Scott, John {I2801} (b. )
Given Name: John
Change: Date: 14 Feb 2003
Time: 15:27:44
Note: RUN OVER LAST!
NIGHT BY TRAIN
Severed, Mutilated Body is
Found by Section Hand
After Snow Storm
Floyd, D. Kear, 55, of Puterboy Street, Cincinnati Northern yardsemployee, it was killed instantly Sunday night when he was struck by awestbound Pennsylvania train while walking _ along the tracks west of thesignal tower and opposite Borden's cement plant.
The tragedy was discovered by Verne Moyer, railroad section man, while hewas engaged in n sweeping the snow from the switches during the .nowstorm.
Patrolmen Tom Sullivan and Russell Guinn were called and papers found onthe body revealed the Identity of the victim. The officers said that thebody was severed at the abdomen and was otherwise badly mutilated. Thebody was removed to The Gamble Alspach Funeral Home.
Left-Note Home
An investigation, by the officers disclosed that Kear left home about 7P. M. after writing a note stating that he was going to the Inn Hotel tosee a friend. It as learned later that he never made his appearance atthe hotel.
The officers said. however they believed that Kear was en route to thebusiness district when he was struck. presumably by a westbound freighttrain that passed by the tower at 8:05 P. M. A passenger train movedover the tracks at 10:03 and the body was discovered by Moyer at 10:25.
An official finding in the case has not yet been made by Dr. E. H.Alspaugh, county coroner.
Lifelong Resident of City
The deceased was born March 8, 1891 in Van Wert and was a lifelongresident of the city. Years
later he was employed in the Cincinnati Northern. shops and for the pastmonth had worked at the yards and served some as a crossing watchman.
Surviving are his widow, Ethel; four children, Eugene of Shaffer Street,Kenneth in the Navy, Mrs. Margaret Ford of Lima and Mrs. Walter Huzzar ofBrooklyn, N.Y; an aged mother, Mrs. Joseph Kear of Center Street; twobrothers, Robert of South Vine Street and Russell of Bellefontaine; twosisters, Mrs. H. N. Grandstaff of Center Street and Mrs. Harry Palmer ofJackson, Mich., and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:30 P.M. at the funeral homewith Rev. Ralph Tucker of Wesley Methodist Church of officiating.Friends may call at the funeral home. Burial will be in Woodlandcemetery.
Source: (Burial)
Title: Cemetery Inscriptions, Woodland Cemetery, Van Wert County, Ohio
Author: Van Wert Co., Ohio, Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society
Publication: 1986
Call number: GEN929.5 VAN Vol.V
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Repository:Page: p. 71
Given Name: Floyd Daniel
Death: 15 Dec 1946 Van Wert, Van Wert Co., Ohio
Burial: 18 Dec 1946 Woodland Cemetery, Van Wert, Van Wert Co., Ohio
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Given Name: George Russell
Death: 22 Nov 1978 Bellefontaine, Logan Co., Ohio
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Source: (Death)
Title: Ohio Deaths, 1970-88
Author: Index to Annual Deaths, 1970-88. Columbus, OH: Ohio Department of Health. State Vital Statist
ics Unit, 19xx-.
Publication: Ancestry.com
Note: Source Media Type: Electronic
Repository:Page: vol. 25933, certificate 007736
Source: (Burial)
Title: Van Wert County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. IV
Author: Van Wert Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
Call number: GEN929.5 VAN Vol.4
Note: NS246793
Source Media Type: Official Document
Repository:Page: p. 29
Given Name: Robert Millard
Event: Type: SSN
Date: BEF 1951
Place: 281-10-8473 in Ohio
Death: 20 Jan 1985 Scott, Van Wert Co., Ohio
Burial: Jan 1985 Ridge Township Cemetery, Van Wert Co., Ohio
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Given Name: Betty Mae
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Source: (Birth)
Title: California Death Records, 1940-97
Note: Source Media Type: Electronic
Repository:
Source: (Death)
Title: Social Security Death Index
Author: www.ancestry.com
Note: Source Media Type: Electronic
Repository:
Given Name: Richard Reed
Event: Type: SSN
Date: BEF 1951
Place: 281-10-7656 in Ohio
Death: 5 Nov 1985 Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., California
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Given Name: George Russell
Death: 18 Feb 1923 Van Wert, Van Wert Co., Ohio
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Note: 1 _MDCL Laryngectomy in December 1988. Prostrate and bladder cancer in 2002.
Given Name: George Junior
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Note: 1 _MEND Divorce
Source: (Marriage)
Title: The John Jost Wagner Family
Author: Lois Hall Snouffer
Publication: December 1999
Note: Good
NS24333
Source Media Type: Manuscript
Repository:
Source: (Marriage)
Title: Descendants of John Jost Wagner
Author: Lois Hall Snouffer
Publication: December 1999
Note: Source Media Type: Other
Repository:Page: p. 5
Source: (Marriage)
Title: Descendants of John Jost Wagner
Author: Lois Hall Snouffer
Publication: December 1999
Note: Source Media Type: Other
Repository:Page: p. 9
Source: (Marriage)
Title: Marriage Records, Probate Court, Van Wert County, Ohio
Note: Source Media Type: Official Document
Repository:Page: Bk. 3, p. 511, No. 968
Source: (Marriage)
Title: Marriage Records, Probate Court, Paulding County, Ohio
Note: Source Media Type: Official Document
Repository:Page: bk. 7, 1903-1907, p. 183, no. 385
Source: (Marriage)
Title: Marriage Records, Probate Court, Paulding County, Ohio
Note: Source Media Type: Official Document
Repository:Page: Bk. 6, p. 549
Source: (Marriage)
Title: The John Jost Wagner Family
Author: Lois Hall Snouffer
Publication: December 1999
Note: Good
NS24333
Source Media Type: Manuscript
Repository:Page: p. 1
Source: (Marriage)
Title: Marriage Records, Probate Court, Paulding County, Ohio
Note: Source Media Type: Official Document
Repository:Page: bk. 8, 1901-1904, p. 279, no. 1667
Source: (Marriage)
Title: Marriage Records, 1777-1813, Anne Arundel County, MarylandPage: p. 70
Data:
Text: Married by Greenleaf Ridgley, pastor, Methodist Episcopal Church, All Hollows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. John is listed as John Ker
Source: (Marriage)
Title: Family Group Sheet, Lena Leffler, 11 December 1981
Note: Source Media Type: Other
Repository:
Source: (Marriage)
Title: Family Group Sheet, Lena Leffler, 11 December 1981
Note: Source Media Type: Other
Repository:
Source: (Marriage)
Title: Family Group Sheet, Lena Leffler, 11 December 1981
Note: Source Media Type: Other
Repository:
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