My ggGrandfather, Walter Harrison Raleigh, was tragically killed in a train accident in Alabama in 1890. Here's how it read in the newspaper -
The Macon Telegraph: Thursday morning, January 23, 1890:
"The Remains Brought to Macon.
The body of W. H. Raleigh, the engineer who was killed by the overturning of a locomotive on the Alabama Midland road on Monday at 5:15 o'clock yesterday evening. It was at once taken in charge by the local lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and conveyed to the residence of his sister, at 910 Hazel street. The funeral services will be conducted at St. Barnabas church at 10:30 o'clock this morning."
The Macon Telegraph: Thursday morning, January 23, 1890:
"The Remains Brought to Macon.
The body of W. H. Raleigh, the engineer who was killed by the overturning of a locomotive on the Alabama Midland road on Monday at 5:15 o'clock yesterday evening. It was at once taken in charge by the local lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and conveyed to the residence of his sister, at 910 Hazel street. The funeral services will be conducted at St. Barnabas church at 10:30 o'clock this morning."
My ggGrandfather, Walter Harrison Raleigh, was tragically killed in a train accident in Alabama in 1890. Here's how it read in the newspaper -
The Macon Telegraph: Thursday morning, January 23, 1890:
"The Remains Brought to Macon.
The body of W. H. Raleigh, the engineer who was killed by the overturning of a locomotive on the Alabama Midland road on Monday at 5:15 o'clock yesterday evening. It was at once taken in charge by the local lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and conveyed to the residence of his sister, at 910 Hazel street. The funeral services will be conducted at St. Barnabas church at 10:30 o'clock this morning."
The Macon Telegraph: Thursday morning, January 23, 1890:
"The Remains Brought to Macon.
The body of W. H. Raleigh, the engineer who was killed by the overturning of a locomotive on the Alabama Midland road on Monday at 5:15 o'clock yesterday evening. It was at once taken in charge by the local lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and conveyed to the residence of his sister, at 910 Hazel street. The funeral services will be conducted at St. Barnabas church at 10:30 o'clock this morning."
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Plot: Lot 21, Block 4, (106) Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Lot. Unmarked grave within the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers lot.
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