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Edward Schafer

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Edward Schafer

Birth
Texas, USA
Death
15 May 1914 (aged 33)
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Burial
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 4E
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Married Ingle Bar Yearson on August 24, 1907 in Fort Worth, TX.


From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Friday, May 15, 1914, p. 5:

Switchman Dies - Result of Fall Beneath Engine

Edward Schaefer, 33, of 1921 Louisiana avenue, a Fort Worth & Denver switchman who fell under a switch engine at the Seventeenth street crossing late Thursday and lost both legs, died at St. Joseph's infirmary at 3 o'clock Friday morning.

Schaefer was riding on the front step of the engine. Witnesses could not say how the fall occurred. He was hurried to the infirmary in Robertson's ambulance.

The funeral will be held at the Louisiana avenue residence Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Singleton, under the auspices of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. He is survived by a wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Schaefer; three brothers, W. A., S. M., and Harry Schaefer, and a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Dickinson, all of Fort Worth.


From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Tuesday, August 11, 1914, p. 8:

Mrs. Ingle Bar Schafer filed suit against the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company Monday for $40,000 damages as a result of the death of her husband, Ed Schafer, who was killed here May 14 last, while working as a switchman for the company.


From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Wednesday, January 12, 1915, p. 5:

Sixty-Seventh District Court.

Hon. Ben M. Terrell, Judge.

Ingle Bar Schafer vs. Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company, damages; judgment for intervenor, S. Schafer, for $600 and cost of suit.
Married Ingle Bar Yearson on August 24, 1907 in Fort Worth, TX.


From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Friday, May 15, 1914, p. 5:

Switchman Dies - Result of Fall Beneath Engine

Edward Schaefer, 33, of 1921 Louisiana avenue, a Fort Worth & Denver switchman who fell under a switch engine at the Seventeenth street crossing late Thursday and lost both legs, died at St. Joseph's infirmary at 3 o'clock Friday morning.

Schaefer was riding on the front step of the engine. Witnesses could not say how the fall occurred. He was hurried to the infirmary in Robertson's ambulance.

The funeral will be held at the Louisiana avenue residence Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Singleton, under the auspices of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. He is survived by a wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Schaefer; three brothers, W. A., S. M., and Harry Schaefer, and a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Dickinson, all of Fort Worth.


From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Tuesday, August 11, 1914, p. 8:

Mrs. Ingle Bar Schafer filed suit against the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company Monday for $40,000 damages as a result of the death of her husband, Ed Schafer, who was killed here May 14 last, while working as a switchman for the company.


From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Wednesday, January 12, 1915, p. 5:

Sixty-Seventh District Court.

Hon. Ben M. Terrell, Judge.

Ingle Bar Schafer vs. Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company, damages; judgment for intervenor, S. Schafer, for $600 and cost of suit.

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  • Created by: JCF
  • Added: Sep 1, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58015082/edward-schafer: accessed ), memorial page for Edward Schafer (8 Apr 1881–15 May 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58015082, citing Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA; Maintained by JCF (contributor 47174419).