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PERRYSBURG JOURNAL, Wood County, Ohio
6 March 1862
"Melancholy Accident."
 " On Tuesday, 25th ult., our old friend Josiah Miller and his family were involved in mourning by the sad intelligence that his step-son, Samuel Elder, had been killed on the Chicago and Cincinnati Railroad.  From what we can learn, the accident occurred to the deceased whilst on the roof a car, which passing under a bridge, unperceived by him, brought his head in contact therewith, from the effects, of which he died in fifteen minutes after.  The body was brought to this place for interment, and on the 28th ult., the funeral services were performed in the M.E. Church, by the Rev. J.A. Shannon.  A large concourse of citizens evinced their sympathy with the bereaved family, by rendering the last mournful tribute to the departed friend. He leaves a wife and two children to deplore his loss.
  Mr. Elder, formerly, was well-known as an employee of the Southern Michigan, and also of the Wabash Railroads."

Exhibits for WABASH Railroad history at Decatur:
at
http://www.millikin.edu/staley/archives/exhibits/exhibits_railroad.htm