WOOD COUNTY OHIO - OBIT: WEAVER, Peter (d. 1891)
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Obituary, Peter Weaver, 1891
Wood Co. Ohio

CRUSHED BY THE CARS.
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Peter Weaver, of Eagleville, Run Over by the Cars at North
Baltimore-Resulting in death.

On Tuesday, July 28th, Peter Weaver and his son Lloyd, started with a team
to Hoystville,
to stack some wheat on his farm near that place.  When arriving at North
Baltimore, the father 
told his boy to drive to the road crossing west of town, where his son was
to await the arrival
of the father, he telling his boy that he would go and purchase some
bologna, to take with them.
 They boy drove to the designated place awaiting the coing of the father,
but no one came.  
At length some teamster passing by told the boy that some man was reported
killed by a train.
Mr. Weaver had passed up the track with the purpose of meeting his boy at
the crossing as
agreed upon, when a local freight train passed him, he stepping to the
south side of the track,
and paying no further attention to the train, supposed it had passed on
east but having passed from 
a side track to the main track, suddenly backed up, striking Mr. Weaver
throwing him face forward
the right shoulder striking and lying across the rail, when the wheel of
the rear car severed the body.
He was taken to the North Baltimore Hotel, where Dr. Henry was summoned,
doing all that he could
do to aleviate his sufferings. He lingered from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. when
death came to his releif.
There seems to be no blame attached to any one, as the train men gave every
signal to clear the track, 
but the warning signal was not heard, or if heard not obeyed.
The deceased came from a hardy race being the son of Alexander Weaver.  He
was born in Westmoreland
Couny, Pa. March 2, 1811, he was therefore 80 years, 4 months and 25 days
of age at the time of
his death.  He had been married twice, the first time to Mrs. Margaret
Rine, December 26, 1837, by
Daniel Robbins, J.P. of Bloom, and the first white couple married in that
township. There were 11 children
 born to his first wife, four sons and seven daughters survive him to his
first marriage.  His first wife
died Sept. 4, 1871, age 51 years, 4 months,  and 27 days.
On August 2, 1871, at the age of 51 he married Mrs. Catherine Evilsizer,
the ceremony having been
performed by the ?oditor of the Derrick. Three children were born to his
second wife, two daughters
and one son, the widow and eleven children survive him.
Mr Weaver has been a resident of Wood County since the year 1836 a man of
iron constitution,
wonderful physical indurance. Had he been educated in the modern business
matters ought have been a successful financier.  In poitical and religious
thought was peculiar, yet of rather debateful cast of mind.
He has lived to see Wood county  "bloom and blossom as the rose", and
seemed to enjoy the modern
improvements that have been ushered into being since his advent into the
county, with consideriable
satisfaction.
The entire community enter into sympathy with the widow, children and
friends, at his cruel and sudden
death.  The funeral occurs on Friday 10 o'clock A.M. at the church at
Eagleville. Interment at Bloom Chapel.
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