LEWIS, Bert E 1871-1899

LEWIS, DYCKES

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 11/7/2010 at 15:49:44

Egbert “Bert” Lewis 1871-1899
Mr. Winslow Lewis, of Iowa, some of our readers will be pained to hear had another son killed on the train Dec. 10th in this state. Egbert Lewis was head brakeman on a freight train colliding with another train. He was riding on the engine at the time. He couldn't jump and was scalded to death. He lived but a few hours after the accident. It was an awful death. His brother Marion took his remains to Iowa. He was to have been married on New Years day.
From the Lake County Independent, 12 Jan 1900:
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Bert Lewis was born September 1, 1871 in Mitchell Co., the son of Winslow Lewis and Jane (Dyckes) Lewis.
He is buried in the Osage Cemetery:
Lewis, Bert E…December 9, 1899 (Osage cemetery record has the 9th)

#3 Ancestry death record:
Name: Bert E. Lewis
Death Date: 10 Dec 1899
Page #: 80
Birth Date: 1 Sep 1871
Cemetery: Osage
Level Info: Mitchell County, Iowa Grave Records