a handsome token and made an honorary member of the hook and ladder company.
For many years he was a conductor. His last duty was in that capacity was on January 13, 1882 when his train was in a wreck at Spuyten Duyvil. It was in this wreck that Senator Wilson Wagner and many others were killed. For a time Mr. Hanford remained off duty and was later put in the passenger department by the late John M. Toucey, a personal friend who was general manager. That position he held until his death. His home was in New York, 136th Street where he was going to spend Sunday with his family.
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The Sun (New York, NY), 28 Jan 1908, Tuesday
George Fordham Hanford, passenger agent of the New York Central railroad at Albany, died in the Homeopathic Hospital in that city on Saturday evening from injuries sustained at Castleton, N.Y. Mr. Hanford was born in this city May 12, 1833, and was the son of Lewis and Letitia Fordham Hanford, and a descendant of the Rev. Thomas Hanford, first pastor of Norwalk, Conn., and of the Rev. Robert Fordham, founder and first minister of Hempstead, L. I. He was an honorary member of the Davy Crockett Club at Poughkeepsie, N.Y., ex-president of the Old Railroad Conductors' Association and one of the charter members of the old Americus Club. He is survived by his wife, a son and three daughters, two of whom are married.
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