Son of James and Rosina (Purcell) O'Neill. Married Mary Grace Deyo.

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Great Falls Daily Tribune, February 3, 1914, p. 9, col. 1

O'NEILL DIES OF INJURIES

Stanford Man Fatally Crushed in Automobile Accident Sunday. Body at O'Connor's.

Edward O'Neill of Stanford, one of the sub-contractors on the Milwaukee railroad work between this city and Lewistown, died yesterday as the result of an automobile accident in which he was injured on Sunday about 2:30 in the afternoon. The injury which caused Mr. O'Neill's life happened while he, Herman Smith and Joseph Stark were traveling from Stanford to Benchland Sunday afternoon and at a point about 10 miles north of Benchland.

The machine was being driven by Mr. O'Neill and was traveling at a fair rate of speed. The weather was cold. There is a bridge, according to reports, that has not been completed, lacking grading up to the abutments on the Benchland side of the structure, and this was not apparent to those traveling from the Stanford side until they got onto the bridge. When it became apparent what the condition of the bridge was, they were unable to prevent the catastrophe and the machine lurched from the bridge for a drop of 16 feet.

Mr. O'Neill was the only one seriously hurt. The hurts of Mr. O'Neill were seen to be serious from the first and aid was summoned as quickly as possible. He was taken to Benchland in time and put aboard the train to Great Falls Sunday night and was brought to Columbus hospital for treatment and there given every possible attention. But he was past permanent benefit and died yesterday.

The body was taken to O'Connor's undertaking establishment and plans for burial will be completed as soon as a son, James O'Neill, arrives from Omaha, Neb.

Mr. O'Neill had made his home at Stanford for three years, during the last 18 months having been engaged in contract work on the Milwaukee road. He is survived by his wife and 10 children. He was in his 57th year.

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Great Falls Daily Tribune, February 5, 1914, p. 6, col. 5

BODY TO BE SHIPPED

The body of Edward O'Neill, the railroad contractor, will be shipped on Burlington train No. 44 this morning to Omaha for burial. The body will be accompanied by members of the family and one brother.

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Evening World-Herald (Omaha, Nebr.), February 7, 1914, p. 8, col. 6

DEATHS AND FUNERALS

D. Deyo of Florence received a telegram Thursday notifying him of the death of his son-in-law, Edward O'Neill, by an accident at Great Falls, Mont., and that the body would arrive in Omaha for burial today.

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Sunday World-Herald, February 8, 1914, p. 4, col. 2

O'NEIL FUNERAL FROM HANNON HOME MONDAY

Mrs. Dan Hannon arrived home yesterday from Great Falls, Mont. She accompanied the remains of her brother, Edward O'Neil, who was killed in an automobile accident near that place last week.

The funeral will be held from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hannon, Twenty-fifth and F streets, Monday morning at 8:30 to St. Bridget's church. The body will be placed in the receiving vault at the Holy Sepulcher cemetery.

The deceased leaves a wife and ten children. At the present time Mrs. O'Neil is ill in a hospital at Great Falls, Mont. The children are James of Omaha and Carrie, Edith, Anna, Rose, Walter, Inez, Edward, Leo and Ruth of Stanford, Mont. Hugh O'Neil, Mrs. Hannon and Mrs. Edward Cushing, a brother and two sisters of the deceased, reside in this city.