Indiana Death cert. (no registration number)
John Allison
Died 5:30 a.m., July 31, 1901
W/M; 77 yrs old
Residence None
Occupation None
Born Franklin Co., Indiana
Parents Both Unknown
Burial July 31, 1901 Connersville cemetery
INQUEST by Alexander D. Ty_ord, Coroner
"I find he came to his death by being struck with an engine on the C H & D R.R."
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The Connersville Courier, Connersville, Indiana, Thursday, August 1, 1901, pg 1
FATAL ACCIDENT
A Familiar Character Suddenly Cut Off - A Solitary Funeral
John Allison, commonly known as "Greenback" Allison, met with a tragic death, Wednesday morning, near Tyner's Station.
Mr. Allison was on his way to a blackberry patch and was walking on the C. H. & D. railroad track near Tyner's Station, when the 5 a. m. train from Indianapolis came in. Why he did not get off the track is not known, as he was walking westward, the train struck him cutting his head and arm entirely off and horribly mutilating the entire body. The body was brought to the depot by the train and given over to the coroner and undertaker, Carl Smith. The deceased had three daughters, Mrs. Bean, of this city, Mrs. Johnson, of near Milton, Mrs. Linton, of Richmond, and two sons, one of which lives in Indianapolis.
The deceased has been a familiar character in Connersville for 20 years and by his strange and unusual mode of living has received but passing attention. He had no home, sleeping for the most part in the gas house in the south part of town or some unoccupied building. Strange as it may seem, his relatives gave him no attention at any time in recent years; not so much as desiring to see him after death. The deceased was 77 years of age and spent his life in Franklin and Fayette counties. While he lived in this city he did odd jobs when he could get such to do, and was in many respects an object of pity. Killed at five and buried at ten, perhaps the most solitary funeral this city ever witnessed; no attendants except those absolutely necessary to put him in the grave. In this land of plenty and Christian civilization, it seems hard to see any life go out so uneventful, so little regarded. The busy world should pause and think. A soul has gone to its rewards. Have we done our duty in efforts to prepare that soul for the life beyond. Are we wholly blameless for the condition of this life as it has gone out.
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John Allison m.20 Apr 1844 Franklin Co., IN, to Harriet Searl(e)s
John Allison
Died 5:30 a.m., July 31, 1901
W/M; 77 yrs old
Residence None
Occupation None
Born Franklin Co., Indiana
Parents Both Unknown
Burial July 31, 1901 Connersville cemetery
INQUEST by Alexander D. Ty_ord, Coroner
"I find he came to his death by being struck with an engine on the C H & D R.R."
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The Connersville Courier, Connersville, Indiana, Thursday, August 1, 1901, pg 1
FATAL ACCIDENT
A Familiar Character Suddenly Cut Off - A Solitary Funeral
John Allison, commonly known as "Greenback" Allison, met with a tragic death, Wednesday morning, near Tyner's Station.
Mr. Allison was on his way to a blackberry patch and was walking on the C. H. & D. railroad track near Tyner's Station, when the 5 a. m. train from Indianapolis came in. Why he did not get off the track is not known, as he was walking westward, the train struck him cutting his head and arm entirely off and horribly mutilating the entire body. The body was brought to the depot by the train and given over to the coroner and undertaker, Carl Smith. The deceased had three daughters, Mrs. Bean, of this city, Mrs. Johnson, of near Milton, Mrs. Linton, of Richmond, and two sons, one of which lives in Indianapolis.
The deceased has been a familiar character in Connersville for 20 years and by his strange and unusual mode of living has received but passing attention. He had no home, sleeping for the most part in the gas house in the south part of town or some unoccupied building. Strange as it may seem, his relatives gave him no attention at any time in recent years; not so much as desiring to see him after death. The deceased was 77 years of age and spent his life in Franklin and Fayette counties. While he lived in this city he did odd jobs when he could get such to do, and was in many respects an object of pity. Killed at five and buried at ten, perhaps the most solitary funeral this city ever witnessed; no attendants except those absolutely necessary to put him in the grave. In this land of plenty and Christian civilization, it seems hard to see any life go out so uneventful, so little regarded. The busy world should pause and think. A soul has gone to its rewards. Have we done our duty in efforts to prepare that soul for the life beyond. Are we wholly blameless for the condition of this life as it has gone out.
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John Allison m.20 Apr 1844 Franklin Co., IN, to Harriet Searl(e)s
Indiana Death cert. (no registration number)
John Allison
Died 5:30 a.m., July 31, 1901
W/M; 77 yrs old
Residence None
Occupation None
Born Franklin Co., Indiana
Parents Both Unknown
Burial July 31, 1901 Connersville cemetery
INQUEST by Alexander D. Ty_ord, Coroner
"I find he came to his death by being struck with an engine on the C H & D R.R."
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The Connersville Courier, Connersville, Indiana, Thursday, August 1, 1901, pg 1
FATAL ACCIDENT
A Familiar Character Suddenly Cut Off - A Solitary Funeral
John Allison, commonly known as "Greenback" Allison, met with a tragic death, Wednesday morning, near Tyner's Station.
Mr. Allison was on his way to a blackberry patch and was walking on the C. H. & D. railroad track near Tyner's Station, when the 5 a. m. train from Indianapolis came in. Why he did not get off the track is not known, as he was walking westward, the train struck him cutting his head and arm entirely off and horribly mutilating the entire body. The body was brought to the depot by the train and given over to the coroner and undertaker, Carl Smith. The deceased had three daughters, Mrs. Bean, of this city, Mrs. Johnson, of near Milton, Mrs. Linton, of Richmond, and two sons, one of which lives in Indianapolis.
The deceased has been a familiar character in Connersville for 20 years and by his strange and unusual mode of living has received but passing attention. He had no home, sleeping for the most part in the gas house in the south part of town or some unoccupied building. Strange as it may seem, his relatives gave him no attention at any time in recent years; not so much as desiring to see him after death. The deceased was 77 years of age and spent his life in Franklin and Fayette counties. While he lived in this city he did odd jobs when he could get such to do, and was in many respects an object of pity. Killed at five and buried at ten, perhaps the most solitary funeral this city ever witnessed; no attendants except those absolutely necessary to put him in the grave. In this land of plenty and Christian civilization, it seems hard to see any life go out so uneventful, so little regarded. The busy world should pause and think. A soul has gone to its rewards. Have we done our duty in efforts to prepare that soul for the life beyond. Are we wholly blameless for the condition of this life as it has gone out.
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John Allison m.20 Apr 1844 Franklin Co., IN, to Harriet Searl(e)s
John Allison
Died 5:30 a.m., July 31, 1901
W/M; 77 yrs old
Residence None
Occupation None
Born Franklin Co., Indiana
Parents Both Unknown
Burial July 31, 1901 Connersville cemetery
INQUEST by Alexander D. Ty_ord, Coroner
"I find he came to his death by being struck with an engine on the C H & D R.R."
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The Connersville Courier, Connersville, Indiana, Thursday, August 1, 1901, pg 1
FATAL ACCIDENT
A Familiar Character Suddenly Cut Off - A Solitary Funeral
John Allison, commonly known as "Greenback" Allison, met with a tragic death, Wednesday morning, near Tyner's Station.
Mr. Allison was on his way to a blackberry patch and was walking on the C. H. & D. railroad track near Tyner's Station, when the 5 a. m. train from Indianapolis came in. Why he did not get off the track is not known, as he was walking westward, the train struck him cutting his head and arm entirely off and horribly mutilating the entire body. The body was brought to the depot by the train and given over to the coroner and undertaker, Carl Smith. The deceased had three daughters, Mrs. Bean, of this city, Mrs. Johnson, of near Milton, Mrs. Linton, of Richmond, and two sons, one of which lives in Indianapolis.
The deceased has been a familiar character in Connersville for 20 years and by his strange and unusual mode of living has received but passing attention. He had no home, sleeping for the most part in the gas house in the south part of town or some unoccupied building. Strange as it may seem, his relatives gave him no attention at any time in recent years; not so much as desiring to see him after death. The deceased was 77 years of age and spent his life in Franklin and Fayette counties. While he lived in this city he did odd jobs when he could get such to do, and was in many respects an object of pity. Killed at five and buried at ten, perhaps the most solitary funeral this city ever witnessed; no attendants except those absolutely necessary to put him in the grave. In this land of plenty and Christian civilization, it seems hard to see any life go out so uneventful, so little regarded. The busy world should pause and think. A soul has gone to its rewards. Have we done our duty in efforts to prepare that soul for the life beyond. Are we wholly blameless for the condition of this life as it has gone out.
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John Allison m.20 Apr 1844 Franklin Co., IN, to Harriet Searl(e)s
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