Urbana - Aug 20, 1874
In last weeks paper we mentioned that a dispatch had been received here containing information of the death of John C McGown but we were unable to give the particulars. The dispatch was received by Mr JH Ridges, brother-in-law of Mr McGown and he at once went to Moberly, MO, where the dispatch was sent from, where he obtained the remains and learned the full particulars of the sad event.
It appears that Mr McGown was employed as a brakeman on the St Louis, Kansas, & Northern Railroad and that on Saturday morning, Aug 8, a little before daylight, as the train was approaching Moberly, the engineer gave the signal for "down brakes". He had set three of his brakes and was on the way to the fourth when he stopped on the broken end of what is known as the "dunning board" on top of the cars, loosing his balance he was thrown to the ground. It was not supposed at the time that he was seriously injured by the fall, as he got up without assistance and went on with his train, and the only mark of injury shown was a slight cut on his nose. During Saturday and Sunday he was not aware of having received serious injury, but laughed and joked about his fall, thinking at a very narrow escape. But Monday morning he was attacked with fever and a severe pain in his head and by 4:00 he was unconscious and so remained until his death which occurred at 9:00 Tuesday morning. It is presumed his death was the result of inflamation of the brain produced by concussion. The remains arrived here Friday morning and were interred at Oak Dale cemetery the same afternoon.
Urbana - Aug 20, 1874
In last weeks paper we mentioned that a dispatch had been received here containing information of the death of John C McGown but we were unable to give the particulars. The dispatch was received by Mr JH Ridges, brother-in-law of Mr McGown and he at once went to Moberly, MO, where the dispatch was sent from, where he obtained the remains and learned the full particulars of the sad event.
It appears that Mr McGown was employed as a brakeman on the St Louis, Kansas, & Northern Railroad and that on Saturday morning, Aug 8, a little before daylight, as the train was approaching Moberly, the engineer gave the signal for "down brakes". He had set three of his brakes and was on the way to the fourth when he stopped on the broken end of what is known as the "dunning board" on top of the cars, loosing his balance he was thrown to the ground. It was not supposed at the time that he was seriously injured by the fall, as he got up without assistance and went on with his train, and the only mark of injury shown was a slight cut on his nose. During Saturday and Sunday he was not aware of having received serious injury, but laughed and joked about his fall, thinking at a very narrow escape. But Monday morning he was attacked with fever and a severe pain in his head and by 4:00 he was unconscious and so remained until his death which occurred at 9:00 Tuesday morning. It is presumed his death was the result of inflamation of the brain produced by concussion. The remains arrived here Friday morning and were interred at Oak Dale cemetery the same afternoon.
Family Members
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Lemuel Calvin Alexander McGown
1841–1888
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Hepzibah Mindwell McGown
1842–1921
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Fannie Sampson McGown Woodmansee
1844–1935
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Harriet Janet McGown Swormstedt
1848–1882
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Maria Rebecca McGown Rhodes
1850–1917
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William Hunter McGown
1852–1920
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Charles R. Bruner McGown
1855–1912
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Elizabeth McGown Hotchkiss
1863–1918
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