John married Rebecca Brewer on March 14, 1907, he died as the result of injuries received in the January 10th wreck of the Union Pacific passenger train traveling from Beloit to Salina. The train crashed three miles east of Beloit, a broken rail at the end of the Plum Creek bridge caused the derailment. The passenger cars crashed to the creek bed some thirty feet below, the wooden coaches collapsed and pinned the passengers. A relief train carrying doctors and citizens to help extract the victims arrived from Beloit. Three passengers were killed instantly, 23 were seriously injured. The badly injured also included John's brother-in-law, Charles Rudolph of Cedar, Kansas whose arms and legs were broken. The injured were taken to two hospitals, Charles to the Beloit Hospital, and John to the Nelson Hospital. He was the 5th to die. February 21st, Rebecca sold their farm, equipment, livestock, and some household goods including a "washer as good as new". In March she received a $5000 check from the railroad as settlement of her claim. She and their son, James lived with her sister, Mittie Barton in Summit, Kansas, but by 1925 James is living with his father's sister Leona in Dor. As an adult, James also went by the name of James William Hunt, adopting the name of a couple with whom he became 'family'.
Sources: The Downs News and Times, The Osborne County Farmer, The Alton Empire, 1920 federal census, 1925 state census, social security death records.
Sources: The Downs News and Times, The Osborne County Farmer, The Alton Empire, 1920 federal census, 1925 state census, social security death records.
John married Rebecca Brewer on March 14, 1907, he died as the result of injuries received in the January 10th wreck of the Union Pacific passenger train traveling from Beloit to Salina. The train crashed three miles east of Beloit, a broken rail at the end of the Plum Creek bridge caused the derailment. The passenger cars crashed to the creek bed some thirty feet below, the wooden coaches collapsed and pinned the passengers. A relief train carrying doctors and citizens to help extract the victims arrived from Beloit. Three passengers were killed instantly, 23 were seriously injured. The badly injured also included John's brother-in-law, Charles Rudolph of Cedar, Kansas whose arms and legs were broken. The injured were taken to two hospitals, Charles to the Beloit Hospital, and John to the Nelson Hospital. He was the 5th to die. February 21st, Rebecca sold their farm, equipment, livestock, and some household goods including a "washer as good as new". In March she received a $5000 check from the railroad as settlement of her claim. She and their son, James lived with her sister, Mittie Barton in Summit, Kansas, but by 1925 James is living with his father's sister Leona in Dor. As an adult, James also went by the name of James William Hunt, adopting the name of a couple with whom he became 'family'.
Sources: The Downs News and Times, The Osborne County Farmer, The Alton Empire, 1920 federal census, 1925 state census, social security death records.
Sources: The Downs News and Times, The Osborne County Farmer, The Alton Empire, 1920 federal census, 1925 state census, social security death records.
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