Entries: 1731    Updated: Sat Aug 25 14:18:18 2001    Contact: Judie McCafferty

ID: I0814 Name: Chester CAFFERTY Sex: M Birth: 3 MAR 1839 in Campville, New York Death: 21 SEP 1872 in Canisteo, New York of Trauma from being run over by a freight train. Burial: Campville, New York Occupation: Freight Conductor for the Erie Railroad Note: Chester was freight conductor on the Susquehanna division of the Erie railway and resided at Hornellsville (Now Hornell), New York at the time of his death. His train left Hornellsville early in the morning of September 21, 1872 and had run five miles to Canisteo when he was walking over his train of flat cars, and fell between tow cars. The engine was attached to the caboose and he was taken to his home. He died about 6 PM. Father: Thomas CAFFERTY b: 17 JUL 1807 in Vestal, New York Mother: Matilda CAMP b: 1 APR 1809 in Campville, New York Marriage 1 Elizabeth Margaret LORY b: 13 MAY 1844 in East Cobleskill, New York Married: 26 SEP 1868 Children Charles Chester CAFFERTY b: 21 JUN 1872 in Hornellsville, New York

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