6. | George Ellsworth Smith blev født den 30 jan. 1886 i Minonk, Woodford, Illinois, USA (søn af Augustus Atlee Smith og Fannie Reemts Loger); døde den 22 mar. 1934 i Chicago Heights, Cook, Illinois, USA; blev begravet den 24 mar. 1934 i Oak Hill Cemetery, Blue Island, Cook, Illinois, USA. Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:
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George Ellsworth Smith Obituary The Minonk Dispatch 29 Mar 1934
George ‘Rub’ Smith Dies After Accident
Former Minonk Man Passes Away in Chicago Thursday Evening
Was Brakeman on I.C. (Illinois Central)
Caught in “Automatic” Couplers of Two Cars--Shows Great Grit in Suffering.
George Smith, who was born in Minonk and who spent his earlier life here, died in Chicago last Thursday evening at 7:50, following an accident which happened at Matteson on February 24.
He was a brakeman on the Illinois Central and was in the act of coupling cars when the accident took place. The “automatic” couplers did not work. He gave the signal to the conductor, who via the other brakeman gave it to the engineer, to go ahead so that he could have time to arrange the couplers by hand. While he was doing so the engineer backed up in place of going ahead and George’s right hand was caught. With the grit that he was made of, he figured on the rebound and reached with his left hand to pull the pin to extricate his right hand. But there were several rebounds and his body was drawn between the bumpers.
He was taken to the Illinois Central hospital in Chicago and the next day his right hand was cut off. Because of his weak heart, this operation was performed without the use of anaesthetics and his remarkable courage faced it without flinching. He saw it done. It was thought by his doctors that he would recover, but internal injuries brought this brave man’s death.
George Smith was born in Minonk on January 30, 1886, and he lived here until about 20 years ago, since which time he had been continuously employed by the Illinois Central. Seventeen years ago he was married in that city to Pearl Denny (sic) who with the following seven children, survives: George, Ellsworth, Paul, Pearl, Marie, Anna and Robert and four step-children: Maybelle, Amy, Alice and Raymond.
He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Fannie Smith and his brothers: Henry, Jacob, and Harry, all of Minonk, Herman of Chicago and by two sisters, Mrs. Lena Surface of Nora Springs, Iowa and Mrs. Paul Moulton of Idaho Falls, Idaho.
George was a man of courage and grit, such as few men possess. His children worshipped him as few children do and that was full compensation to him for all the sacrifices that he made. Here in Minonk, his nickname was “Rub”, and everybody liked him.
His brother, Harry Dale, was the only one from Minonk who could attend the funeral home in that city on Saturday afternoon. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery, Masonic rites prevailed at both chapel and cemetery.
George blev gift med Pearl Amelia Denne den 26 feb. 1917 i Lake, Indiana, USA. Pearl (datter af George Frederick Denne og Emma Jane Snyder) blev født den 19 sep. 1888 i Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; døde den 20 apr. 1955 i Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; blev begravet den 22 apr. 1955 i Blue Island, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]
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