This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burton Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2JB.2ACE/399 Message Board Post: The Marble Hill Press, Marble Hill, MO January 23, 1896 Tom Burton, whose home was on Hurricane Creek, about five miles north of Marble Hill, met with an accident on the 7th inst. which cost him his life. He commenced work on Monday morning on the Brownwood branch of the Cape Railroad. Tuesday morning, while attempting to couple a car to the engine, he was thrown under the wheels of the engine and badly mangled. He was brought to the hospital in this city and his injuries were looked after and one leg amputated by Drs. Blomeyer and Harris, assisted by Dr. Rider. The young man's father and mother came down to care for him, but one day last week he died and was taken back to his Bollinger county home to be buried. He was about 22 or 23 years of age. ~ Cape Girardeau News The Marble Hill Press, Marble Hill, MO February 13, 1896 Obituary: Died, at Cape Girardeau, Mo., January 14, 1896, Thomas L. Burton, aged 21 years. Thomas was the eldest son of Brother and Sister Burton of near Salem Baptist church. He left home January 2, 1894, and engaged in work as a brakeman on the railroad; he was accidentally crushed and lived but a few days.