Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1920 — STRUCK BY TRAIN; DIES [ARTICLE]

STRUCK BY TRAIN; DIES

l I / ~ DAVID ELDER. FORMER CITIZEN, KILLED AT INDIAN- ~ APOLIS SATURDAY. •——— David Elder, until about two years ago a resident .of this city, died in an Indianapolis hospital at ten o’clock Saturday night following ah accident which occurred at five o’clock that afternoon at the Citizen’s Gas Plant when he was struck by a switching engine in the plant yards. His left foot was severed just above the ankle and he also suffered a fractured skull. The unfortunate man was rushed to the St. Francis hospital where he passed a Way without regaining consciousness. .S'. Mr. Elder united with the Baptist denits of this- city for many years, leaving here about two years ago to make their home in Indianapolis. ' The deceased was 62 years of age, having been born July 28, 1858, in Illinois. His marriage to Magdalena Chupp occurred March 2, 1877, to which union .thirteen

children were born, seven of whom survive, Charles, Ada, Leonard, Floyd, Clara, Clifford and Millard. John, Ida, Omar, Maude, Willard and an' infant daughter preceded him to the grave. Mr. Elder united with the Bapchurch at the age of nineteen years and remained a devout follower of that faith throughout his lifetime. The funeral services were held at Indianapolis thia Tuesday morning and interment 1 was made in Crown Hill cemetery in that city.