Payette-Ada County ID Archives Obituaries.....Folsom, Orville J. 1915
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Payette Independent 7-8-1915
Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, July 8, 1915

KILLED BY ACCIDENT

OLIVER J. FOLSOM INSTANTLY KILLED WHEN THE FAST MAIL STRIKES BUGGY

(Fruitland Correspondence)
The following from Sunday's Statesman will be of interest to the Fruitland 
friends. Mr. Folsom was a brother to the late Mrs. A. A. Branthoover and has 
visited here.

Orvil J. Folsom, a well known Boise valley rancher, was instantly killed on 
Saturday afternoon when the rig in which he was driving to Boise was struck by 
an Oregon Short Line train at Maple Grove crossing. His horse was also killed 
and the buggy smashed. The body was taken to the undertaking parlors of Fry & 
Sommers where Coroner Summers will hold an inquest on Monday.

Mr. Folsom was on his way to Boise and reached Maple Grove crossing just as 
the fast mail connection, which leaves Boise at 12:15, approached. It is 
supposed that a clump of willows obstructed his view of the train and that he 
did not hear the warning whistle.

Apparently Mr. Folsom's buggy was right on the rails when the engine struck 
it. His body was carried under the engine until the train stopped and for a 
time it was supposed that he had been thrown into an irrigation ditch. The 
body was frightfully mangled.

The engine was driven by Evan Williams, one of the oldest and most careful 
engineers on the road.

Mr. Folsom was 47 years old and unmarried. He is survived by his mother, his 
brother, Louis Folsom, and two sisters.

Additional Comments:
Note: According to the Idaho Death Index, Orville T. Folsom was born 4-16-1869 
and died 7-3-1915. ch

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