Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: Guthrie, John, 29 Apr 1883

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from The Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette dated Monday, April 30, 1883 (page 4):
 
Saturday evening John GUTHRIE, sixty-three years old, was struck by a
train on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Four Mile run, and so badly
injured that he died a few hours later. He was a gardener and lived
near where the accident occurred. The Coroner's jury yesterday found
that it was the result of accident.
 
from The Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette dated Tuesday, May 1, 1883 (page 5):
 
GUTHRIE - On Sunday, April 29, 1883, at 8 am at his late residence,
Forward avenue, Twenty-second ward, John GUTHRIE, in the 64th year of
his age. Friends and family are respectfully invited to attend the
funeral from his late residence today at 8 am. High mass and requiem
at St Stephen's church, Hazelwood, at 9 am.
 
from the City of Pittsburgh Death Records:
 
John GUTHRIE, aged 63 years 3 months, married, laborer, died April 29,
1883, injuries received on B&O Railroad in 23rd Ward; born in Ireland;
lived on Forward Avenue; burial in St Mary's Cemetery on May 1, 1883.
 
>From census and city directories, it appears that he was married to
Ellen with children Mary, John, Michael, Jane, Ellen, Lizzie and Kate.