Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: Aiken, Samuel B., 16 Jan 1888

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from The Pittsburg Press dated Tuesday, January 17, 1888 (page 2):
A TEA AGENT'S DEATH - Coroner McDOWELL will hold an inquest at his 
office this afternoon on the remains of S B AIKEN, who was run over 
and killed by a Pennsylvania railroad train at Brushton last evening.  
The body was identified by a son of deceased, this morning at Trexler 
& Fullerton's undertaking rooms.  Mr AIKEN was employed as a canvasser 
for a New York tea house.  He was 48 years of age and resided at 
Wilkinsburg with his wife and family.
 
from The Pittsburg Press dated Tuesday, January 17, 1888 (page 3):
 
S B AIKEN, of Pittsburg, in the employ of Bennett, Sloan & Co., tea brokers, 
of New York, was run over and killed by the Walls accommodation at Brushton 
last night.  (from an article titled, Echoes of the Night) 

from the City Pittsburgh Death Records:
Samuel B AIKEN, salesman, aged 43 years, died January 16, 1888, from injuries 
received on the Pennsylvania railroad near Brushton Station 21st Ward; was 
born in Columbus OH; lived in Wilkinsburg; burial in Jewett OH cemetery on 
January 19, 1888.   
 
(It appears from census and city directory records that the wife's name was 
Elizabeth and those of his children were John, Stella, and Lillie.  This family 
relocated back to Columbus OH shortly after Samuel's death.)