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Anderson A. Shafer

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Anderson A. Shafer

Birth
Texas, USA
Death
17 Apr 1916 (aged 27)
Blum, Hill County, Texas, USA
Burial
Roscoe, Nolan County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 2
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HILL COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Name: Anderson Shafer
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 17 Apr 1916
Event Place: Blum, Hill, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Accident at Santa Fe Railroad
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 27 yrs 3 mos 3 days
Birth Date: 14 Jan 1889
Birthplace: Texas
Father's Name: J J Shafer
Father's Birthplace: Ark.
Mother's Name: Julia Goodloe
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Brakeman (railroad)
Residence:
Burial/Removal: Roscoe
Date: 18 Apr 1916
Informant: Leara Shafer, Temple, Texas
Certificate Number: 9732
GS Film number: 2051624
Digital Folder Number: 005145439
Image Number: 02004

"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K349-2BW : accessed 01 Jan 2014), Anderson Shafer, 17 Apr 1916; citing certificate number 9732, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2051624.
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SANTA FE BRAKEMAN DIES UNDER HIS TRAIN

Temple, Texas, April 20 - Anderson Shafer, Santa Fe brakeman, was run over by the engine of his train at Blum Monday. His body was badly mutilated.

Decedent was 38 years old, married and with one child. Burial was at Roscoe, Texas, the family home, and a number of members of the B.R.T. accompanied the funeral party from Temple.

From THE VICTORIA (TX) DAILY ADVOCATE (4/20/1916)
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HILL COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Name: Anderson Shafer
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 17 Apr 1916
Event Place: Blum, Hill, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Accident at Santa Fe Railroad
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 27 yrs 3 mos 3 days
Birth Date: 14 Jan 1889
Birthplace: Texas
Father's Name: J J Shafer
Father's Birthplace: Ark.
Mother's Name: Julia Goodloe
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Brakeman (railroad)
Residence:
Burial/Removal: Roscoe
Date: 18 Apr 1916
Informant: Leara Shafer, Temple, Texas
Certificate Number: 9732
GS Film number: 2051624
Digital Folder Number: 005145439
Image Number: 02004

"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K349-2BW : accessed 01 Jan 2014), Anderson Shafer, 17 Apr 1916; citing certificate number 9732, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2051624.
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SANTA FE BRAKEMAN DIES UNDER HIS TRAIN

Temple, Texas, April 20 - Anderson Shafer, Santa Fe brakeman, was run over by the engine of his train at Blum Monday. His body was badly mutilated.

Decedent was 38 years old, married and with one child. Burial was at Roscoe, Texas, the family home, and a number of members of the B.R.T. accompanied the funeral party from Temple.

From THE VICTORIA (TX) DAILY ADVOCATE (4/20/1916)
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