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Lloyd B. SOUTHWORTH

Lloyd B. SOUTHWORTH

Male 1878 - 1903  (25 years)

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  • Name Lloyd B. SOUTHWORTH 
    Born 18 Mar 1878  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation railroad brakeman  [3] 
    Died 23 Apr 1903  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Cause: struck by train 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I87934  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2015 

    Father George W. SOUTHWORTH,   b. Mar 1842, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1921, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Mother Martha J. BROWN,   b. 25 Feb 1846, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1921, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F37770  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    3. [S317] West Union Herald-Record, 5/9/2006, researched by Donald E. Ramage, PO Box 243, Smyrna, TN 37167 (DCHS Class of 1951).

    4. [S317] West Union Herald-Record, 5/9/2006, researched by Donald E. Ramage, PO Box 243, Smyrna, TN 37167 (DCHS Class 1951).
      "A most deplorable railroad accident occurred at the National cemetery near Grafton about midnight on the night of 22 April 1903 which resulted in the sudden death of Lloyd B. Southworth, of West Union, and a brakeman on the B&O. No one seems to know just how the accident happened. The Grafton Sentinel reported: Brakeman Lloyd Southworth, 25 years old, was instantly killed and his body ground to pieces in the west Grafton yards at the National Cemetery early Thursday morning, 23 April 1903. Conductor Liler of yard engine 1130 discovered his mutilated body about one o'clock in the morning. His body was interred in the West Union IOOF Cemetery. Lloyd was 25 years of age and unmarried and had many friends. His unexpected death cast a gloom over the entire community."

    5. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).