The following obituary was printed in the "Gallipolis Daily Tribune" on October 03, 1931, Saturday: "GALLIA COUNTIAN KILLED WHEN TRAIN HITS CAR Isaiah Shoemaker, 63, a resident of the Poplar Ridge neighborhood, Gallia County, was instantly killed Tuesday of this week near Marysville, when the automobile in which he was riding with his sister-in-law, Mrs. Laura Shoemaker, who was also killed, when their machine was struck by a train. Mr. Shoemaker, who was blind, had arrived at the home of his brother John, in Union County, last Sunday for a visit. He had been cared for at the Gallia county home for years, Superintendent Thomas McClaskey reports, going about once a year for a visit with his brother." [Teresa Herrmann]