Angela, The following account came from 1909: C. R. Munns, a young traveling salesman whose engagement to Miss Mary Green of this city was announced some time ago, was killed early Thursday morning and his body badly mutilated by the cars. No one seems to be able to to account for the accident. All that is known is that the body of Mr. Munns was carried some distance by a train. The limbs were severed from the body and portions left along the track between LaValle and Wonewoc. His coat was found on the pilot of the engine pulling 509 when the train arrived at Elroy. A memorandum book contained a request that in case of accident notice be sent to Miss Green of this city, and to his father at Fennimore. Mr. Munns was in Reedsburg Wednesday afternoon and evening, leaving on Train 503, about two o'clock Thursday morning. Notice of the accident was sent here and Miss Green, Mr. and Mrs. James Miles, and Attorney W. A. Wyse went unto Wonewoc on No. 507. Miss Green identified Mr. Munn's watch chain, and some letters in his coat. An inquest was held late yesterday afternoon, but we are unable to state what the finding was. The accident has deeply stirred our people, many of whom had become acquainted with Mr. Munns on his occasional visits here and all of whom sympathize profoundly with Miss Green, whose grief is easily imagined. - Reedsburg Times I thought it a bit strange, too. I really wonder if it wasn't a way to commit suicide? Kind of like driving into a semi-truck these days. Anyway, it was not un-heard of! Roxanne -----Original Message----- From: ALoy106018@aol.com [mailto:ALoy106018@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 9:02 PM To: LOY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [LOY] Voris Loy Killed by freight train << File: UTF-8.HTM >> Hello cousins I have a family mystery It seems my Grandfather Robert Lorenzo Loy's (of Effingham Ill.) brother Voris Loy was killed by a freight train. All the info I can find in writing is from this web site listed below. Any ideas on where to find how I can find out more? It just seems strange to be killed by a freight train. Maybe it is the times we live in now and it was just more common then Thanks Angela http://earpconnections.tripod.com/adm/popup/roadmap.shtml?member_name=earpco nn ections&path=1902necrology.htm&client_ip=205.188.209.102&ts=1011484588& ad_type=POPUP&category=travel&id=3edfe1108cb6bfd008005deb36e30a5c The following was found in The Moultrie County Heritage Published By: Moultrie County Historical & Genealogical Society Vol. X No. 4, November, 1982 - page 114 THE LOVINGTON REPORTER, Lovington, IL 1902 1902-NECROLOGY-1902 The majority of obituaries are on the front page; others are from locals found on an inside page. These extracts were copied by Barbara Hawyer from the REPORTER 1902. NOTE: Parenthicals - information from Cemetery records. LOY, Voris M. Of Effingham, mangled by freight train at Lanton Thurs., d. 24 July @ ae 18 years; s/o R. L. & Clara Smith Loy.

Hi, About the train accident...don't know if you want or need this info, perhaps you already know it... All the towns mentioned in this account, Wonewoc, LaValle, Reedsburg, Elroy, etc., are located in Wisconsin, sort of central or south-central, or southwest. I have a friend who was born and raised in Elroy. Hope this helps, Beth ARNOTT, in Wisconsin. Has anyone come across Gabriel LOY, who enlisted in the Civil War in Indiana? After the war, he came to WI, and married my gr gr grandmother. ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott and Roxanne Munns <munns@centurytel.net> To: <LOY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 3:24 PM Subject: RE: [LOY] Voris Loy Killed by freight train > Angela, > > The following account came from 1909: > C. R. Munns, a young traveling salesman whose engagement to Miss Mary Green > of this city was announced some time ago, was killed early Thursday morning > and his body badly mutilated by the cars. No one seems to be able to to > account for the accident. All that is known is that the body of Mr. Munns > was carried some distance by a train. The limbs were severed from the body > and portions left along the track between LaValle and Wonewoc. His coat was > found on the pilot of the engine pulling 509 when the train arrived at > Elroy. A memorandum book contained a request that in case of accident > notice be sent to Miss Green of this city, and to his father at Fennimore. > Mr. Munns was in Reedsburg Wednesday afternoon and evening, leaving on Train > 503, about two o'clock Thursday morning. Notice of the accident was sent > here and Miss Green, Mr. and Mrs. James Miles, and Attorney W. A. Wyse went > unto Wonewoc on No. 507. Miss Green identified Mr. Munn's watch chain, and > some letters in his coat. An inquest was held late yesterday afternoon, but > we are unable to state what the finding was. The accident has deeply > stirred our people, many of whom had become acquainted with Mr. Munns on his > occasional visits here and all of whom sympathize profoundly with Miss > Green, whose grief is easily imagined. - Reedsburg Times > > I thought it a bit strange, too. I really wonder if it wasn't a way to > commit suicide? Kind of like driving into a semi-truck these days. Anyway, > it was not un-heard of! > > Roxanne > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ALoy106018@aol.com [mailto:ALoy106018@aol.com] > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 9:02 PM > To: LOY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LOY] Voris Loy Killed by freight train > > << File: UTF-8.HTM >> Hello cousins > I have a family mystery It seems my Grandfather Robert Lorenzo Loy's (of > Effingham Ill.) brother Voris Loy was killed by a freight train. All the > info > I can find in writing is from this web site listed below. > > Any ideas on where to find how I can find out more? It just seems strange to > be killed by a freight train. Maybe it is the times we live in now and it > was > just more common then > Thanks > Angela > > http://earpconnections.tripod.com/adm/popup/roadmap.shtml?member_name=earpco > nn > > ections&path=1902necrology.htm&client_ip=205.188.209.102&ts=1011484588& > ad_type=POPUP&category=travel&id=3edfe1108cb6bfd008005deb36e30a5c > > > > The following was found in > The Moultrie County Heritage > Published By: > Moultrie County Historical & Genealogical Society > Vol. X No. 4, November, 1982 - page 114 > > THE LOVINGTON REPORTER, Lovington, IL 1902 > > 1902-NECROLOGY-1902 > > The majority of obituaries are on the front page; others are from locals > found on an inside page. These extracts were copied by Barbara Hawyer from > the REPORTER 1902. NOTE: Parenthicals - information from Cemetery records. > > > > LOY, Voris M. > > Of Effingham, mangled by freight train at Lanton Thurs., d. 24 July @ > ae > 18 years; s/o R. L. & Clara Smith Loy. > > > > ==== LOY Mailing List ==== > *** Roxanne Munns, ListHostess *** > To subscribe to Digest Mode, please UNSUBSCRIBE from LOY-L and > send "Subscribe" to LOY-D-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >