Married Margaret "Maggie" (Tillotson) Wilson (widow of John Allen Wilson) October 21, 1922 in Randolph Co. MO
From Moberly Monitor-Index, Tuesday, 6-15-1937, pg. 1, 4, Ancestry.com
EMPLOYE KILLED BY CITY TRUCK
Hugh S. Clifton Crushed Fatally While Working With Street Force
Accident Occurs on East Rollins
Victim, Riding on Running Board, Mashed as Truck Passes Another
Hugh S. Clifton, 60, Moberly street department employe, was fatally injured about 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when he was crushed between two city street department trucks. With a crushed chest and head injury, Clifton was rushed to McCormick Hospital, where he died about 6:30 o'clock.
Clifton was working with other members of the stret force cleaning out catch basins and cleaning dirt from gutters in the 400 block on East Rollins street at the time of the accident. Working with him were, Evans Howell, J. C. Caldwell, L. F. Barron, Guy Farror, W. H. Johnson and Milt O'Bryan
Caught Between Trucks
The accident occurred as Clifton, riding on the running board of the city's Ford street truck driven by W. H. Johnson, was caught between the Ford truck and the city's Chevrolet truck, when the Ford passed the Chevrolet, which was parked. I. R. Heifner, in front of whose home the accident occurred, said the truck wheels apparently did not run over the victim.
According to Mr. Heifner, who was on his front porch at the time, both trucks were facing east, with the Chevrolet parked about three feet out from the curb on the south side of the street. The Ford pulled out to go around the Chevrolet, with Clifton riding on the right running board of the Ford, Johnson driving and Milt O'Bryan in the cab with him. Clifton was holding to the door of the truck cab with both hands.
As the moving truck went by the Chevrolet, there was not enough clearance between the two for such a large man as Clifton, Heifner said, and he was struck by the rear end of the Chevrolet bed and rolled between the two. He fell to the paving after the Ford had passed completely by the Chevrolet. Heifner said he was almost certain the wheels of the truck did not touch Clifton. The Ford truck was moving only about 8 or 10 miles an hour at the time of the accident, he said.
No Other Witnesses
None of the members of the street force working with Clifton were eye-witnesses to the accident, they reported to Mil Bradley, street commissioner, and Dr. E. W. Shrader, coroner. Both Johnson and O'Bryan said Clifton was holding on to the door of the cab of the truck, and that his hands suddenly disappeared and then a member of the force called to Johnson to stop.
Commissioner Bradley, who was working near the Green Bottling Works on West Rollins, was called to the scene and rushed Clifton to a hospital in an ambulance.
Dr. Shrader, county coroner, was summoned following Mr. Clifton's death, and today announced no inquest would be held.
Mr. Clifton had been a member of the city street force only since May 3, having been transferred to the street department then from a job as a night watchman. He was appointed as night watchman and merchants police at the council reorganization meeting April 20, succeeding William Young, who was named as caretaker at the sewage disposal plant.
Agreed to Change Jobs
Young and Clifton made an agreement to exchange jobs, and sought to make the exchange at the council meeting May 3. Members of the council at first would not confirm the change, but finally agreed that Young could be returned to his job as watchman and Clifton transferred to the street force, provided Tom Galbreath should be returned to his post as caretaker of the sewage disposal plant and J. C. Caldwell who had been left out at the reorganization meeting, be reappointed to his old post as tractor and grader operator, which was done.
Mr. Clifton was born and reared near Clifton Hill and had resided in the county all his life, and in Moberly for the past thirty years. He was employed at the Wabash shops here for a number of years, leaving in 1922. Since 1922 he had been working as a carpenter until named to the city street force. He was a member of the Midway Baptist Church.
Funeral Tomorrow
Surviving him are his widow; two sons, Wilbert Wilson of Los Angeles, Cal., and Tommie Clifton, Moberly; one daughter, Miss Mary Wilson, Moberly; four brothers, H. B. and L. B. Clifton, both of Los Angeles, Cal., W. D. Clifton of Huntsville and D. B. Clifton of Moberly; and a number of nieces and nephews.
The body will be taken to the home late this evening. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the West Park Methodist Church by the Rev. J. E. Baker, pastor. Burial will be in the Clifton Hill Cemetery.
W. B. A. Review No. 111 asks its members to attend the services.
-Obituary thanks to Tom Waters
From Moberly Monitor-Index, Tuesday, 6-15-1937, pg. 1, 4, Ancestry.com
EMPLOYE KILLED BY CITY TRUCK
Hugh S. Clifton Crushed Fatally While Working With Street Force
Accident Occurs on East Rollins
Victim, Riding on Running Board, Mashed as Truck Passes Another
Hugh S. Clifton, 60, Moberly street department employe, was fatally injured about 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when he was crushed between two city street department trucks. With a crushed chest and head injury, Clifton was rushed to McCormick Hospital, where he died about 6:30 o'clock.
Clifton was working with other members of the stret force cleaning out catch basins and cleaning dirt from gutters in the 400 block on East Rollins street at the time of the accident. Working with him were, Evans Howell, J. C. Caldwell, L. F. Barron, Guy Farror, W. H. Johnson and Milt O'Bryan
Caught Between Trucks
The accident occurred as Clifton, riding on the running board of the city's Ford street truck driven by W. H. Johnson, was caught between the Ford truck and the city's Chevrolet truck, when the Ford passed the Chevrolet, which was parked. I. R. Heifner, in front of whose home the accident occurred, said the truck wheels apparently did not run over the victim.
According to Mr. Heifner, who was on his front porch at the time, both trucks were facing east, with the Chevrolet parked about three feet out from the curb on the south side of the street. The Ford pulled out to go around the Chevrolet, with Clifton riding on the right running board of the Ford, Johnson driving and Milt O'Bryan in the cab with him. Clifton was holding to the door of the truck cab with both hands.
As the moving truck went by the Chevrolet, there was not enough clearance between the two for such a large man as Clifton, Heifner said, and he was struck by the rear end of the Chevrolet bed and rolled between the two. He fell to the paving after the Ford had passed completely by the Chevrolet. Heifner said he was almost certain the wheels of the truck did not touch Clifton. The Ford truck was moving only about 8 or 10 miles an hour at the time of the accident, he said.
No Other Witnesses
None of the members of the street force working with Clifton were eye-witnesses to the accident, they reported to Mil Bradley, street commissioner, and Dr. E. W. Shrader, coroner. Both Johnson and O'Bryan said Clifton was holding on to the door of the cab of the truck, and that his hands suddenly disappeared and then a member of the force called to Johnson to stop.
Commissioner Bradley, who was working near the Green Bottling Works on West Rollins, was called to the scene and rushed Clifton to a hospital in an ambulance.
Dr. Shrader, county coroner, was summoned following Mr. Clifton's death, and today announced no inquest would be held.
Mr. Clifton had been a member of the city street force only since May 3, having been transferred to the street department then from a job as a night watchman. He was appointed as night watchman and merchants police at the council reorganization meeting April 20, succeeding William Young, who was named as caretaker at the sewage disposal plant.
Agreed to Change Jobs
Young and Clifton made an agreement to exchange jobs, and sought to make the exchange at the council meeting May 3. Members of the council at first would not confirm the change, but finally agreed that Young could be returned to his job as watchman and Clifton transferred to the street force, provided Tom Galbreath should be returned to his post as caretaker of the sewage disposal plant and J. C. Caldwell who had been left out at the reorganization meeting, be reappointed to his old post as tractor and grader operator, which was done.
Mr. Clifton was born and reared near Clifton Hill and had resided in the county all his life, and in Moberly for the past thirty years. He was employed at the Wabash shops here for a number of years, leaving in 1922. Since 1922 he had been working as a carpenter until named to the city street force. He was a member of the Midway Baptist Church.
Funeral Tomorrow
Surviving him are his widow; two sons, Wilbert Wilson of Los Angeles, Cal., and Tommie Clifton, Moberly; one daughter, Miss Mary Wilson, Moberly; four brothers, H. B. and L. B. Clifton, both of Los Angeles, Cal., W. D. Clifton of Huntsville and D. B. Clifton of Moberly; and a number of nieces and nephews.
The body will be taken to the home late this evening. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the West Park Methodist Church by the Rev. J. E. Baker, pastor. Burial will be in the Clifton Hill Cemetery.
W. B. A. Review No. 111 asks its members to attend the services.
-Obituary thanks to Tom Waters
Married Margaret "Maggie" (Tillotson) Wilson (widow of John Allen Wilson) October 21, 1922 in Randolph Co. MO
From Moberly Monitor-Index, Tuesday, 6-15-1937, pg. 1, 4, Ancestry.com
EMPLOYE KILLED BY CITY TRUCK
Hugh S. Clifton Crushed Fatally While Working With Street Force
Accident Occurs on East Rollins
Victim, Riding on Running Board, Mashed as Truck Passes Another
Hugh S. Clifton, 60, Moberly street department employe, was fatally injured about 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when he was crushed between two city street department trucks. With a crushed chest and head injury, Clifton was rushed to McCormick Hospital, where he died about 6:30 o'clock.
Clifton was working with other members of the stret force cleaning out catch basins and cleaning dirt from gutters in the 400 block on East Rollins street at the time of the accident. Working with him were, Evans Howell, J. C. Caldwell, L. F. Barron, Guy Farror, W. H. Johnson and Milt O'Bryan
Caught Between Trucks
The accident occurred as Clifton, riding on the running board of the city's Ford street truck driven by W. H. Johnson, was caught between the Ford truck and the city's Chevrolet truck, when the Ford passed the Chevrolet, which was parked. I. R. Heifner, in front of whose home the accident occurred, said the truck wheels apparently did not run over the victim.
According to Mr. Heifner, who was on his front porch at the time, both trucks were facing east, with the Chevrolet parked about three feet out from the curb on the south side of the street. The Ford pulled out to go around the Chevrolet, with Clifton riding on the right running board of the Ford, Johnson driving and Milt O'Bryan in the cab with him. Clifton was holding to the door of the truck cab with both hands.
As the moving truck went by the Chevrolet, there was not enough clearance between the two for such a large man as Clifton, Heifner said, and he was struck by the rear end of the Chevrolet bed and rolled between the two. He fell to the paving after the Ford had passed completely by the Chevrolet. Heifner said he was almost certain the wheels of the truck did not touch Clifton. The Ford truck was moving only about 8 or 10 miles an hour at the time of the accident, he said.
No Other Witnesses
None of the members of the street force working with Clifton were eye-witnesses to the accident, they reported to Mil Bradley, street commissioner, and Dr. E. W. Shrader, coroner. Both Johnson and O'Bryan said Clifton was holding on to the door of the cab of the truck, and that his hands suddenly disappeared and then a member of the force called to Johnson to stop.
Commissioner Bradley, who was working near the Green Bottling Works on West Rollins, was called to the scene and rushed Clifton to a hospital in an ambulance.
Dr. Shrader, county coroner, was summoned following Mr. Clifton's death, and today announced no inquest would be held.
Mr. Clifton had been a member of the city street force only since May 3, having been transferred to the street department then from a job as a night watchman. He was appointed as night watchman and merchants police at the council reorganization meeting April 20, succeeding William Young, who was named as caretaker at the sewage disposal plant.
Agreed to Change Jobs
Young and Clifton made an agreement to exchange jobs, and sought to make the exchange at the council meeting May 3. Members of the council at first would not confirm the change, but finally agreed that Young could be returned to his job as watchman and Clifton transferred to the street force, provided Tom Galbreath should be returned to his post as caretaker of the sewage disposal plant and J. C. Caldwell who had been left out at the reorganization meeting, be reappointed to his old post as tractor and grader operator, which was done.
Mr. Clifton was born and reared near Clifton Hill and had resided in the county all his life, and in Moberly for the past thirty years. He was employed at the Wabash shops here for a number of years, leaving in 1922. Since 1922 he had been working as a carpenter until named to the city street force. He was a member of the Midway Baptist Church.
Funeral Tomorrow
Surviving him are his widow; two sons, Wilbert Wilson of Los Angeles, Cal., and Tommie Clifton, Moberly; one daughter, Miss Mary Wilson, Moberly; four brothers, H. B. and L. B. Clifton, both of Los Angeles, Cal., W. D. Clifton of Huntsville and D. B. Clifton of Moberly; and a number of nieces and nephews.
The body will be taken to the home late this evening. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the West Park Methodist Church by the Rev. J. E. Baker, pastor. Burial will be in the Clifton Hill Cemetery.
W. B. A. Review No. 111 asks its members to attend the services.
-Obituary thanks to Tom Waters
From Moberly Monitor-Index, Tuesday, 6-15-1937, pg. 1, 4, Ancestry.com
EMPLOYE KILLED BY CITY TRUCK
Hugh S. Clifton Crushed Fatally While Working With Street Force
Accident Occurs on East Rollins
Victim, Riding on Running Board, Mashed as Truck Passes Another
Hugh S. Clifton, 60, Moberly street department employe, was fatally injured about 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when he was crushed between two city street department trucks. With a crushed chest and head injury, Clifton was rushed to McCormick Hospital, where he died about 6:30 o'clock.
Clifton was working with other members of the stret force cleaning out catch basins and cleaning dirt from gutters in the 400 block on East Rollins street at the time of the accident. Working with him were, Evans Howell, J. C. Caldwell, L. F. Barron, Guy Farror, W. H. Johnson and Milt O'Bryan
Caught Between Trucks
The accident occurred as Clifton, riding on the running board of the city's Ford street truck driven by W. H. Johnson, was caught between the Ford truck and the city's Chevrolet truck, when the Ford passed the Chevrolet, which was parked. I. R. Heifner, in front of whose home the accident occurred, said the truck wheels apparently did not run over the victim.
According to Mr. Heifner, who was on his front porch at the time, both trucks were facing east, with the Chevrolet parked about three feet out from the curb on the south side of the street. The Ford pulled out to go around the Chevrolet, with Clifton riding on the right running board of the Ford, Johnson driving and Milt O'Bryan in the cab with him. Clifton was holding to the door of the truck cab with both hands.
As the moving truck went by the Chevrolet, there was not enough clearance between the two for such a large man as Clifton, Heifner said, and he was struck by the rear end of the Chevrolet bed and rolled between the two. He fell to the paving after the Ford had passed completely by the Chevrolet. Heifner said he was almost certain the wheels of the truck did not touch Clifton. The Ford truck was moving only about 8 or 10 miles an hour at the time of the accident, he said.
No Other Witnesses
None of the members of the street force working with Clifton were eye-witnesses to the accident, they reported to Mil Bradley, street commissioner, and Dr. E. W. Shrader, coroner. Both Johnson and O'Bryan said Clifton was holding on to the door of the cab of the truck, and that his hands suddenly disappeared and then a member of the force called to Johnson to stop.
Commissioner Bradley, who was working near the Green Bottling Works on West Rollins, was called to the scene and rushed Clifton to a hospital in an ambulance.
Dr. Shrader, county coroner, was summoned following Mr. Clifton's death, and today announced no inquest would be held.
Mr. Clifton had been a member of the city street force only since May 3, having been transferred to the street department then from a job as a night watchman. He was appointed as night watchman and merchants police at the council reorganization meeting April 20, succeeding William Young, who was named as caretaker at the sewage disposal plant.
Agreed to Change Jobs
Young and Clifton made an agreement to exchange jobs, and sought to make the exchange at the council meeting May 3. Members of the council at first would not confirm the change, but finally agreed that Young could be returned to his job as watchman and Clifton transferred to the street force, provided Tom Galbreath should be returned to his post as caretaker of the sewage disposal plant and J. C. Caldwell who had been left out at the reorganization meeting, be reappointed to his old post as tractor and grader operator, which was done.
Mr. Clifton was born and reared near Clifton Hill and had resided in the county all his life, and in Moberly for the past thirty years. He was employed at the Wabash shops here for a number of years, leaving in 1922. Since 1922 he had been working as a carpenter until named to the city street force. He was a member of the Midway Baptist Church.
Funeral Tomorrow
Surviving him are his widow; two sons, Wilbert Wilson of Los Angeles, Cal., and Tommie Clifton, Moberly; one daughter, Miss Mary Wilson, Moberly; four brothers, H. B. and L. B. Clifton, both of Los Angeles, Cal., W. D. Clifton of Huntsville and D. B. Clifton of Moberly; and a number of nieces and nephews.
The body will be taken to the home late this evening. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the West Park Methodist Church by the Rev. J. E. Baker, pastor. Burial will be in the Clifton Hill Cemetery.
W. B. A. Review No. 111 asks its members to attend the services.
-Obituary thanks to Tom Waters
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