Age 26 years, 7 months
Stone says "Who was killed by the curs." It could possibly be "cars" but the U is more prominent on the stone.
Another contributor sent this:
KILLED ON THE TRACK
Kansas City, Missouri, January 9 - James Hunter, a prosperous farmer who resided a short distance south of Grain Valley, was struck by an engine on the Chicago & Alton Railway track at 9:30 o'clock last night and instantly killed. The accident occurred one-half mile east of Grain Valley, which is a small town in the county ten miles east of Independence on the Chicago & Alton Railway.
Article appears in the Abilene Daily Reflector, Abilene, Kansas, 10 January 1889
Stone says "Who was killed by the curs." It could possibly be "cars" but the U is more prominent on the stone.
Another contributor sent this:
KILLED ON THE TRACK
Kansas City, Missouri, January 9 - James Hunter, a prosperous farmer who resided a short distance south of Grain Valley, was struck by an engine on the Chicago & Alton Railway track at 9:30 o'clock last night and instantly killed. The accident occurred one-half mile east of Grain Valley, which is a small town in the county ten miles east of Independence on the Chicago & Alton Railway.
Article appears in the Abilene Daily Reflector, Abilene, Kansas, 10 January 1889
Age 26 years, 7 months
Stone says "Who was killed by the curs." It could possibly be "cars" but the U is more prominent on the stone.
Another contributor sent this:
KILLED ON THE TRACK
Kansas City, Missouri, January 9 - James Hunter, a prosperous farmer who resided a short distance south of Grain Valley, was struck by an engine on the Chicago & Alton Railway track at 9:30 o'clock last night and instantly killed. The accident occurred one-half mile east of Grain Valley, which is a small town in the county ten miles east of Independence on the Chicago & Alton Railway.
Article appears in the Abilene Daily Reflector, Abilene, Kansas, 10 January 1889
Stone says "Who was killed by the curs." It could possibly be "cars" but the U is more prominent on the stone.
Another contributor sent this:
KILLED ON THE TRACK
Kansas City, Missouri, January 9 - James Hunter, a prosperous farmer who resided a short distance south of Grain Valley, was struck by an engine on the Chicago & Alton Railway track at 9:30 o'clock last night and instantly killed. The accident occurred one-half mile east of Grain Valley, which is a small town in the county ten miles east of Independence on the Chicago & Alton Railway.
Article appears in the Abilene Daily Reflector, Abilene, Kansas, 10 January 1889
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