Dane County WI Archives Photo Tombstone.....GRIMMER, Anton 
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Cemetery:           Forest Hills Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
Name:               Anton GRIMMER
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GRIMMER, Anton
"Tony the Blacksmith"
1846- 22 Dec 1908
Born in Mies, Stribo, Bohemia, Czechoslavakia
Killed by railroad cars.
Sec 23, Lot 325, Gr 1

From the Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Dane Co., Wi. Wed.
23 Dec 1908

KILLED BY A TRAIN

Tony The Blacksmith Is Struck On Catfish Bridge Near Lake
Waubesa

WALKING TO MAC FARLAND

Anton Grimmer, a blacksmith was killed by a St. Paul road
train near a bridge a short distance west of Lake Waubesa
about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The engineer says he did
not notice the man until it was too late. The remains were
placed in the baggage car and taken to McFarland, and in the
evening they were removed to this city by Coroner Lynch and
taken to the undertaking establishment of O.A. Schroeder.

The man was making the trip from Madison to McFarland on foot.
Tony had been employed by blacksmiths in this vicinity for the
past ten years. He was 62 years old and was born in Bavaria.
He was divorced from his wife twelve years ago. A married
daughter resides in Milwaukee.


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