Mrs. Sarah Wilkinson

WILKINSON, WALRAVEN, STEWART

Posted By: Mary Dolan
Date: 10/5/2001 at 17:37:49

Clinton Age
31 Jan 1905

Killed by Passenger Train

Mrs. Sarah WILKINSON is Struck by Number Three While Crossing Tracks at Chelsea.

Was the Mother of Mrs. P. C. WALRAVEN of Lyons -- Was Well Known in This City.

A sad accident occurred at Chelsea Friday morning when Mrs. WILKENSON was killed while trying to cross the Northwestern tracks at that city.

The late Mrs. WILKINSON was enroute to the station with her daughter and two grand children and being somewhat late the daughter ran ahead to purchase the tickets to Garwin where they intended to make a visit.

The daughter managed to carry both of the grand children across before Mrs. WILKINSON reached the depot and entered the building, in the meantime the train pulled into the station just as Mrs. WILKINSON endeavored to cross the tracks. She was seen by the station master who called a warning to her but to no purpose, she was thrown into the air and was thrown upon the depot platform, death resulted instantly. Upon investigation it was found that her skull and one limb were fractured.

Obituary.

Mrs. Sarah WILKINSON was about seventy years of age. She was one of the earliest settlers in this part of the Iowa. She was born in Miami county, Ohio, coming with her parents to Iowa county Sept. 6, 1847. In September of 1852 Mrs. WILKINSON was married and moved to Tama county, where she lived on the same farm for forty-nine years. No person in Tama county was more familiar with the early pioneer (page torn)

She is survived (page torn) ... among them Mrs. WALRAVEN wife of (page torn) C. WALRAVEN, at the C. & N. W. depot at Lyons; Mrs. J. Brayton STEWART is a granddaughter of the deceased, who had many friends in this city having visited here many times.

Funeral services will be held at Chelsea Wednesday afternoon.

(The date Jan 29, 1905 is written at the bottom of this article)