If Richard lived on a RR track, i suppose he died when a train struck him, and there should be an obit; cemetery records too. Regardless, MN Biographies of 1912: Thomas E. Cashman, b. near Owatonna Sept. 2, 1871, manager of Clinton Falls Nursery, Senator since 1907, lives Owatonna. 4 sources of info listed: Book of Minnesotans, Little sketch of Big People, Legislative Manuals, County History. Happy Historical Trails, Robert P. Mosedale Bloodhound Research, P. A. rmosedale@juno.com