Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-14
DEATH OF 7. c. SCOTT,
Division Trainmaster of Rock Isl.
and Succumbs After Two
Weeks Sickness.
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Obituary.
T. C. Scott. the we'll known train.
master for the c., r. l. II p. railway,
passed away at his home. 1920 Fifth
avenue, Yesterday afternoon at 5:25, af-
ter an illness of Is days with typhoid
fever which terminatd in Bright 5
disease. For two days preceding his
death Mr.. Scott was unconscious. A
slight improvement in his condition
was noted shortly before his death,
but he remained unconscious to the
end.
Mr.. Scott was born June s, 1868, in
Cedar county, Iowa. When a child,
his parents moved to West Liberty,
and there he began his work on the
Rock Island road at the age of 9 years
as messenger boy. There, also. he be-
came operator, being then the young
est operator on the road. He was 3
train dispatcher at Il. In 1897 he re-
moved to Davenport and in time rose
to the office of chief dispatcher on the
Southwestern division, removing to
this city when the offices were estab-
lished here. At the time of his death
he was trainmaster of the East Iowa
aud Southwest divisions.
On Sept. 20. 1894, Mr.. Scott mar
ried Miss Agnes Hynes. of Davenport,
who survives him. Two children
have been born to them, one, a boy,
having died, while the other, Agnes,
aged 3, survives. He also leaves his
parents and one bro Their, w. +. Scott.
the former living in Davenport, and
the latter train dispatcher for the
Rock Island road.
Mr.. Scott was popular alike among
the railroad officials aud his fellow
employees, to all of whom his death
will be sad blow. He was rising
rapidly in the railroad worl /, and it
is understood was about to receive a
promotion when he was stricken
down with the fatal illness.
Funeral services will be held tOmor-
row at 10 O'Clock a. IN. at Sacred Heart
church. and the remains will be tax
Ell to St. Margverite's cemetery in
Davenport for burial. Many of the off
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Miss GenevIeve NJ. Latin. -
Miss Genevieve NJ. Latin, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. T. p. Latin, died yes
terday evening at Z o'clock at the home
of William GrOte, 290S Seventh ave-
nue., where she had been i'll with tv-
phoid fever for IL days. Miss Latin
was II years of age and was raised
three miles south of Milan. She was
a student in the Tenth grade at the
High school and boarded at the place
where she died. Besides her parents
she leaves two brothers and two sis
tiers, Clarence, Bonnie. Cora and Mar
tina. The remains will be taken from
this city at 8 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing to the Methodist church at Milan,
where services will be held at 10, with
interment at Chippiannock.
Mrs. Sarah L. johnson.
Mrs. Sarah l.. Johnson, wife of j.
j. Johnson. and formerly of Cordova,
died at her home in Chicago yester-
day, aged 5S years. The funeral SER
vices were held at the late home, 3911
Grand boulevard, Chicago, at o'clock
this afternoon, and the remains will
be brought to this city tomorrow
and conveyed thence by
special train on the Milwaukee to Cor
dova, where the interment will be
made. For a great many years the
deceased resided in Cordova, but
six years ago removed with her hus-
band to Omaha, and after a short res
idence there removed to Chicago.
Mrs. II. X. Maskery.
Mrs. II. r. Maskerv, an old resident
of Rock Island, died this morning at
her home in Preston, Iowa, after
weeks illness with pneumonia. leav-
ing a husband and one daughter, Mrs.
Ira Lenker. Interment will be at Ma
luoketa, Iowa.