Eldest son of George W. Foos and third of Rebecca (Dorsey) Collins Foos. He was born and reared on the Foos farmstead on Linn Hipsher Road in Marion County.
According to the Marion Daily Star, in June 1899 Frank went out to a community Grange dance. His date rebuked him. Despondent, Frank drank an excessive amount of whiskey and on the way home approached the railroad tracks on the Iberia Pike (Marseilles Galion Road at Hoover Station) southwest of Tobias. Whether he saw the train or not is unknown; the night was dark as no moonlight was recorded. In the dark, the drunk Foos attempted to steer his carriage in front of an oncoming Hocking Valley train that rammed the carriage. The horse survived, was badly injured, and eventually found its way home. The engineer reported hearing something but could see nothing in the pitch-black night.
The next morning a train bound for Lake Erie found the wreckage of the carriage and Foos' mortally wounded body amid the debris. The family was notified and the train returned to Marion with the injured man. The railroad transported Foos, accompanied by his younger brother Emerson to Columbus for medical treatment. Francis Foos died in Columbus several days after the accident.
Foos' father George was so despondent by his son's death that he himself went into a medical decline and died that fall.
The location of the accident is near a swale that floods and becomes swampy in the spring and prone to mist when the condition is right for fog. One of the by-products of this unfortunate incident is that there are those who have claimed to have seen Frank Foos walking near the accident site looking for his horse. The story was documented by Marion County historian Carroll Neidhart in 2007.
According to the Marion Daily Star, in June 1899 Frank went out to a community Grange dance. His date rebuked him. Despondent, Frank drank an excessive amount of whiskey and on the way home approached the railroad tracks on the Iberia Pike (Marseilles Galion Road at Hoover Station) southwest of Tobias. Whether he saw the train or not is unknown; the night was dark as no moonlight was recorded. In the dark, the drunk Foos attempted to steer his carriage in front of an oncoming Hocking Valley train that rammed the carriage. The horse survived, was badly injured, and eventually found its way home. The engineer reported hearing something but could see nothing in the pitch-black night.
The next morning a train bound for Lake Erie found the wreckage of the carriage and Foos' mortally wounded body amid the debris. The family was notified and the train returned to Marion with the injured man. The railroad transported Foos, accompanied by his younger brother Emerson to Columbus for medical treatment. Francis Foos died in Columbus several days after the accident.
Foos' father George was so despondent by his son's death that he himself went into a medical decline and died that fall.
The location of the accident is near a swale that floods and becomes swampy in the spring and prone to mist when the condition is right for fog. One of the by-products of this unfortunate incident is that there are those who have claimed to have seen Frank Foos walking near the accident site looking for his horse. The story was documented by Marion County historian Carroll Neidhart in 2007.
Eldest son of George W. Foos and third of Rebecca (Dorsey) Collins Foos. He was born and reared on the Foos farmstead on Linn Hipsher Road in Marion County.
According to the Marion Daily Star, in June 1899 Frank went out to a community Grange dance. His date rebuked him. Despondent, Frank drank an excessive amount of whiskey and on the way home approached the railroad tracks on the Iberia Pike (Marseilles Galion Road at Hoover Station) southwest of Tobias. Whether he saw the train or not is unknown; the night was dark as no moonlight was recorded. In the dark, the drunk Foos attempted to steer his carriage in front of an oncoming Hocking Valley train that rammed the carriage. The horse survived, was badly injured, and eventually found its way home. The engineer reported hearing something but could see nothing in the pitch-black night.
The next morning a train bound for Lake Erie found the wreckage of the carriage and Foos' mortally wounded body amid the debris. The family was notified and the train returned to Marion with the injured man. The railroad transported Foos, accompanied by his younger brother Emerson to Columbus for medical treatment. Francis Foos died in Columbus several days after the accident.
Foos' father George was so despondent by his son's death that he himself went into a medical decline and died that fall.
The location of the accident is near a swale that floods and becomes swampy in the spring and prone to mist when the condition is right for fog. One of the by-products of this unfortunate incident is that there are those who have claimed to have seen Frank Foos walking near the accident site looking for his horse. The story was documented by Marion County historian Carroll Neidhart in 2007.
According to the Marion Daily Star, in June 1899 Frank went out to a community Grange dance. His date rebuked him. Despondent, Frank drank an excessive amount of whiskey and on the way home approached the railroad tracks on the Iberia Pike (Marseilles Galion Road at Hoover Station) southwest of Tobias. Whether he saw the train or not is unknown; the night was dark as no moonlight was recorded. In the dark, the drunk Foos attempted to steer his carriage in front of an oncoming Hocking Valley train that rammed the carriage. The horse survived, was badly injured, and eventually found its way home. The engineer reported hearing something but could see nothing in the pitch-black night.
The next morning a train bound for Lake Erie found the wreckage of the carriage and Foos' mortally wounded body amid the debris. The family was notified and the train returned to Marion with the injured man. The railroad transported Foos, accompanied by his younger brother Emerson to Columbus for medical treatment. Francis Foos died in Columbus several days after the accident.
Foos' father George was so despondent by his son's death that he himself went into a medical decline and died that fall.
The location of the accident is near a swale that floods and becomes swampy in the spring and prone to mist when the condition is right for fog. One of the by-products of this unfortunate incident is that there are those who have claimed to have seen Frank Foos walking near the accident site looking for his horse. The story was documented by Marion County historian Carroll Neidhart in 2007.
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