CHECK all information for accuracy.
Taken from headstone and cemetery record and obit
no children in Obit
Interment #4334
Male single Age 39
Heart Exhaustion
died Cook Co, Hospital
also in Sec 7 lot 92;
Daniel, Mary E, Seldon A, Bessie CHUCHILL
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Quad-City Times
Davenport, Iowa
13 August, 1896 Sat
CHURCHILL
Tuesday was a terrible day in Chicago, measured by the list of fatalities attending its hot weather. As one of the results of this most intemperate temperature a sad message came to a home in this city Wednesday, that of Daniel Churchill, 1038 Charlotte street. It was a message to S.F. Smith form W.W. Townsend, of Chicago, advising him that Prof. A.D. Churchill, son of our venerable townsman, had died at Chicago Tuesday afternoon as the result of overheating.
The telegram merely asked that Davenport friends and relatives be notified an requested information as to the disposal of the remains. It contained no information touching the circumstances.
Chicago's papers, on the other hand, mention the death of one Charles Churchill, an engineer, but gave the age as 55. It is stated that this man was stricken at his office in the city at 2 p.m., was removed to the county hospital, and died there at 5 in the afternoon. Whether this Charles Churchill is meant to be Prof. Alfred D. Churchill, formerly of this city is not yet known.
The subject of this sad case of heat prostration was about forty years of age. He was born and reared in this city.
He graduated from the High school here, from Knox college, Galesburg, Ill., and later from the Iowa state university at Iowa City.
He subsequently graduated from Columbia college, which has been attended by so many of the men this city has sent forth into the walks of higher education, and was subsequently a professor in its school of mines.
He left this city about fifteen years ago. For a number of years he was in Montana, as a mining engineer and mineralogist. His name has been recently connected with one of the colleges at Oxford, Eng.,, as a lecturer on mineralogy. He was a successful man at his chosen calling, for which there was so great a field in the world, and was making advancement in it. It is understood that he was not married. He was a bright man, a credit to his name and his profession, and his aged relatives here have the sympathy of many friends in their affliction.
The remains of Prof. Alfred D. Churchill arrived from Chicago Thursday morning on the 7:45 train, accompanied by W.W. Townsend, and old time friend of the deceased and former real estate dealer here. The funeral was held from Boies' undertaking rooms at 9 o'clock. There was no special service. Chas. Davison, Fred Wyman, J.W. McBride, W.H. Marks, Fred Cronch and Frank Nadler were the pall bearers. Mrs. A.C. Shaffer read a poem at the grave. The interment was in Oakdale.
No further particulars in regard to the death of Mr. Churchill are known more than that he was found prostrate and unconscious in the entrance to the building in which he had his office. He was taken to a hospital and lived only a few minutes after reaching there. It was a clear cas of being overcome by the heat. No one at the hospital could identify him, and his body was labeled "unknown." It was finally discovered that Mr. Townsend, who has his office in the same building, had been seen with Prof. Churchill frequently, and he was sent for and identified the corpse.
Prof. Churchill was 41 years of age and as a mining engineer and mineralogist he stood high. He was remarkably successful in Montana and other parts of the west. His parents here heard very little from him in the past few years, and during that time he was not permanently located in any city. He had been located in Chicago only a short time before his death and expected to visit Davenport soon.
Contributor: cj2222 (48970485)∼CHURCHILL DIES FROM THE HEAT.
Business Associate of Dion Geraldine Succumbs to Torrid Weather.
Charles Churchill, a mining-engineer connected with Dion Geraldine, the drainage contractor, No. 948 Marquette Building, was prostrated by the heat which prevailed at 4 o'clock yesterday, while in the corridor of the Marquette Building on the way to his office.
He was attended by a physician and removed in the Central Police ambulance to the County Hospital, where he died shortly after arriving.
Mr. Churchill was 55 years old and lived at the Gault House.
________________________
DIE WITH RELIEF NEAR .
TEN CHICAGOANS PERISH AND FORTY-NINE WILT BEFORE IT RAINS.
High Temperature During the Day and the Effects of Protracted Heat Do Deadly Work - Twenty-five Fatalities Not Previously Reported Come to Light - Extraordinary Measures to Cart Away the Rotting Bodies of Animals - Cool Wave is Temporary.
...
3 p.m. ...... 92 degrees.
...
The Dead.
CHURCHILL, CHARLES, 55 years old; had been staying at the Gault House; removed to the County Hospital from No. 204 Dearborn street; died at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Chicago Daily Tribune; Chicago, Illinois.
August 12, 1896; Page Two.
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Clipped from
The Chicago Chronicle, Chicago, Illinois
13 Aug 1896, Thu • Page 12
Taken from headstone and cemetery record and obit
no children in Obit
Interment #4334
Male single Age 39
Heart Exhaustion
died Cook Co, Hospital
also in Sec 7 lot 92;
Daniel, Mary E, Seldon A, Bessie CHUCHILL
-------------------------------------
Quad-City Times
Davenport, Iowa
13 August, 1896 Sat
CHURCHILL
Tuesday was a terrible day in Chicago, measured by the list of fatalities attending its hot weather. As one of the results of this most intemperate temperature a sad message came to a home in this city Wednesday, that of Daniel Churchill, 1038 Charlotte street. It was a message to S.F. Smith form W.W. Townsend, of Chicago, advising him that Prof. A.D. Churchill, son of our venerable townsman, had died at Chicago Tuesday afternoon as the result of overheating.
The telegram merely asked that Davenport friends and relatives be notified an requested information as to the disposal of the remains. It contained no information touching the circumstances.
Chicago's papers, on the other hand, mention the death of one Charles Churchill, an engineer, but gave the age as 55. It is stated that this man was stricken at his office in the city at 2 p.m., was removed to the county hospital, and died there at 5 in the afternoon. Whether this Charles Churchill is meant to be Prof. Alfred D. Churchill, formerly of this city is not yet known.
The subject of this sad case of heat prostration was about forty years of age. He was born and reared in this city.
He graduated from the High school here, from Knox college, Galesburg, Ill., and later from the Iowa state university at Iowa City.
He subsequently graduated from Columbia college, which has been attended by so many of the men this city has sent forth into the walks of higher education, and was subsequently a professor in its school of mines.
He left this city about fifteen years ago. For a number of years he was in Montana, as a mining engineer and mineralogist. His name has been recently connected with one of the colleges at Oxford, Eng.,, as a lecturer on mineralogy. He was a successful man at his chosen calling, for which there was so great a field in the world, and was making advancement in it. It is understood that he was not married. He was a bright man, a credit to his name and his profession, and his aged relatives here have the sympathy of many friends in their affliction.
The remains of Prof. Alfred D. Churchill arrived from Chicago Thursday morning on the 7:45 train, accompanied by W.W. Townsend, and old time friend of the deceased and former real estate dealer here. The funeral was held from Boies' undertaking rooms at 9 o'clock. There was no special service. Chas. Davison, Fred Wyman, J.W. McBride, W.H. Marks, Fred Cronch and Frank Nadler were the pall bearers. Mrs. A.C. Shaffer read a poem at the grave. The interment was in Oakdale.
No further particulars in regard to the death of Mr. Churchill are known more than that he was found prostrate and unconscious in the entrance to the building in which he had his office. He was taken to a hospital and lived only a few minutes after reaching there. It was a clear cas of being overcome by the heat. No one at the hospital could identify him, and his body was labeled "unknown." It was finally discovered that Mr. Townsend, who has his office in the same building, had been seen with Prof. Churchill frequently, and he was sent for and identified the corpse.
Prof. Churchill was 41 years of age and as a mining engineer and mineralogist he stood high. He was remarkably successful in Montana and other parts of the west. His parents here heard very little from him in the past few years, and during that time he was not permanently located in any city. He had been located in Chicago only a short time before his death and expected to visit Davenport soon.
Contributor: cj2222 (48970485)∼CHURCHILL DIES FROM THE HEAT.
Business Associate of Dion Geraldine Succumbs to Torrid Weather.
Charles Churchill, a mining-engineer connected with Dion Geraldine, the drainage contractor, No. 948 Marquette Building, was prostrated by the heat which prevailed at 4 o'clock yesterday, while in the corridor of the Marquette Building on the way to his office.
He was attended by a physician and removed in the Central Police ambulance to the County Hospital, where he died shortly after arriving.
Mr. Churchill was 55 years old and lived at the Gault House.
________________________
DIE WITH RELIEF NEAR .
TEN CHICAGOANS PERISH AND FORTY-NINE WILT BEFORE IT RAINS.
High Temperature During the Day and the Effects of Protracted Heat Do Deadly Work - Twenty-five Fatalities Not Previously Reported Come to Light - Extraordinary Measures to Cart Away the Rotting Bodies of Animals - Cool Wave is Temporary.
...
3 p.m. ...... 92 degrees.
...
The Dead.
CHURCHILL, CHARLES, 55 years old; had been staying at the Gault House; removed to the County Hospital from No. 204 Dearborn street; died at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Chicago Daily Tribune; Chicago, Illinois.
August 12, 1896; Page Two.
--------------------------------
Clipped from
The Chicago Chronicle, Chicago, Illinois
13 Aug 1896, Thu • Page 12
CHECK all information for accuracy.
Taken from headstone and cemetery record and obit
no children in Obit
Interment #4334
Male single Age 39
Heart Exhaustion
died Cook Co, Hospital
also in Sec 7 lot 92;
Daniel, Mary E, Seldon A, Bessie CHUCHILL
-------------------------------------
Quad-City Times
Davenport, Iowa
13 August, 1896 Sat
CHURCHILL
Tuesday was a terrible day in Chicago, measured by the list of fatalities attending its hot weather. As one of the results of this most intemperate temperature a sad message came to a home in this city Wednesday, that of Daniel Churchill, 1038 Charlotte street. It was a message to S.F. Smith form W.W. Townsend, of Chicago, advising him that Prof. A.D. Churchill, son of our venerable townsman, had died at Chicago Tuesday afternoon as the result of overheating.
The telegram merely asked that Davenport friends and relatives be notified an requested information as to the disposal of the remains. It contained no information touching the circumstances.
Chicago's papers, on the other hand, mention the death of one Charles Churchill, an engineer, but gave the age as 55. It is stated that this man was stricken at his office in the city at 2 p.m., was removed to the county hospital, and died there at 5 in the afternoon. Whether this Charles Churchill is meant to be Prof. Alfred D. Churchill, formerly of this city is not yet known.
The subject of this sad case of heat prostration was about forty years of age. He was born and reared in this city.
He graduated from the High school here, from Knox college, Galesburg, Ill., and later from the Iowa state university at Iowa City.
He subsequently graduated from Columbia college, which has been attended by so many of the men this city has sent forth into the walks of higher education, and was subsequently a professor in its school of mines.
He left this city about fifteen years ago. For a number of years he was in Montana, as a mining engineer and mineralogist. His name has been recently connected with one of the colleges at Oxford, Eng.,, as a lecturer on mineralogy. He was a successful man at his chosen calling, for which there was so great a field in the world, and was making advancement in it. It is understood that he was not married. He was a bright man, a credit to his name and his profession, and his aged relatives here have the sympathy of many friends in their affliction.
The remains of Prof. Alfred D. Churchill arrived from Chicago Thursday morning on the 7:45 train, accompanied by W.W. Townsend, and old time friend of the deceased and former real estate dealer here. The funeral was held from Boies' undertaking rooms at 9 o'clock. There was no special service. Chas. Davison, Fred Wyman, J.W. McBride, W.H. Marks, Fred Cronch and Frank Nadler were the pall bearers. Mrs. A.C. Shaffer read a poem at the grave. The interment was in Oakdale.
No further particulars in regard to the death of Mr. Churchill are known more than that he was found prostrate and unconscious in the entrance to the building in which he had his office. He was taken to a hospital and lived only a few minutes after reaching there. It was a clear cas of being overcome by the heat. No one at the hospital could identify him, and his body was labeled "unknown." It was finally discovered that Mr. Townsend, who has his office in the same building, had been seen with Prof. Churchill frequently, and he was sent for and identified the corpse.
Prof. Churchill was 41 years of age and as a mining engineer and mineralogist he stood high. He was remarkably successful in Montana and other parts of the west. His parents here heard very little from him in the past few years, and during that time he was not permanently located in any city. He had been located in Chicago only a short time before his death and expected to visit Davenport soon.
Contributor: cj2222 (48970485)∼CHURCHILL DIES FROM THE HEAT.
Business Associate of Dion Geraldine Succumbs to Torrid Weather.
Charles Churchill, a mining-engineer connected with Dion Geraldine, the drainage contractor, No. 948 Marquette Building, was prostrated by the heat which prevailed at 4 o'clock yesterday, while in the corridor of the Marquette Building on the way to his office.
He was attended by a physician and removed in the Central Police ambulance to the County Hospital, where he died shortly after arriving.
Mr. Churchill was 55 years old and lived at the Gault House.
________________________
DIE WITH RELIEF NEAR .
TEN CHICAGOANS PERISH AND FORTY-NINE WILT BEFORE IT RAINS.
High Temperature During the Day and the Effects of Protracted Heat Do Deadly Work - Twenty-five Fatalities Not Previously Reported Come to Light - Extraordinary Measures to Cart Away the Rotting Bodies of Animals - Cool Wave is Temporary.
...
3 p.m. ...... 92 degrees.
...
The Dead.
CHURCHILL, CHARLES, 55 years old; had been staying at the Gault House; removed to the County Hospital from No. 204 Dearborn street; died at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Chicago Daily Tribune; Chicago, Illinois.
August 12, 1896; Page Two.
--------------------------------
Clipped from
The Chicago Chronicle, Chicago, Illinois
13 Aug 1896, Thu • Page 12
Taken from headstone and cemetery record and obit
no children in Obit
Interment #4334
Male single Age 39
Heart Exhaustion
died Cook Co, Hospital
also in Sec 7 lot 92;
Daniel, Mary E, Seldon A, Bessie CHUCHILL
-------------------------------------
Quad-City Times
Davenport, Iowa
13 August, 1896 Sat
CHURCHILL
Tuesday was a terrible day in Chicago, measured by the list of fatalities attending its hot weather. As one of the results of this most intemperate temperature a sad message came to a home in this city Wednesday, that of Daniel Churchill, 1038 Charlotte street. It was a message to S.F. Smith form W.W. Townsend, of Chicago, advising him that Prof. A.D. Churchill, son of our venerable townsman, had died at Chicago Tuesday afternoon as the result of overheating.
The telegram merely asked that Davenport friends and relatives be notified an requested information as to the disposal of the remains. It contained no information touching the circumstances.
Chicago's papers, on the other hand, mention the death of one Charles Churchill, an engineer, but gave the age as 55. It is stated that this man was stricken at his office in the city at 2 p.m., was removed to the county hospital, and died there at 5 in the afternoon. Whether this Charles Churchill is meant to be Prof. Alfred D. Churchill, formerly of this city is not yet known.
The subject of this sad case of heat prostration was about forty years of age. He was born and reared in this city.
He graduated from the High school here, from Knox college, Galesburg, Ill., and later from the Iowa state university at Iowa City.
He subsequently graduated from Columbia college, which has been attended by so many of the men this city has sent forth into the walks of higher education, and was subsequently a professor in its school of mines.
He left this city about fifteen years ago. For a number of years he was in Montana, as a mining engineer and mineralogist. His name has been recently connected with one of the colleges at Oxford, Eng.,, as a lecturer on mineralogy. He was a successful man at his chosen calling, for which there was so great a field in the world, and was making advancement in it. It is understood that he was not married. He was a bright man, a credit to his name and his profession, and his aged relatives here have the sympathy of many friends in their affliction.
The remains of Prof. Alfred D. Churchill arrived from Chicago Thursday morning on the 7:45 train, accompanied by W.W. Townsend, and old time friend of the deceased and former real estate dealer here. The funeral was held from Boies' undertaking rooms at 9 o'clock. There was no special service. Chas. Davison, Fred Wyman, J.W. McBride, W.H. Marks, Fred Cronch and Frank Nadler were the pall bearers. Mrs. A.C. Shaffer read a poem at the grave. The interment was in Oakdale.
No further particulars in regard to the death of Mr. Churchill are known more than that he was found prostrate and unconscious in the entrance to the building in which he had his office. He was taken to a hospital and lived only a few minutes after reaching there. It was a clear cas of being overcome by the heat. No one at the hospital could identify him, and his body was labeled "unknown." It was finally discovered that Mr. Townsend, who has his office in the same building, had been seen with Prof. Churchill frequently, and he was sent for and identified the corpse.
Prof. Churchill was 41 years of age and as a mining engineer and mineralogist he stood high. He was remarkably successful in Montana and other parts of the west. His parents here heard very little from him in the past few years, and during that time he was not permanently located in any city. He had been located in Chicago only a short time before his death and expected to visit Davenport soon.
Contributor: cj2222 (48970485)∼CHURCHILL DIES FROM THE HEAT.
Business Associate of Dion Geraldine Succumbs to Torrid Weather.
Charles Churchill, a mining-engineer connected with Dion Geraldine, the drainage contractor, No. 948 Marquette Building, was prostrated by the heat which prevailed at 4 o'clock yesterday, while in the corridor of the Marquette Building on the way to his office.
He was attended by a physician and removed in the Central Police ambulance to the County Hospital, where he died shortly after arriving.
Mr. Churchill was 55 years old and lived at the Gault House.
________________________
DIE WITH RELIEF NEAR .
TEN CHICAGOANS PERISH AND FORTY-NINE WILT BEFORE IT RAINS.
High Temperature During the Day and the Effects of Protracted Heat Do Deadly Work - Twenty-five Fatalities Not Previously Reported Come to Light - Extraordinary Measures to Cart Away the Rotting Bodies of Animals - Cool Wave is Temporary.
...
3 p.m. ...... 92 degrees.
...
The Dead.
CHURCHILL, CHARLES, 55 years old; had been staying at the Gault House; removed to the County Hospital from No. 204 Dearborn street; died at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Chicago Daily Tribune; Chicago, Illinois.
August 12, 1896; Page Two.
--------------------------------
Clipped from
The Chicago Chronicle, Chicago, Illinois
13 Aug 1896, Thu • Page 12
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