Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brockway, Elisha W. 1920
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 6 & 8 Jul 1920

Elisha Brockway, an elderly resident of Ionia, was run over by an auto and
fatally injured Saturday evening, dying three hours later from injuries
received.  Mr. Brockway was a laboring man, 79 years old, had never married, and
made his home with a niece, Mrs. Ida Alvord, at 235 East Lincoln avenue.

Saturday evening he started to walk over to the home of another niece, Mrs.
Chauncey Christian, who lives a mile south of South Ionia.  About 8 o’clock he
reached the corners in South Ionia when an auto coming east on the river road
confused the old man, and he dodged back and forth, making the situation worse.
 In the manouvers, the driver of the car states he could not understand the
cause of Mr. Brockway’s confusion and the auto struck him before the occupants
of the car realized what was happening.

Dr. Johns was immediately summoned, and arrived at the scene of disaster about
8:30, and found the old man suffering from a number of injuries, and he was
conveyed into the home of W.W. Crane where a careful examination was made.  His
skull was found to be fractured, his right leg below the knee also fractured,
also his collarbone, and there were in all probability severe internal injuries.  

The fractured skull was the immediate cause of death and there was a very severe
hemorrhage underneath the skull which caused a paralysis of the right side.  As
soon as possible Mr. Brockway was taken to the home of Mrs. Alvord, where he
died about 11:15.

The cause of the death was so plainly an accident for whom no one was to blame,
declared Coroner Boynton this morning, that the matter was not investigated. 
Mr. Brockway was slightly deaf and blind in one eye and his confused movements
made it impossible for the auto driver to tell which way he was going, according
to the statements of the coroner and Sheriff Hoppough.  The driver, Harry Engin
of Jefferson street, was entirely exonerated from any blame in the unfortunate
accident, said the authorities this morning.  Mr. and Mrs. S.T. McCoy were
passengers in the car, and relate the accident as Mr. Engin told it also, stated
the coroner.

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Elisha W. Brockway was born in Palmayra, Lenawee county, Mich., on May 23, 1842,
passed away July 3, 1920, at the home of his niece, Mrs. Ida Alvord, with whom
he had made his home for 35 years.  He was struck by an automobile, fatally
injured, rendering him unconscious, dying three hours later.  He was known to
his many friends as “Uncle.”

The funeral was held at the above residence on East Lincoln avenue, on Tuesday,
July 6, at 2:30 p.m., Rev. Garrard, officiating.  The singers were Mesdames Fox
and Peck.  Interment in the family lot at Highland Park.

Relatives from out of town to attend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. John Shumway,
Miss Louise Shumway, Mr. and Mrs. Cap Shumway and the Misses Esther and Frances
of Detroit, J.C. Christian and Earle Christian and family of Lansing, Mrs. Lyman
Shumway of Grand Ledge and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Alvord of Grand Rapids.


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