Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Eldridge, Eugene 1898
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Ionia Daily Standard, 21 Oct 1898

The conductor on the 7:25 train east, Wednesday morning, reported that a man 
had been killed by some of the trains during the night, near the Grove school 
house.  Justice Payne with a jury and Undertaker Bretz were soon at the place 
of the accident.  They soon learned that it was Eugene Eldridge, who lived with 
his father-in-law, John Spencer, on the Alexander place.  The body was all cut 
to pieces and scattered along the track for nearly half a mile.  The body was 
gathered up and brought to Bretz’s undertaking rooms and the inquest was 
adjourned until today.  The last seen of Mr. Eldridge was about 8 o’clock 
Tuesday night, when Mr. Cheathen saw him going by his house on his way home.  
Mr. Eldridge leaves a wife and five children.  He was about 40 years of age.  
As near as can be ascertained four or five trains passed over the body before 
it was found.


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