Wichita Eagle, Friday, March 24, 1939
WICHITA STREET CAR MOTORMAN 42 YEARS DIES AT 73
Amos Grable, also Member of Police Department Years Ago, Was Ill 8 Weeks
Amos Grable, 73, 1608 Jackson, resident of this section since 1872, early day Wichita peace officer and for 42 years a motorman on Wichita street cars before he retired, died Thursday in a local hospital. He had been ill eight weeks.
He was born in Creston, Iowa. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Grable, Sr., brought the family to the vicinity of Goddard in 1872 when Mr. Grable was seven years old. Later the son came to Wichita where he spent his adult life. He was a member of the police force for several years when a young man.
In February 1892 he started work for the transportation company on the street cars, part of which then were drawn by mules. The change to motor-driven cars came a short time later and at the time of his retirement in 1934, Mr. Grable was one of the oldest veterans among the motormen.
For years he operated cars on the Fairmount-Orient run. Mrs. Grable, who was Ida Jane Mullen of Wichita before the marriage, died in 1923. Mr. Grable was a member of the A. O. U. W.
An interesting fact about Grable's life. friends recalled last night, was a story known to the young men of his generation who grew up here in the early days. He was reputed to have killed, as a youth, the last buffalo shot in Sedgwick county.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. John Wilburn, 519 South Elizabeth, Mrs. Harry Angle, El Dorado, and Mrs. Lester Davis, Salt Lake City, five sons, Ralph, 116 West Twelfth, Frank and Virgil, Alhambra, Cal., Walter, Los Angeles and Perry, San Diego; a brother, William, Fulton, Mo., a sister. Mrs. Hiram Stebbins, Wichita and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be announced by the Byrd & Snodgrass mortuary.
WICHITA STREET CAR MOTORMAN 42 YEARS DIES AT 73
Amos Grable, also Member of Police Department Years Ago, Was Ill 8 Weeks
Amos Grable, 73, 1608 Jackson, resident of this section since 1872, early day Wichita peace officer and for 42 years a motorman on Wichita street cars before he retired, died Thursday in a local hospital. He had been ill eight weeks.
He was born in Creston, Iowa. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Grable, Sr., brought the family to the vicinity of Goddard in 1872 when Mr. Grable was seven years old. Later the son came to Wichita where he spent his adult life. He was a member of the police force for several years when a young man.
In February 1892 he started work for the transportation company on the street cars, part of which then were drawn by mules. The change to motor-driven cars came a short time later and at the time of his retirement in 1934, Mr. Grable was one of the oldest veterans among the motormen.
For years he operated cars on the Fairmount-Orient run. Mrs. Grable, who was Ida Jane Mullen of Wichita before the marriage, died in 1923. Mr. Grable was a member of the A. O. U. W.
An interesting fact about Grable's life. friends recalled last night, was a story known to the young men of his generation who grew up here in the early days. He was reputed to have killed, as a youth, the last buffalo shot in Sedgwick county.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. John Wilburn, 519 South Elizabeth, Mrs. Harry Angle, El Dorado, and Mrs. Lester Davis, Salt Lake City, five sons, Ralph, 116 West Twelfth, Frank and Virgil, Alhambra, Cal., Walter, Los Angeles and Perry, San Diego; a brother, William, Fulton, Mo., a sister. Mrs. Hiram Stebbins, Wichita and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be announced by the Byrd & Snodgrass mortuary.
Wichita Eagle, Friday, March 24, 1939
WICHITA STREET CAR MOTORMAN 42 YEARS DIES AT 73
Amos Grable, also Member of Police Department Years Ago, Was Ill 8 Weeks
Amos Grable, 73, 1608 Jackson, resident of this section since 1872, early day Wichita peace officer and for 42 years a motorman on Wichita street cars before he retired, died Thursday in a local hospital. He had been ill eight weeks.
He was born in Creston, Iowa. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Grable, Sr., brought the family to the vicinity of Goddard in 1872 when Mr. Grable was seven years old. Later the son came to Wichita where he spent his adult life. He was a member of the police force for several years when a young man.
In February 1892 he started work for the transportation company on the street cars, part of which then were drawn by mules. The change to motor-driven cars came a short time later and at the time of his retirement in 1934, Mr. Grable was one of the oldest veterans among the motormen.
For years he operated cars on the Fairmount-Orient run. Mrs. Grable, who was Ida Jane Mullen of Wichita before the marriage, died in 1923. Mr. Grable was a member of the A. O. U. W.
An interesting fact about Grable's life. friends recalled last night, was a story known to the young men of his generation who grew up here in the early days. He was reputed to have killed, as a youth, the last buffalo shot in Sedgwick county.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. John Wilburn, 519 South Elizabeth, Mrs. Harry Angle, El Dorado, and Mrs. Lester Davis, Salt Lake City, five sons, Ralph, 116 West Twelfth, Frank and Virgil, Alhambra, Cal., Walter, Los Angeles and Perry, San Diego; a brother, William, Fulton, Mo., a sister. Mrs. Hiram Stebbins, Wichita and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be announced by the Byrd & Snodgrass mortuary.
WICHITA STREET CAR MOTORMAN 42 YEARS DIES AT 73
Amos Grable, also Member of Police Department Years Ago, Was Ill 8 Weeks
Amos Grable, 73, 1608 Jackson, resident of this section since 1872, early day Wichita peace officer and for 42 years a motorman on Wichita street cars before he retired, died Thursday in a local hospital. He had been ill eight weeks.
He was born in Creston, Iowa. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Grable, Sr., brought the family to the vicinity of Goddard in 1872 when Mr. Grable was seven years old. Later the son came to Wichita where he spent his adult life. He was a member of the police force for several years when a young man.
In February 1892 he started work for the transportation company on the street cars, part of which then were drawn by mules. The change to motor-driven cars came a short time later and at the time of his retirement in 1934, Mr. Grable was one of the oldest veterans among the motormen.
For years he operated cars on the Fairmount-Orient run. Mrs. Grable, who was Ida Jane Mullen of Wichita before the marriage, died in 1923. Mr. Grable was a member of the A. O. U. W.
An interesting fact about Grable's life. friends recalled last night, was a story known to the young men of his generation who grew up here in the early days. He was reputed to have killed, as a youth, the last buffalo shot in Sedgwick county.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. John Wilburn, 519 South Elizabeth, Mrs. Harry Angle, El Dorado, and Mrs. Lester Davis, Salt Lake City, five sons, Ralph, 116 West Twelfth, Frank and Virgil, Alhambra, Cal., Walter, Los Angeles and Perry, San Diego; a brother, William, Fulton, Mo., a sister. Mrs. Hiram Stebbins, Wichita and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be announced by the Byrd & Snodgrass mortuary.
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