Leona Gertrude Loud

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Leona Gertrude Loud

Birth
Moundville, Vernon County, Missouri, USA
Death
10 Oct 1904 (aged 11)
Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Bronaugh, Vernon County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Gertrude Loud was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Loud of Bronaugh, Missouri. She was killed Oct 10, 1904 when on a train trip to see the 1904 World's Fair at St. Louis. On the morning of Oct 10 the train on which she rode collided head on with a freight train 3 miles east of Warrensburg, Missouri. 29 people including her friend, Dicy Ream, were also killed. The two girls are buried at Worsley Cemetery next to this beautiful stone.
Gertrude Loud was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Loud of Bronaugh, Missouri. She was killed Oct 10, 1904 when on a train trip to see the 1904 World's Fair at St. Louis. On the morning of Oct 10 the train on which she rode collided head on with a freight train 3 miles east of Warrensburg, Missouri. 29 people including her friend, Dicy Ream, were also killed. The two girls are buried at Worsley Cemetery next to this beautiful stone.

Gravesite Details

2 names on stone. Photo on stone. Both died on same day. Dicy Ream and Gertrude Loud were cousins. Nellie Loud Ream was Dicy Ream's mother and Gertrude Loud's aunt.