Alva was the recipient of The Carnegie Hero bronze medal for an act of heroism in Martinsville, IN. The incident is not described but apparently he died by drowning while attempting to rescue another person.
Source:
Horace Greeley, The Tribune Almanac and Political Register (Greeley and McElrath, 1910, p411).
Source:
Horace Greeley, The Tribune Almanac and Political Register (Greeley and McElrath, 1910, p411).
Alva was the recipient of The Carnegie Hero bronze medal for an act of heroism in Martinsville, IN. The incident is not described but apparently he died by drowning while attempting to rescue another person.
Source:
Horace Greeley, The Tribune Almanac and Political Register (Greeley and McElrath, 1910, p411).
Source:
Horace Greeley, The Tribune Almanac and Political Register (Greeley and McElrath, 1910, p411).
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