"Harry" was the son of William Henry Gearing and Mary Octavia Brown.
Harry married Rose Legate on 02 May 1896 in Jersey County, Illinois. They were the parents of 4 children.
Harry drowned in the Mississippi River in a work related incident. At the time of his death, he was 43-years-old.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. on 30 Jul 1916 at the home of his mother, Mary Gearing.
Harry's wife, Rose, later remarried. She died in 1957.
Children: 3 daughters, 1 son.
Father of:
Claire Gearing
Leta Gearing Ward [see spouse]
Glenn Gearing
Myra Fay Gearing
Harry's sibling:
Lloyd Mears Gearing
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Obituaries and newspaper articles:
MANY SEE MAN DIE AS
CATTLE UPSET BARGE
Henry Gearing Drowned When
Animals Stamped on Boat
Opposite Piasa Grounds.
(Globe-Democrat)
Henry Gearing of East St. Louis, 40 years old, a live stock dealer, was drowned shortly after 4 o'clock Friday afternoon in view of a fashionable throng from the summer colony at Piasa Chautauqua, Ill.
They saw a barge on which he was taking a herd of cattle downstream gradually overturn, with Gearing crowded beneath a tangled mass of cattle as the barge sank.
Gearing had been collecting the cattle in company with Henry Kreichmeyer and Henry Beneke, of Grafton. They had assembled a heard of thirty-one. The barge bearing them was propelled by a small gasoline motor. The trip started on the Illinois river.
It is said that the barge slid gradually upon the sandbar just opposite Chautauqua, thus throwing the weight of the cattle to the other side. The animals became frantic and plunged about, aiding in upsetting the barge. A portion of the rail was broken down and the frightened beasts, lurching to that side of the craft, tipped it completely over.
Gearing, who tried to stop them, was caught by the stampede and forced against an unbroken piece of the rail. As the barge tilted he and several cattle went under water. When his body was recovered the carcasses of seven cattle were pinning it down.
Kreichmeyer leaped off the barge when it struck the sandbar, but was unable to do anything with the animals, many of which plunged across the bar and swam for the Missouri shore. Beneke, who had tried to aid Gearing, remained with the barge until it turned over, then jumped into the water and escaped.
Gearing, who lives in Brighton place, on the outskirts of East St. Louis, was well known at the stock yards where he has worked for several firms. Lately, he has taken to speculating in cattle on his own account and it is said that he owns and leases some of the smaller islands in the river, which he uses in summer months as a grazing ground for cattle.
It was thought that he possibly was trying to land some of his stock on the island when the barge was upset.
(Alton Evening Telegraph; 31 Jul 1916; p. 5)
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Funeral of Harry Brown Gearing.
The funeral of Harry Brown Gearing was held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the home of his mother, Mrs. Gearing who lives a few miles north of Grafton.
Deceased was 43 years of age, and he and Albert Godfrey, were stock buyers for the East St. Louis stock yards; they would buy cattle in the vicinity of Grafton and place them on an island, until they were ready for market. He was taking a barge of cattle to Horse Island Friday afternoon when he came to his death.
The barge capsized in mid-stream, and Mr. Gearing was on the barge with the cattle. When the barge was turned upright, he was pinned beneath the cattle.
He is survived by his aged mother, and one brother, Lloyd Gearing. Rev. M. Jackson, pastor of the Grafton M. E. church, officiated. Several of his business associates from East St. Louis and St. Louis attended the funeral.
(Alton Evening Telegraph; 31 Jul 1916; p. 6)
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Grafton Notes.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ward of Granite City attended the funeral of the latter's father, Harry Gearing, at Grafton, Sunday.
(Alton Evening Telegraph; 01 Aug 1916; p. 8)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in articles and obituaries are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
Harry married Rose Legate on 02 May 1896 in Jersey County, Illinois. They were the parents of 4 children.
Harry drowned in the Mississippi River in a work related incident. At the time of his death, he was 43-years-old.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. on 30 Jul 1916 at the home of his mother, Mary Gearing.
Harry's wife, Rose, later remarried. She died in 1957.
Children: 3 daughters, 1 son.
Father of:
Claire Gearing
Leta Gearing Ward [see spouse]
Glenn Gearing
Myra Fay Gearing
Harry's sibling:
Lloyd Mears Gearing
----------
Obituaries and newspaper articles:
MANY SEE MAN DIE AS
CATTLE UPSET BARGE
Henry Gearing Drowned When
Animals Stamped on Boat
Opposite Piasa Grounds.
(Globe-Democrat)
Henry Gearing of East St. Louis, 40 years old, a live stock dealer, was drowned shortly after 4 o'clock Friday afternoon in view of a fashionable throng from the summer colony at Piasa Chautauqua, Ill.
They saw a barge on which he was taking a herd of cattle downstream gradually overturn, with Gearing crowded beneath a tangled mass of cattle as the barge sank.
Gearing had been collecting the cattle in company with Henry Kreichmeyer and Henry Beneke, of Grafton. They had assembled a heard of thirty-one. The barge bearing them was propelled by a small gasoline motor. The trip started on the Illinois river.
It is said that the barge slid gradually upon the sandbar just opposite Chautauqua, thus throwing the weight of the cattle to the other side. The animals became frantic and plunged about, aiding in upsetting the barge. A portion of the rail was broken down and the frightened beasts, lurching to that side of the craft, tipped it completely over.
Gearing, who tried to stop them, was caught by the stampede and forced against an unbroken piece of the rail. As the barge tilted he and several cattle went under water. When his body was recovered the carcasses of seven cattle were pinning it down.
Kreichmeyer leaped off the barge when it struck the sandbar, but was unable to do anything with the animals, many of which plunged across the bar and swam for the Missouri shore. Beneke, who had tried to aid Gearing, remained with the barge until it turned over, then jumped into the water and escaped.
Gearing, who lives in Brighton place, on the outskirts of East St. Louis, was well known at the stock yards where he has worked for several firms. Lately, he has taken to speculating in cattle on his own account and it is said that he owns and leases some of the smaller islands in the river, which he uses in summer months as a grazing ground for cattle.
It was thought that he possibly was trying to land some of his stock on the island when the barge was upset.
(Alton Evening Telegraph; 31 Jul 1916; p. 5)
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Funeral of Harry Brown Gearing.
The funeral of Harry Brown Gearing was held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the home of his mother, Mrs. Gearing who lives a few miles north of Grafton.
Deceased was 43 years of age, and he and Albert Godfrey, were stock buyers for the East St. Louis stock yards; they would buy cattle in the vicinity of Grafton and place them on an island, until they were ready for market. He was taking a barge of cattle to Horse Island Friday afternoon when he came to his death.
The barge capsized in mid-stream, and Mr. Gearing was on the barge with the cattle. When the barge was turned upright, he was pinned beneath the cattle.
He is survived by his aged mother, and one brother, Lloyd Gearing. Rev. M. Jackson, pastor of the Grafton M. E. church, officiated. Several of his business associates from East St. Louis and St. Louis attended the funeral.
(Alton Evening Telegraph; 31 Jul 1916; p. 6)
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Grafton Notes.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ward of Granite City attended the funeral of the latter's father, Harry Gearing, at Grafton, Sunday.
(Alton Evening Telegraph; 01 Aug 1916; p. 8)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in articles and obituaries are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
"Harry" was the son of William Henry Gearing and Mary Octavia Brown.
Harry married Rose Legate on 02 May 1896 in Jersey County, Illinois. They were the parents of 4 children.
Harry drowned in the Mississippi River in a work related incident. At the time of his death, he was 43-years-old.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. on 30 Jul 1916 at the home of his mother, Mary Gearing.
Harry's wife, Rose, later remarried. She died in 1957.
Children: 3 daughters, 1 son.
Father of:
Claire Gearing
Leta Gearing Ward [see spouse]
Glenn Gearing
Myra Fay Gearing
Harry's sibling:
Lloyd Mears Gearing
----------
Obituaries and newspaper articles:
MANY SEE MAN DIE AS
CATTLE UPSET BARGE
Henry Gearing Drowned When
Animals Stamped on Boat
Opposite Piasa Grounds.
(Globe-Democrat)
Henry Gearing of East St. Louis, 40 years old, a live stock dealer, was drowned shortly after 4 o'clock Friday afternoon in view of a fashionable throng from the summer colony at Piasa Chautauqua, Ill.
They saw a barge on which he was taking a herd of cattle downstream gradually overturn, with Gearing crowded beneath a tangled mass of cattle as the barge sank.
Gearing had been collecting the cattle in company with Henry Kreichmeyer and Henry Beneke, of Grafton. They had assembled a heard of thirty-one. The barge bearing them was propelled by a small gasoline motor. The trip started on the Illinois river.
It is said that the barge slid gradually upon the sandbar just opposite Chautauqua, thus throwing the weight of the cattle to the other side. The animals became frantic and plunged about, aiding in upsetting the barge. A portion of the rail was broken down and the frightened beasts, lurching to that side of the craft, tipped it completely over.
Gearing, who tried to stop them, was caught by the stampede and forced against an unbroken piece of the rail. As the barge tilted he and several cattle went under water. When his body was recovered the carcasses of seven cattle were pinning it down.
Kreichmeyer leaped off the barge when it struck the sandbar, but was unable to do anything with the animals, many of which plunged across the bar and swam for the Missouri shore. Beneke, who had tried to aid Gearing, remained with the barge until it turned over, then jumped into the water and escaped.
Gearing, who lives in Brighton place, on the outskirts of East St. Louis, was well known at the stock yards where he has worked for several firms. Lately, he has taken to speculating in cattle on his own account and it is said that he owns and leases some of the smaller islands in the river, which he uses in summer months as a grazing ground for cattle.
It was thought that he possibly was trying to land some of his stock on the island when the barge was upset.
(Alton Evening Telegraph; 31 Jul 1916; p. 5)
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Funeral of Harry Brown Gearing.
The funeral of Harry Brown Gearing was held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the home of his mother, Mrs. Gearing who lives a few miles north of Grafton.
Deceased was 43 years of age, and he and Albert Godfrey, were stock buyers for the East St. Louis stock yards; they would buy cattle in the vicinity of Grafton and place them on an island, until they were ready for market. He was taking a barge of cattle to Horse Island Friday afternoon when he came to his death.
The barge capsized in mid-stream, and Mr. Gearing was on the barge with the cattle. When the barge was turned upright, he was pinned beneath the cattle.
He is survived by his aged mother, and one brother, Lloyd Gearing. Rev. M. Jackson, pastor of the Grafton M. E. church, officiated. Several of his business associates from East St. Louis and St. Louis attended the funeral.
(Alton Evening Telegraph; 31 Jul 1916; p. 6)
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Grafton Notes.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ward of Granite City attended the funeral of the latter's father, Harry Gearing, at Grafton, Sunday.
(Alton Evening Telegraph; 01 Aug 1916; p. 8)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in articles and obituaries are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
Harry married Rose Legate on 02 May 1896 in Jersey County, Illinois. They were the parents of 4 children.
Harry drowned in the Mississippi River in a work related incident. At the time of his death, he was 43-years-old.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. on 30 Jul 1916 at the home of his mother, Mary Gearing.
Harry's wife, Rose, later remarried. She died in 1957.
Children: 3 daughters, 1 son.
Father of:
Claire Gearing
Leta Gearing Ward [see spouse]
Glenn Gearing
Myra Fay Gearing
Harry's sibling:
Lloyd Mears Gearing
----------
Obituaries and newspaper articles:
MANY SEE MAN DIE AS
CATTLE UPSET BARGE
Henry Gearing Drowned When
Animals Stamped on Boat
Opposite Piasa Grounds.
(Globe-Democrat)
Henry Gearing of East St. Louis, 40 years old, a live stock dealer, was drowned shortly after 4 o'clock Friday afternoon in view of a fashionable throng from the summer colony at Piasa Chautauqua, Ill.
They saw a barge on which he was taking a herd of cattle downstream gradually overturn, with Gearing crowded beneath a tangled mass of cattle as the barge sank.
Gearing had been collecting the cattle in company with Henry Kreichmeyer and Henry Beneke, of Grafton. They had assembled a heard of thirty-one. The barge bearing them was propelled by a small gasoline motor. The trip started on the Illinois river.
It is said that the barge slid gradually upon the sandbar just opposite Chautauqua, thus throwing the weight of the cattle to the other side. The animals became frantic and plunged about, aiding in upsetting the barge. A portion of the rail was broken down and the frightened beasts, lurching to that side of the craft, tipped it completely over.
Gearing, who tried to stop them, was caught by the stampede and forced against an unbroken piece of the rail. As the barge tilted he and several cattle went under water. When his body was recovered the carcasses of seven cattle were pinning it down.
Kreichmeyer leaped off the barge when it struck the sandbar, but was unable to do anything with the animals, many of which plunged across the bar and swam for the Missouri shore. Beneke, who had tried to aid Gearing, remained with the barge until it turned over, then jumped into the water and escaped.
Gearing, who lives in Brighton place, on the outskirts of East St. Louis, was well known at the stock yards where he has worked for several firms. Lately, he has taken to speculating in cattle on his own account and it is said that he owns and leases some of the smaller islands in the river, which he uses in summer months as a grazing ground for cattle.
It was thought that he possibly was trying to land some of his stock on the island when the barge was upset.
(Alton Evening Telegraph; 31 Jul 1916; p. 5)
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Funeral of Harry Brown Gearing.
The funeral of Harry Brown Gearing was held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the home of his mother, Mrs. Gearing who lives a few miles north of Grafton.
Deceased was 43 years of age, and he and Albert Godfrey, were stock buyers for the East St. Louis stock yards; they would buy cattle in the vicinity of Grafton and place them on an island, until they were ready for market. He was taking a barge of cattle to Horse Island Friday afternoon when he came to his death.
The barge capsized in mid-stream, and Mr. Gearing was on the barge with the cattle. When the barge was turned upright, he was pinned beneath the cattle.
He is survived by his aged mother, and one brother, Lloyd Gearing. Rev. M. Jackson, pastor of the Grafton M. E. church, officiated. Several of his business associates from East St. Louis and St. Louis attended the funeral.
(Alton Evening Telegraph; 31 Jul 1916; p. 6)
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Grafton Notes.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ward of Granite City attended the funeral of the latter's father, Harry Gearing, at Grafton, Sunday.
(Alton Evening Telegraph; 01 Aug 1916; p. 8)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in articles and obituaries are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
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