Edward G Smith

1884 - 1902  (18 years)

• Name	Edward G Smith
  Nickname	Eddie
  Born	15 Feb 1884
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Apr 1902	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6348	Rossville
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	George G Smith,   b. 25 Dec 1852, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana ,   d. 15 Aug 1937  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Sarah M Osborn Smith,   b. 1856,   d. 12 Dec 1944, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 88 years)
  Married	1 Mar 1875	Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
  Documents		Anniversary- Smith, George and Sarah Mr. and Mrs. George Smith celebrated their 61st, wedding anniversary Sunday, March 1, with their children Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Smith and sons Nelson N. and Albert of Topeka; Mrs. Flora Gaghager of San Francisco, Calif.; and W. Harder of Grantville as dinner guests.
  Family ID	F3728	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Obituary- Smith, Fred and Smith, Edward and Marney, Maggie 2 Rossville young people killed by Union Pacific locomotive early Tuesday morning. Edward D. Smith. Miss Maggie Marney. Fred Smith.
  		Obituary- Smith, Fred and Smith, Edward and Marney, Maggie 3 DEATH ENDS IT Honeymoon of Mrs. and Mrs. Fred Smith is Over. He With Two Others Killed at Crossing. STOPS A MARRIAGE. Other Two Victims to Have Been United Sunday. Maggie Marney and Edward Smith Find Union in Death. ONLY ONE IS ALIVE. Mrs. Fred Smith Tells How Accident Happened. Young People Returning From Dance at St. Marys. Three persons were instantly killed and another perhaps fatally injured shortly after 1 o'clock this morning at Bond's crossing, about two miles west of Rossville, by the Union Pacific passenger train No. 3, west-bound. The killed are: Fred Smith, Edward D. Smith, Miss Maggie Marney. Mrs. Fred Smith may recover, although at noon today she was still unconscious and was in a delirious condition. Mrs. Smith was a bride of less than a week, having been married on Sunday, and Miss Maggie Marney was to have been married next Sunday to Edward Smith, one of the unfortunate men. Edward and Fred Smith were brothers, both prosperous young farmers whose parents also live near Rossville. They had been to St. Marys to attend a Woodman dance and were returning home when the accident occurred. They were driving a team of horses attached to a double-seated carriage, when they crossed the Union Pacific at Bond's crossing, and the engine of the Union Pacific passenger train crashed into them. The bodies of the killed were terrible mangled, and Miss Marney's head was completely severed from her body. Both the horses were instantly killed, and the carriage was smashed. The engineer did not see the carriage until after the engine had struck it. He immediately brought his train to a standstill and the bodies of the dead and Mrs. Smith, who was unconscious, were take on board and were carried to St. Marys. They were taken to Rossville early this morning accompanied by Dr. Miller and a Catholic priest, Father DeSmedt, and an inquest was held at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Fred Smith is receiving the best of medical care and attention. She talks in a rambling manner and knows nothing of what has occurred. She is not aware that her husband was killed. She suffered a severe shock and one arm and an ankle were broken. The doctors hold out hopes of her ultimate recovery. Miss Maggie Marney was the daughter of William Marney, a well known farmer of that vicinity. She was to have been married to Edward Smith next Sunday. Mrs. Fred Smith, the bride of two days whose husband met a horrible death at the Bond Crossing, gave the first coherent account of the accident to a State Journal reporter this afternoon. "We were married in Topeka at the home of my sister, Mrs. H.E. VanVleck, at 220 East Filth Street," said she. "We went down to Topeka on Saturday and were married Saturday evening. We were at the home of my sister until Monday afternoon when we went to Rossville. Ed met us at the train. He had asked his father for a team and got a double seated carriage in Rossville and we went to the Mulvane ranch where we got Maggie Marney and we then went to the dance at St. Marys.
  		Obituary- Smith, Fred and Smith, Edward and Marney, Maggie 1 NO ONE BLAMED. Responsibility in Terrible Rossville Accident Not Fixed. Engineer and Conductor Tell Their Story on Stand. WARNING WAS GIVEN. Assert That Whistle Was Sounded For Crossing. The Coroner's Inquest Reveals Few New Facts At the inquest held Tuesday afternoon at Rossville to determine the cause of the death of Fred Smith, Edward D. Smith and Miss Maggie Marney, the jury decided that the parties came to their death by being struck by a Union Pacific railway engine, and attached blame to none of the railway employees. Coroner Hogeboom of Topeka conducted the inquest. Engineer Lewis and Conductor Fields who were in charge of the train that crashed into the carriage containing the people who were killed were at the coroner's inquest. Engineer Lewis testified that he used his whistle and was ................... (not readable in clip)The first I know of the accident, said Engineer Lewis, "was when I saw the horse on the track directly in front of my engine. We were right upon the horse, and my first thoughts were that it was a single horse running loose in the road. I couldn't see the carriage from where I sat in the cab on the right side of the engine, for the reason that the horses and carriage were coming up from the other side. The first I realized the true situation was when I heard the crashing of the carriage as the engine splintered it to pieces." Engineer Lewis was almost completely prostrated from the accident. He assisted in placing the bodies in the baggage car to carry them to St. Marys, but when he climbed down from his engine at Junction City at the end of his run he was ashen pale and completely unnerved. He remarked that he could not have run his engine any further. There seems to be considerable dispute as to whether Engineer Lewis sounded his whistle for that crossing. Mrs. Smith, the only survivor of the accident, still declares the whistle wasn't sounded. The accident is accounted for in this manner. The young people who were returning from the dance at St. Marys were perfectly familiar with the regular running time of the trains and were aware that the time they were returning home there was no regular train due at that point. They had had no means of knowing that the passenger train was an hour and a half late. They were driving along with the curtains of the carriage all drawn and were totally oblivious to the danger of the approaching train. Mrs. Smith, who was married in Topeka Saturday night, was kept in ignorance of the death of her husband and brother-in-law and her chum, Miss Maggie Marney, all day yesterday. She was gradually recovering from the shock caused by the accident, and it was deemed best to not allow her to know the real state of affairs. She was unconscious nearly all the time until she was taken home Tuesday and consequently knew nothing of the fate of her companions. Mrs. Smith will recover within a few days, her worst injuries being bruises. Mrs. Smith sat on the front seat of the carriage with her husband, who was driving the carriage, and who was instantly killed when the train struck them. Mrs. Smith sat on the side of the carriage that the engine struck. Mrs. Smith's brother and his fiancée sat in the rear seat of the carriage and were instantly killed. All of the young folks were under 22 years of age.