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Hiram Bushong

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Hiram Bushong

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
26 Nov 1913 (aged 74)
Montpelier, Williams County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Jefferson Township, Williams County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Husband to Alice Feller, son of Jacob Bushong and Hannah Keller.

"Mr Bushong was struck by the Wabash Train #28, passenger train, and died instantly, about one half mile west of Montpelier Rail Road Station."

Married first Mary A. Shankster, then second Alice Feller.

AGED MAN KILLED BY WABASH TRAIN

Hiram Bushong Wandered Away from Home and Met Death Near Montpelier Depot. Hiram Bushong, aged about 74, and well known in Montpelier, where he has resided a number of years, was struck by a Wabash passenger train at Montpelier Wednesday, and instantly killed. The accident occurred about a half mile west of the station. For the past couple of years, Mr. Bushong had been ailing, both in mind and body and at times it has been necessary to place him in care of an attendant. Sometime Wednesday forenoon he went out for a walk, as usual, and it is supposed that he wandered onto the railroad track and west until about half way between the bayou and main river bridges, where the fatal accident occurred. Mr. Bushong was an old resident of Williams county and formerly resided in Jefferson township four miles northeast of Montpelier.

THE BRYAN DEMOCRAT
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Bryan, Ohio, Tuesday, December 2, 1913


Husband to Alice Feller, son of Jacob Bushong and Hannah Keller.

"Mr Bushong was struck by the Wabash Train #28, passenger train, and died instantly, about one half mile west of Montpelier Rail Road Station."

Married first Mary A. Shankster, then second Alice Feller.

AGED MAN KILLED BY WABASH TRAIN

Hiram Bushong Wandered Away from Home and Met Death Near Montpelier Depot. Hiram Bushong, aged about 74, and well known in Montpelier, where he has resided a number of years, was struck by a Wabash passenger train at Montpelier Wednesday, and instantly killed. The accident occurred about a half mile west of the station. For the past couple of years, Mr. Bushong had been ailing, both in mind and body and at times it has been necessary to place him in care of an attendant. Sometime Wednesday forenoon he went out for a walk, as usual, and it is supposed that he wandered onto the railroad track and west until about half way between the bayou and main river bridges, where the fatal accident occurred. Mr. Bushong was an old resident of Williams county and formerly resided in Jefferson township four miles northeast of Montpelier.

THE BRYAN DEMOCRAT
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Bryan, Ohio, Tuesday, December 2, 1913




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  • Created by: Rick Bushong
  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73536477/hiram-bushong: accessed ), memorial page for Hiram Bushong (18 Jun 1839–26 Nov 1913), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73536477, citing Shiffler Cemetery, Jefferson Township, Williams County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Rick Bushong (contributor 47326612).