B. & O. Veteran Is Stricken As He Cuts Grass
Collapsing as he cut the grass at his home, 121 North Watts street, about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, James I. Botkin, 77, retired foreman of the B. & O. freight house, died a few minutes later, just before the arrival of the fire department inhalator squad and Dr. M.D. Scholl.
Born in Champaign County, Ill, Aug 26, 1868, he was the son of the late Marcelius and Laura Roberts Botkin. He was a member of the Masons and the Trinity Methodist church, and was formerly president of the local B. & O. Veterans association.
He entered B. & O. service in June 1892 and was promoted to freight house foreman in 1896 which position he held until the time of his retirement in 1932.
He was married Aug. 15, 1891 to Susan Adaline Kinkade, who survives. Other survivors are three sons, Fred E. and Charles E. of Columbus and James H. of Route 4, city; three daughters, Laura of Chicago, Ruth of Massieville, and Katherine of San Rafael, Calif.; 20 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren; a brother. H. Ched Botkin of Harriman, Tenn.; a sister, Catherine Poore of Jackson.
Services will be conducted at the residence at 10 a.m. Saturday, with the Rev. James H. Lyon officiating. Interment will be made in Greenlawn cemetery. Friends may call at the residence from Thursday evening until the hour of the funeral.
20 June 1946, Chillicothe (OH) Gazette, page 1
Collapsing as he cut the grass at his home, 121 North Watts street, about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, James I. Botkin, 77, retired foreman of the B. & O. freight house, died a few minutes later, just before the arrival of the fire department inhalator squad and Dr. M.D. Scholl.
Born in Champaign County, Ill, Aug 26, 1868, he was the son of the late Marcelius and Laura Roberts Botkin. He was a member of the Masons and the Trinity Methodist church, and was formerly president of the local B. & O. Veterans association.
He entered B. & O. service in June 1892 and was promoted to freight house foreman in 1896 which position he held until the time of his retirement in 1932.
He was married Aug. 15, 1891 to Susan Adaline Kinkade, who survives. Other survivors are three sons, Fred E. and Charles E. of Columbus and James H. of Route 4, city; three daughters, Laura of Chicago, Ruth of Massieville, and Katherine of San Rafael, Calif.; 20 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren; a brother. H. Ched Botkin of Harriman, Tenn.; a sister, Catherine Poore of Jackson.
Services will be conducted at the residence at 10 a.m. Saturday, with the Rev. James H. Lyon officiating. Interment will be made in Greenlawn cemetery. Friends may call at the residence from Thursday evening until the hour of the funeral.
20 June 1946, Chillicothe (OH) Gazette, page 1
B. & O. Veteran Is Stricken As He Cuts Grass
Collapsing as he cut the grass at his home, 121 North Watts street, about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, James I. Botkin, 77, retired foreman of the B. & O. freight house, died a few minutes later, just before the arrival of the fire department inhalator squad and Dr. M.D. Scholl.
Born in Champaign County, Ill, Aug 26, 1868, he was the son of the late Marcelius and Laura Roberts Botkin. He was a member of the Masons and the Trinity Methodist church, and was formerly president of the local B. & O. Veterans association.
He entered B. & O. service in June 1892 and was promoted to freight house foreman in 1896 which position he held until the time of his retirement in 1932.
He was married Aug. 15, 1891 to Susan Adaline Kinkade, who survives. Other survivors are three sons, Fred E. and Charles E. of Columbus and James H. of Route 4, city; three daughters, Laura of Chicago, Ruth of Massieville, and Katherine of San Rafael, Calif.; 20 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren; a brother. H. Ched Botkin of Harriman, Tenn.; a sister, Catherine Poore of Jackson.
Services will be conducted at the residence at 10 a.m. Saturday, with the Rev. James H. Lyon officiating. Interment will be made in Greenlawn cemetery. Friends may call at the residence from Thursday evening until the hour of the funeral.
20 June 1946, Chillicothe (OH) Gazette, page 1
Collapsing as he cut the grass at his home, 121 North Watts street, about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, James I. Botkin, 77, retired foreman of the B. & O. freight house, died a few minutes later, just before the arrival of the fire department inhalator squad and Dr. M.D. Scholl.
Born in Champaign County, Ill, Aug 26, 1868, he was the son of the late Marcelius and Laura Roberts Botkin. He was a member of the Masons and the Trinity Methodist church, and was formerly president of the local B. & O. Veterans association.
He entered B. & O. service in June 1892 and was promoted to freight house foreman in 1896 which position he held until the time of his retirement in 1932.
He was married Aug. 15, 1891 to Susan Adaline Kinkade, who survives. Other survivors are three sons, Fred E. and Charles E. of Columbus and James H. of Route 4, city; three daughters, Laura of Chicago, Ruth of Massieville, and Katherine of San Rafael, Calif.; 20 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren; a brother. H. Ched Botkin of Harriman, Tenn.; a sister, Catherine Poore of Jackson.
Services will be conducted at the residence at 10 a.m. Saturday, with the Rev. James H. Lyon officiating. Interment will be made in Greenlawn cemetery. Friends may call at the residence from Thursday evening until the hour of the funeral.
20 June 1946, Chillicothe (OH) Gazette, page 1
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