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Lewis J. Hansell

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Lewis J. Hansell

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
8 Apr 1876 (aged 32)
Linn County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Marion, Linn County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Pioneer section lot 57 space 3
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The Cedar Rapids Times of Cedar Rapids, IA
Thursday April 13, 1876
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. --Lewis Hansell, a brakeman on the Burlington & Missouri River R.R., was almost instantly killed in an accident on that road near Woodburn Station, on Thursday of last week, the accident being the ditching of a freight train. He was a brother of Joseph Hansell, of Marion, and an uncle of the conductor of the train on which he was killed, Frank Hansell.-- The remains were taken to Marion for burial, and the funeral occurred last Sunday, the 9th.
The Cedar Rapids Times of Cedar Rapids, IA
Thursday April 13, 1876
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. --Lewis Hansell, a brakeman on the Burlington & Missouri River R.R., was almost instantly killed in an accident on that road near Woodburn Station, on Thursday of last week, the accident being the ditching of a freight train. He was a brother of Joseph Hansell, of Marion, and an uncle of the conductor of the train on which he was killed, Frank Hansell.-- The remains were taken to Marion for burial, and the funeral occurred last Sunday, the 9th.

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LEWIS
J
HANSELL
BORN IN OHIO
SEPT. 20, 1843
DIED
APR. 8, 1876

FAREWELL, DEAR
HUSBAND, THOUGH
PARTED FOR A TIME
WE HOPE TO MEET
ERE LONG,
IN ANOTHER HAPPIER
CLIME.

NO TEARS
IN HEAVEN

GONE, BUT NOT
FORGOTTEN

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