The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-06
WAS PROMINENT AS SOLDIER
Had Seen Long Service in the War Of
the Rebellion and was the Grandson
of Soldier in the War of the Revolu-
tion-Failed to Sees the Train.
(From Wednesdays Daily

H. n. hamDOt seventy years o. age,
veteran of the civil war and a de-
scendant Of revolutionary ancestors,
met instant death 1lst after ten
O'Clock this morning when he was
struck by the north bound passenger
train on the Chicago and Northwestern
road which reaches KeBosha lust af-
ter ten O'Clock. The accident took
place near the Evergreen street cross
ing of the railway and the body Of
Rambo was terribly mangled. The de-
ceased was in feeble health and it is
thought that he neither saw nor heard
the approaching train. He had Just
stepped on the track when the train.
running at a rate of forty miles an
hour, struck him. The body was
thrown from the tracks intp the ravino
along the road near the culyert at Ever.
green street. Nearly every bone in the
body had been broken and the remains
were so cut up as to render identifca-
ton difficult. The remains were re-,
moved to the, Hansen morgue and later
they were identified by Nelson L..
Thompson, $40 New ST. Get, son-in-law
of the dead man with whom he had
made his home
Mr.. Rambo had left the Thompson
home just after nine CLOCK this morn,
ing and had gone 70 a. meat market to
get some meat for dinner. He had
made the return trip on the Ashland
avenue street car and had left the car
at Ashland avenue, starting to walk to
the home of his daughter One of th@i
witnesses of the accident saw him walk
up the embankment just before the
train dashed past and a minute later
the body was found The men in
charge of the train stopped it and went
back to the scene Of the accident but
by this time provision had been made.
to notify the coroner of the death Of,
Mr. Rambo.
A. II. Rambo was a man who na&
seen much Of life. He was native OF
Reading Pa, where he was born Sep
TENDER Is, 1843. He was educated I'M
the schools of Reading and he was bus
boy when the civil war broke OUT
and the call for volunteers was issued
by President Lincoln. He enlisted as
a member of Company B. of the 54th
Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment a.d
saw long service in the civil war. La,
was a great grandson of John Wonpi
ders who had served with distinctioai
IN the war of the revolution.
After the war was over Mr.. Ramb@
went to Scranton where he was in bush
ness for number of years He cams
from Scranton to Kenosha some twelve
years ago and since that time he had
spent much of his time in Kenosha.
For time he was employed at the
plant Of the Simmons Manufaeturino
Company but some years ago, with his
aged wife, he went to the Wisconsin,
Veterans Home at Waupaca, where hss
remained until the latter part of July
of this year when he came to spend the
summer and autumn with his daughter
in Kenosha. Since that time he had
been IN feeble health. Mr. Rambo was
a member Of Kenosha Lodge No. At.
A. F. aud a. NJ, and Of the Red Cross
Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. He
was also member of the Independent
Order Of Odd Fellows, his Membership
being held in the lodge at Scranton.
He was member of the PennsylsI
vania chapter of the Sons of the
American Revolution and Of the Fred
s. Lowell Post of the Grand Army Of
the Republic. He had taken a great
inserest in the work of the post
He is survived by widow and three
children, one son, A. H. Rambo, now
employed in the stores of the United
States navy at Washington, and two
daughters, Mrs. David Bliss of Pitts
field, Pa, and Mrs. Nelson L. Thomp-
son, of Kenosha. No arrangements
have been made as yet for he funeral
but it will probably be under the di-
rection of the members of the Grand
Army
Coroner Miiiager has started an in.
vestigation into the death of Mr.. Ram.
BIO and an inquest will be held on
Thursday afternoon.