Beckham County, OK - Obits: Joseph Bergold, 1923
20 Aug 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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BERGOLD, JOSEPH
(18 Oct 1923, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK:
Jos. Bergold, one of the oldest engineers in the employ of the Rock
Island, and the engineer who pulled the first passenger train into Sayre,
died Saturday night, or rather Sunday morning, while pulling train No. 44,
between Canute and Foss.  He left this city in apparent good health at
1:30 a.m., and pulled out of Elk City without making any complaint to his
fireman about feeling unwell.
When the train was between Canute and Foss he suddenly lurched forward,
and fell over dead.  The fireman pulled the train into Foss where
physicians pronounced him dead.
Bergold was well known in this city, although his home was at Shawnee, and
he was a man highly respected by both his fellow workmen and the
acquaintances he made among our people.
(Research:  Census, 1900, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie Co, Shawnee, ED 201, pg
16B, # 389 (T623-1342):
Joseph Bergold, age 28, b Jan 1872, Il; f/m b unknown; owns home;
Locomotion Engineer; married 8 yrs;
Lucy Bergold, age 26, b Jan 1874, Ar; fb Ar; mb Il; married 8 years; 2
children born, 2 living;
Theodore Bergold, age 7, b Jan 1893, Ind Terr; fb Il; mb Ar;
Pearl Bergold, age 1, b Aug 1898, Ind Terr; fb Il; mb Ar.
Census, 1920, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, Shawnee Wd 2, ED 229, pg 6A,
#109/129 (T625-1485):
120 North Park Street; owns home:
Joseph J. Bergold, age 49, b Il; fb Germany; mb US; Engineer - Locomotive;
Lucy C. Bergold, age 45, b Ar; fb Ar; mb Ar;
Theodore J. Bergold, age 26, b Ok; Clerk - RR shop;
Pearl A. Bergold, age 22, b Ok; Bookkeeper - Bank;
Retta C. Bergold, daughter, age 14, b Ok.