Link to father sent by Greg and Cindy Thredgold (46919839)
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Microfilmed cemetery records at the Kansas State Historical Society Archives:
Elizabeth Sanderson
buried: Dec. 20, 1914
#509
age: 64
relative: A.L. Sanderson, son
undertaker: Penwell
Block 11, Lot 16, Grave 2
Topeka State Journal, Thursday, Dec. 17, 1914, page 1:
Gas Deadly
John Sanderson and Wife Found Dead in Bedroom
Two Have Been Lifeless Since Sunday, Is Belief
Escaping Gas Fumes Cause
Room Closed and Stove Going at Full Blast
Man was in Bed -- Woman was Sitting in Rocker
Dead for two, or possibly three days from the fumes of a burning gas stove John Sanderson lay on a couch in the bed room at 318 East Eighth street while his aged wife sat in her chair nearby until the bodies were discovered this morning by their daughter. Two canary birds lay dead in their cage. The air of the room, which had been tightly closed, was vitillated (sic) by the constantly burning gas flame.
The dead man and woman appeared to be sleeping peacefully. How long they had been dead, the wife sitting where she had kept her last vigil over her invalid husband after he had been comfortably tucked in on the couch on which he spent the hours when he was not being wheeled about in an invalid chair, can only be guessed. No person appears to have seen them since Sunday, last, when Mrs. Clara Connors, their daughter, had called upon them. On the porch outside their door were three daily papers waiting to be carried in. Presumably they had been dead since Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson were 68 and 62 years of age respectively. Sanderson was an old soldier and past post-commander of Lincoln Post in Topeka. He was a member of the 58th Ohio regiment.
Discovered by Daughter
It was about 9 o'clock this morning that Mrs. John J. Connors came from her home on Van Buren street to visit her parents and on entering the room was horrified to discover them both dead. She rushed to the street in time to hail Will Anderson, stenographer for the county attorney, who was passing.
"The two old people seemed asleep," declared he afterward. "Possibly they were asleep when death came for they could have had no warning of their danger. The air of the room was heavy with the lack of oxygen which must have been consumed by the stove, although it was still burning. Its damper had been turned up so that no draft was passing into the flue to which the stove was connected. The fact that the two birds in the cage were dead made the cause of their death unquestionable."
A.A. Sanderson of 135 Van Buren street, a son, was called soon after the discovery was made, and according to his statement death may have occurred several days ago.
"I ate dinner with them Sunday," the son said, "and after dinner we sat around and talked for quite a while before I left. The room is in about the same condition it was when I left. Apparently nothing had been moved in the room since I left. It is my theory that mother shut the gas down too much and that they were overcome by the fumes."
Immediately after the discovery of the bodies a city health officer was rushed to the house to place it under guard until the coroner could hold an inquest.
John J. Connors, son-in-law, who runs a blacksmith shop at 212 West Seventh street, said that it was the custom of his wife to go see how her mother and father were getting along every other day at least, but that since the severe cold weather, he had been so busy in his shop working early and late and it had been so cold, his wife had remained at home.
Topeka Daily Capital, Friday, Dec. 18, 1914, page 9:
The funeral of Mr. and Mrs. John Sanderson will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from Penwell's chapel. Burial will follow in Mt. Auburn cemetery.
Home in 1900: Topeka Ward 2, Shawnee, Kansas
John Sanderson 55
Elizabeth Sanderson 52
Noah A Sanderson 25
Clara E Sanderson 21
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Microfilmed cemetery records at the Kansas State Historical Society Archives:
Elizabeth Sanderson
buried: Dec. 20, 1914
#509
age: 64
relative: A.L. Sanderson, son
undertaker: Penwell
Block 11, Lot 16, Grave 2
Topeka State Journal, Thursday, Dec. 17, 1914, page 1:
Gas Deadly
John Sanderson and Wife Found Dead in Bedroom
Two Have Been Lifeless Since Sunday, Is Belief
Escaping Gas Fumes Cause
Room Closed and Stove Going at Full Blast
Man was in Bed -- Woman was Sitting in Rocker
Dead for two, or possibly three days from the fumes of a burning gas stove John Sanderson lay on a couch in the bed room at 318 East Eighth street while his aged wife sat in her chair nearby until the bodies were discovered this morning by their daughter. Two canary birds lay dead in their cage. The air of the room, which had been tightly closed, was vitillated (sic) by the constantly burning gas flame.
The dead man and woman appeared to be sleeping peacefully. How long they had been dead, the wife sitting where she had kept her last vigil over her invalid husband after he had been comfortably tucked in on the couch on which he spent the hours when he was not being wheeled about in an invalid chair, can only be guessed. No person appears to have seen them since Sunday, last, when Mrs. Clara Connors, their daughter, had called upon them. On the porch outside their door were three daily papers waiting to be carried in. Presumably they had been dead since Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson were 68 and 62 years of age respectively. Sanderson was an old soldier and past post-commander of Lincoln Post in Topeka. He was a member of the 58th Ohio regiment.
Discovered by Daughter
It was about 9 o'clock this morning that Mrs. John J. Connors came from her home on Van Buren street to visit her parents and on entering the room was horrified to discover them both dead. She rushed to the street in time to hail Will Anderson, stenographer for the county attorney, who was passing.
"The two old people seemed asleep," declared he afterward. "Possibly they were asleep when death came for they could have had no warning of their danger. The air of the room was heavy with the lack of oxygen which must have been consumed by the stove, although it was still burning. Its damper had been turned up so that no draft was passing into the flue to which the stove was connected. The fact that the two birds in the cage were dead made the cause of their death unquestionable."
A.A. Sanderson of 135 Van Buren street, a son, was called soon after the discovery was made, and according to his statement death may have occurred several days ago.
"I ate dinner with them Sunday," the son said, "and after dinner we sat around and talked for quite a while before I left. The room is in about the same condition it was when I left. Apparently nothing had been moved in the room since I left. It is my theory that mother shut the gas down too much and that they were overcome by the fumes."
Immediately after the discovery of the bodies a city health officer was rushed to the house to place it under guard until the coroner could hold an inquest.
John J. Connors, son-in-law, who runs a blacksmith shop at 212 West Seventh street, said that it was the custom of his wife to go see how her mother and father were getting along every other day at least, but that since the severe cold weather, he had been so busy in his shop working early and late and it had been so cold, his wife had remained at home.
Topeka Daily Capital, Friday, Dec. 18, 1914, page 9:
The funeral of Mr. and Mrs. John Sanderson will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from Penwell's chapel. Burial will follow in Mt. Auburn cemetery.
Home in 1900: Topeka Ward 2, Shawnee, Kansas
John Sanderson 55
Elizabeth Sanderson 52
Noah A Sanderson 25
Clara E Sanderson 21
Link to father sent by Greg and Cindy Thredgold (46919839)
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Microfilmed cemetery records at the Kansas State Historical Society Archives:
Elizabeth Sanderson
buried: Dec. 20, 1914
#509
age: 64
relative: A.L. Sanderson, son
undertaker: Penwell
Block 11, Lot 16, Grave 2
Topeka State Journal, Thursday, Dec. 17, 1914, page 1:
Gas Deadly
John Sanderson and Wife Found Dead in Bedroom
Two Have Been Lifeless Since Sunday, Is Belief
Escaping Gas Fumes Cause
Room Closed and Stove Going at Full Blast
Man was in Bed -- Woman was Sitting in Rocker
Dead for two, or possibly three days from the fumes of a burning gas stove John Sanderson lay on a couch in the bed room at 318 East Eighth street while his aged wife sat in her chair nearby until the bodies were discovered this morning by their daughter. Two canary birds lay dead in their cage. The air of the room, which had been tightly closed, was vitillated (sic) by the constantly burning gas flame.
The dead man and woman appeared to be sleeping peacefully. How long they had been dead, the wife sitting where she had kept her last vigil over her invalid husband after he had been comfortably tucked in on the couch on which he spent the hours when he was not being wheeled about in an invalid chair, can only be guessed. No person appears to have seen them since Sunday, last, when Mrs. Clara Connors, their daughter, had called upon them. On the porch outside their door were three daily papers waiting to be carried in. Presumably they had been dead since Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson were 68 and 62 years of age respectively. Sanderson was an old soldier and past post-commander of Lincoln Post in Topeka. He was a member of the 58th Ohio regiment.
Discovered by Daughter
It was about 9 o'clock this morning that Mrs. John J. Connors came from her home on Van Buren street to visit her parents and on entering the room was horrified to discover them both dead. She rushed to the street in time to hail Will Anderson, stenographer for the county attorney, who was passing.
"The two old people seemed asleep," declared he afterward. "Possibly they were asleep when death came for they could have had no warning of their danger. The air of the room was heavy with the lack of oxygen which must have been consumed by the stove, although it was still burning. Its damper had been turned up so that no draft was passing into the flue to which the stove was connected. The fact that the two birds in the cage were dead made the cause of their death unquestionable."
A.A. Sanderson of 135 Van Buren street, a son, was called soon after the discovery was made, and according to his statement death may have occurred several days ago.
"I ate dinner with them Sunday," the son said, "and after dinner we sat around and talked for quite a while before I left. The room is in about the same condition it was when I left. Apparently nothing had been moved in the room since I left. It is my theory that mother shut the gas down too much and that they were overcome by the fumes."
Immediately after the discovery of the bodies a city health officer was rushed to the house to place it under guard until the coroner could hold an inquest.
John J. Connors, son-in-law, who runs a blacksmith shop at 212 West Seventh street, said that it was the custom of his wife to go see how her mother and father were getting along every other day at least, but that since the severe cold weather, he had been so busy in his shop working early and late and it had been so cold, his wife had remained at home.
Topeka Daily Capital, Friday, Dec. 18, 1914, page 9:
The funeral of Mr. and Mrs. John Sanderson will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from Penwell's chapel. Burial will follow in Mt. Auburn cemetery.
Home in 1900: Topeka Ward 2, Shawnee, Kansas
John Sanderson 55
Elizabeth Sanderson 52
Noah A Sanderson 25
Clara E Sanderson 21
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Microfilmed cemetery records at the Kansas State Historical Society Archives:
Elizabeth Sanderson
buried: Dec. 20, 1914
#509
age: 64
relative: A.L. Sanderson, son
undertaker: Penwell
Block 11, Lot 16, Grave 2
Topeka State Journal, Thursday, Dec. 17, 1914, page 1:
Gas Deadly
John Sanderson and Wife Found Dead in Bedroom
Two Have Been Lifeless Since Sunday, Is Belief
Escaping Gas Fumes Cause
Room Closed and Stove Going at Full Blast
Man was in Bed -- Woman was Sitting in Rocker
Dead for two, or possibly three days from the fumes of a burning gas stove John Sanderson lay on a couch in the bed room at 318 East Eighth street while his aged wife sat in her chair nearby until the bodies were discovered this morning by their daughter. Two canary birds lay dead in their cage. The air of the room, which had been tightly closed, was vitillated (sic) by the constantly burning gas flame.
The dead man and woman appeared to be sleeping peacefully. How long they had been dead, the wife sitting where she had kept her last vigil over her invalid husband after he had been comfortably tucked in on the couch on which he spent the hours when he was not being wheeled about in an invalid chair, can only be guessed. No person appears to have seen them since Sunday, last, when Mrs. Clara Connors, their daughter, had called upon them. On the porch outside their door were three daily papers waiting to be carried in. Presumably they had been dead since Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson were 68 and 62 years of age respectively. Sanderson was an old soldier and past post-commander of Lincoln Post in Topeka. He was a member of the 58th Ohio regiment.
Discovered by Daughter
It was about 9 o'clock this morning that Mrs. John J. Connors came from her home on Van Buren street to visit her parents and on entering the room was horrified to discover them both dead. She rushed to the street in time to hail Will Anderson, stenographer for the county attorney, who was passing.
"The two old people seemed asleep," declared he afterward. "Possibly they were asleep when death came for they could have had no warning of their danger. The air of the room was heavy with the lack of oxygen which must have been consumed by the stove, although it was still burning. Its damper had been turned up so that no draft was passing into the flue to which the stove was connected. The fact that the two birds in the cage were dead made the cause of their death unquestionable."
A.A. Sanderson of 135 Van Buren street, a son, was called soon after the discovery was made, and according to his statement death may have occurred several days ago.
"I ate dinner with them Sunday," the son said, "and after dinner we sat around and talked for quite a while before I left. The room is in about the same condition it was when I left. Apparently nothing had been moved in the room since I left. It is my theory that mother shut the gas down too much and that they were overcome by the fumes."
Immediately after the discovery of the bodies a city health officer was rushed to the house to place it under guard until the coroner could hold an inquest.
John J. Connors, son-in-law, who runs a blacksmith shop at 212 West Seventh street, said that it was the custom of his wife to go see how her mother and father were getting along every other day at least, but that since the severe cold weather, he had been so busy in his shop working early and late and it had been so cold, his wife had remained at home.
Topeka Daily Capital, Friday, Dec. 18, 1914, page 9:
The funeral of Mr. and Mrs. John Sanderson will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from Penwell's chapel. Burial will follow in Mt. Auburn cemetery.
Home in 1900: Topeka Ward 2, Shawnee, Kansas
John Sanderson 55
Elizabeth Sanderson 52
Noah A Sanderson 25
Clara E Sanderson 21
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