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Thomas married PUFFER, Ruth on 23 Jul 1930 in Pinellas County, FL. Ruth (daughter of PUFFER, Robert Elmer and PINKERTON, Jessie Pearl) was born on 12 Apr 1910 in Downers Grove, IL; died in Nov 1975 in Largo, FL; was buried in Clearwater, FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 31 Dec 1883, IL
• Death: 29 Apr 1912, Chicago, IL; : killed in an autombile/train accident

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Both he and his wife lost their lives in a railroad accident. The car they were riding in was stuck by the engine of a passenger train. His father was also injured.

Watertown Daily Times, Apr 29, 1912

"Chicago. April 29.-Three persons were instantly killed and two others probably fatally hurt when an automobile and an IL Central train, both traveling at top speed, collided at North Riverside. The dead are: Robert E. Puffer, Mrs. C. M. Streibe, and Mrs. Puffer. The injured; H. E. (Helen-DMC) Puffer and W. V. Logan. The dead and injured are all Chicagoans. They were rushing to the city from the Puffers' country place near Downer's Grove. The automobile was running parallel to the IL Central tracks. The driver turned to cross the tracks without noticing a passenger train traveling in the same direction. The train caught the automobile across the tonneau, throwing the occupants high in the air.

The Frankfort News Journal, Frankfort Ky, Tuesday, April 30, 1912"

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Both he and his wife lost their lives in a railroad accident. The car they were driving was stuck by the engine of a passenger train. His father was also injured.

Watertown Daily Times, Apr 29, 1912

"Chicago. April 29.-Three persons were instantly killed and two others probably fatally hurt when an automobile and an IL Central train, both traveling at top speed, collided at North Riverside. The dead are: Robert E. Puffer, Mrs. C. M. Streibe, and Mrs. Puffer. The injured; H. E. (Helen-DMC) Puffer and W. V. Logan. The dead and injured are all Chicagoans. They were rushing to the city from the Puffers' country place near Downer's Grove. The automobile was running parallel to the IL Central tracks. The driver turned to cross the tracks without noticing a passenger train traveling in the same direction. The train caught the automobile across the tonneau, throwing the occupants high in the air.

The Frankfort News Journal, Frankfort Ky, Tuesday, April 30, 1912"

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His father was the executor of his estate

Robert married PINKERTON, Jessie Pearl on 6 Sep 1906 in Bradford, NY. Jessie (daughter of PINKERTON, John A. and MCCRACKEN, Mary Elizabeth) was born on 15 Mar 1885 in Buffalo, NY; died on 29 Apr 1912 in Downers Grove, IL; was buried in Downers Grove, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1860, Lisle, IL

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Was at one time a manufacturer of electrical instruments in Philadelphia, PA; later at Chicago, now agent of the Maxwell Automobile Co. (1915).

He was badly injured in 1912 when the car in which he was riding collided with an Illinois Central train. His son, Robert, was killed along with his son's wife.

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Henry married HASKINS, Mary Adelaide on 9 Aug 1875 in Cook County, IL. Mary (daughter of HASKINS, Ira and CHATHAM, Mary) was born on 1 Apr 1854 in Canada; died on 18 Aug 1920 in Chicago, IL; was buried on 20 Aug 1920 in Downers Grove, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1900, Chicago, IL

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John married MCCRACKEN, Mary Elizabeth. Mary was born on 5 Dec 1849 in PA; died on 8 Nov 1931 in Elmhurst, IL; was buried on 10 Nov 1931 in Forest Park, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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