The son of Samuel John "Sam" Whaley and Rosa "Rosie" Kean, Sam A. and his siblings lived with his mother and step-father, Cleveland "Cleve" Bogue in Madison County, Illinois.
Sam married Lucrecie J. Hodge in 1916 in Alton, Illinois. He worked as a laborer on a river barge. They moved from Alton to Grafton, Illinois in 1919. He was a boilermaker and was employed for a number of years at the Grafton Boat Company plant.
Sam and Lucrecie did not have any biological children of their own. However, they raised a foster son, Ken, who was only a few months old when he arrived in the Whaley household. He was the biological son of Curtis V. Waters and Esther Mae Ingle, but used the Whaley surname all of his life.
Sam suffered a spinal injury while working for a Grafton company that was delivering gravel for the construction of a roadway from Grafton to Marquette State Park on 25 Aug 1933. As a barge was being landed near the ferry landing on the Illinois River just above Grafton, Sam jumped ashore with a tow-line.
At the time, his injury was not thought to be a serious matter. In October of 1933, he underwent treatment for a week in a St. Louis hospital. His back was put into a cast and he was considered to be an invalid thereafter. He returned to the hospital in St. Louis on 3 more occasions to undergo examination and treatment for his injuries.
He was taken from his home in Grafton by ambulance to St. Anthony's Infirmary on the evening of 23 Dec 1934. He died there of pneumonia on Christmas Day. At the time of his death, Sam was 42 years, 3 months and 15 days old.
He was survived by his wife, Lucrecie; his father, Sam Whaley of St. Louis; his mother, Rosie Bogue of Grafton; an 8-year-old foster son, Ken Whaley; 3 sisters, Allie Dean of St. Louis, Grace Callaway and Dollie Zimmerman, both of Grafton; 1 brother, Joe Whaley; and 1 half-brother, Charles C. Bogue of Grafton.
Visitation was at the family residence on the morning of 28 Dec 1934. Funeral services were conducted there that afternoon.
A coroner's inquest was held because of the injury he had experienced the previous year. A man named Lonnie Wright of Grafton testified that he and John Stumps had been at work with Sam as employees of the Kingston Lake Gravel Company. He stated that they were unloading gravel near Grafton for use in the construction of the Marquette Park Road. He told the jury that on the afternoon of 25 Aug 1933, Sam had hurt himself after going with Mr. Stumps to tie up a barge. He testified that Sam went home an hour after first mentioning the injury.
3 doctors, Dr. F. C. Baecht of Grafton, Dr. B. A. Marsen of Jerseyville and Dr. Thomas Moran of Alton, also testified and/or provided statements at the trial. It was their diagnosis that a "depressed fracture of a vertebra" had occurred, and that Sam's eventual death was due to pneumonia that developed after the injury.
Sam's widow, Lucrecie, and his brother-in-law, Clinton Hodge, who lived with the family, also testified as to their observations.
The verdict that was returned by the coroner's jury determined that Sam's death was the result of "hypostatic pneumonia following an injury to his back Aug. 25 in jumping from a barge at Grafton; accidental."
Lucrecie later remarried. She passed away in 1982.
Children: 1 foster son.
Foster father of:
Kenneth W. "Ken" Whaley
Sam's siblings:
Infant Whaley
Almira "Allie" Whaley Dean
Infant Whaley
Joseph B. "Joe" Whaley
Mary E. Whaley Walsh
Grace L. "Gracie" Whaley Callaway
Dollie Bell Whaley Zimmerman
Charles C. Bogue (half-brother)
Sam married Lucrecie J. Hodge in 1916 in Alton, Illinois. He worked as a laborer on a river barge. They moved from Alton to Grafton, Illinois in 1919. He was a boilermaker and was employed for a number of years at the Grafton Boat Company plant.
Sam and Lucrecie did not have any biological children of their own. However, they raised a foster son, Ken, who was only a few months old when he arrived in the Whaley household. He was the biological son of Curtis V. Waters and Esther Mae Ingle, but used the Whaley surname all of his life.
Sam suffered a spinal injury while working for a Grafton company that was delivering gravel for the construction of a roadway from Grafton to Marquette State Park on 25 Aug 1933. As a barge was being landed near the ferry landing on the Illinois River just above Grafton, Sam jumped ashore with a tow-line.
At the time, his injury was not thought to be a serious matter. In October of 1933, he underwent treatment for a week in a St. Louis hospital. His back was put into a cast and he was considered to be an invalid thereafter. He returned to the hospital in St. Louis on 3 more occasions to undergo examination and treatment for his injuries.
He was taken from his home in Grafton by ambulance to St. Anthony's Infirmary on the evening of 23 Dec 1934. He died there of pneumonia on Christmas Day. At the time of his death, Sam was 42 years, 3 months and 15 days old.
He was survived by his wife, Lucrecie; his father, Sam Whaley of St. Louis; his mother, Rosie Bogue of Grafton; an 8-year-old foster son, Ken Whaley; 3 sisters, Allie Dean of St. Louis, Grace Callaway and Dollie Zimmerman, both of Grafton; 1 brother, Joe Whaley; and 1 half-brother, Charles C. Bogue of Grafton.
Visitation was at the family residence on the morning of 28 Dec 1934. Funeral services were conducted there that afternoon.
A coroner's inquest was held because of the injury he had experienced the previous year. A man named Lonnie Wright of Grafton testified that he and John Stumps had been at work with Sam as employees of the Kingston Lake Gravel Company. He stated that they were unloading gravel near Grafton for use in the construction of the Marquette Park Road. He told the jury that on the afternoon of 25 Aug 1933, Sam had hurt himself after going with Mr. Stumps to tie up a barge. He testified that Sam went home an hour after first mentioning the injury.
3 doctors, Dr. F. C. Baecht of Grafton, Dr. B. A. Marsen of Jerseyville and Dr. Thomas Moran of Alton, also testified and/or provided statements at the trial. It was their diagnosis that a "depressed fracture of a vertebra" had occurred, and that Sam's eventual death was due to pneumonia that developed after the injury.
Sam's widow, Lucrecie, and his brother-in-law, Clinton Hodge, who lived with the family, also testified as to their observations.
The verdict that was returned by the coroner's jury determined that Sam's death was the result of "hypostatic pneumonia following an injury to his back Aug. 25 in jumping from a barge at Grafton; accidental."
Lucrecie later remarried. She passed away in 1982.
Children: 1 foster son.
Foster father of:
Kenneth W. "Ken" Whaley
Sam's siblings:
Infant Whaley
Almira "Allie" Whaley Dean
Infant Whaley
Joseph B. "Joe" Whaley
Mary E. Whaley Walsh
Grace L. "Gracie" Whaley Callaway
Dollie Bell Whaley Zimmerman
Charles C. Bogue (half-brother)
The son of Samuel John "Sam" Whaley and Rosa "Rosie" Kean, Sam A. and his siblings lived with his mother and step-father, Cleveland "Cleve" Bogue in Madison County, Illinois.
Sam married Lucrecie J. Hodge in 1916 in Alton, Illinois. He worked as a laborer on a river barge. They moved from Alton to Grafton, Illinois in 1919. He was a boilermaker and was employed for a number of years at the Grafton Boat Company plant.
Sam and Lucrecie did not have any biological children of their own. However, they raised a foster son, Ken, who was only a few months old when he arrived in the Whaley household. He was the biological son of Curtis V. Waters and Esther Mae Ingle, but used the Whaley surname all of his life.
Sam suffered a spinal injury while working for a Grafton company that was delivering gravel for the construction of a roadway from Grafton to Marquette State Park on 25 Aug 1933. As a barge was being landed near the ferry landing on the Illinois River just above Grafton, Sam jumped ashore with a tow-line.
At the time, his injury was not thought to be a serious matter. In October of 1933, he underwent treatment for a week in a St. Louis hospital. His back was put into a cast and he was considered to be an invalid thereafter. He returned to the hospital in St. Louis on 3 more occasions to undergo examination and treatment for his injuries.
He was taken from his home in Grafton by ambulance to St. Anthony's Infirmary on the evening of 23 Dec 1934. He died there of pneumonia on Christmas Day. At the time of his death, Sam was 42 years, 3 months and 15 days old.
He was survived by his wife, Lucrecie; his father, Sam Whaley of St. Louis; his mother, Rosie Bogue of Grafton; an 8-year-old foster son, Ken Whaley; 3 sisters, Allie Dean of St. Louis, Grace Callaway and Dollie Zimmerman, both of Grafton; 1 brother, Joe Whaley; and 1 half-brother, Charles C. Bogue of Grafton.
Visitation was at the family residence on the morning of 28 Dec 1934. Funeral services were conducted there that afternoon.
A coroner's inquest was held because of the injury he had experienced the previous year. A man named Lonnie Wright of Grafton testified that he and John Stumps had been at work with Sam as employees of the Kingston Lake Gravel Company. He stated that they were unloading gravel near Grafton for use in the construction of the Marquette Park Road. He told the jury that on the afternoon of 25 Aug 1933, Sam had hurt himself after going with Mr. Stumps to tie up a barge. He testified that Sam went home an hour after first mentioning the injury.
3 doctors, Dr. F. C. Baecht of Grafton, Dr. B. A. Marsen of Jerseyville and Dr. Thomas Moran of Alton, also testified and/or provided statements at the trial. It was their diagnosis that a "depressed fracture of a vertebra" had occurred, and that Sam's eventual death was due to pneumonia that developed after the injury.
Sam's widow, Lucrecie, and his brother-in-law, Clinton Hodge, who lived with the family, also testified as to their observations.
The verdict that was returned by the coroner's jury determined that Sam's death was the result of "hypostatic pneumonia following an injury to his back Aug. 25 in jumping from a barge at Grafton; accidental."
Lucrecie later remarried. She passed away in 1982.
Children: 1 foster son.
Foster father of:
Kenneth W. "Ken" Whaley
Sam's siblings:
Infant Whaley
Almira "Allie" Whaley Dean
Infant Whaley
Joseph B. "Joe" Whaley
Mary E. Whaley Walsh
Grace L. "Gracie" Whaley Callaway
Dollie Bell Whaley Zimmerman
Charles C. Bogue (half-brother)
Sam married Lucrecie J. Hodge in 1916 in Alton, Illinois. He worked as a laborer on a river barge. They moved from Alton to Grafton, Illinois in 1919. He was a boilermaker and was employed for a number of years at the Grafton Boat Company plant.
Sam and Lucrecie did not have any biological children of their own. However, they raised a foster son, Ken, who was only a few months old when he arrived in the Whaley household. He was the biological son of Curtis V. Waters and Esther Mae Ingle, but used the Whaley surname all of his life.
Sam suffered a spinal injury while working for a Grafton company that was delivering gravel for the construction of a roadway from Grafton to Marquette State Park on 25 Aug 1933. As a barge was being landed near the ferry landing on the Illinois River just above Grafton, Sam jumped ashore with a tow-line.
At the time, his injury was not thought to be a serious matter. In October of 1933, he underwent treatment for a week in a St. Louis hospital. His back was put into a cast and he was considered to be an invalid thereafter. He returned to the hospital in St. Louis on 3 more occasions to undergo examination and treatment for his injuries.
He was taken from his home in Grafton by ambulance to St. Anthony's Infirmary on the evening of 23 Dec 1934. He died there of pneumonia on Christmas Day. At the time of his death, Sam was 42 years, 3 months and 15 days old.
He was survived by his wife, Lucrecie; his father, Sam Whaley of St. Louis; his mother, Rosie Bogue of Grafton; an 8-year-old foster son, Ken Whaley; 3 sisters, Allie Dean of St. Louis, Grace Callaway and Dollie Zimmerman, both of Grafton; 1 brother, Joe Whaley; and 1 half-brother, Charles C. Bogue of Grafton.
Visitation was at the family residence on the morning of 28 Dec 1934. Funeral services were conducted there that afternoon.
A coroner's inquest was held because of the injury he had experienced the previous year. A man named Lonnie Wright of Grafton testified that he and John Stumps had been at work with Sam as employees of the Kingston Lake Gravel Company. He stated that they were unloading gravel near Grafton for use in the construction of the Marquette Park Road. He told the jury that on the afternoon of 25 Aug 1933, Sam had hurt himself after going with Mr. Stumps to tie up a barge. He testified that Sam went home an hour after first mentioning the injury.
3 doctors, Dr. F. C. Baecht of Grafton, Dr. B. A. Marsen of Jerseyville and Dr. Thomas Moran of Alton, also testified and/or provided statements at the trial. It was their diagnosis that a "depressed fracture of a vertebra" had occurred, and that Sam's eventual death was due to pneumonia that developed after the injury.
Sam's widow, Lucrecie, and his brother-in-law, Clinton Hodge, who lived with the family, also testified as to their observations.
The verdict that was returned by the coroner's jury determined that Sam's death was the result of "hypostatic pneumonia following an injury to his back Aug. 25 in jumping from a barge at Grafton; accidental."
Lucrecie later remarried. She passed away in 1982.
Children: 1 foster son.
Foster father of:
Kenneth W. "Ken" Whaley
Sam's siblings:
Infant Whaley
Almira "Allie" Whaley Dean
Infant Whaley
Joseph B. "Joe" Whaley
Mary E. Whaley Walsh
Grace L. "Gracie" Whaley Callaway
Dollie Bell Whaley Zimmerman
Charles C. Bogue (half-brother)
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