Obituary of Oscar P NELSON, Crawford County, Illinois

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OSCAR P. NELSON DEATH.

Found Dead on a Railroad Track Near Pine Bluff, Ark.

Oscar P. Nelson, a brother-in-law of Editor Milton Sheets of the Oblong
Oracle was found dead on the railroad track near Pine Bluff Ark, Monday. He
was pretty badly disfigured and it is supposed he was killed by a train.

He belonged to a construction gang on the road where his life-less body was
found,  He was missed on Sat. evening and his body was not discovered until
Monday morning.  He married a sister of Mr. Sheets. His folks reside in
Wisconsin and came down to Oblong to attend the funeral which took place
Wed. morning.  J. J. Winger and family of our vicinity attended the
funeral.

The M.W.A. had charge of the funeral.  He carried a policy for $2000 in
same and also an accident policy.

No date or source given.

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