Robert Burrus Nelson
1885 - 1942 (56 years)-
Name Robert Burrus Nelson Born 15 Jan 1885 Salvisa, Mercer County, Kentucky [1, 2] Gender Male Census 1920 Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Kentucky Census 1930 Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Occupation building and bridge foreman; railroad foreman [1, 3] Died 13 Jan 1942 Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky [1, 2, 4] Buried 14 Jan 1942 Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky [1, 2] Person ID I2503 Gritton Last Modified 4 Mar 2024
Family Bess Gritton, b. 11 Nov 1883, Salvisa, Mercer County, Kentucky , d. 26 May 1965, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky (Age 81 years) Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F1056 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Foreman Killed As Freight Train Hits Work Car
Special to The Courier-Journal
Shelbyville, Ky., Jan. 13. - Robert Burns Nelson, 57, Shelbyville, was killed in a head-on collision of a railroad work car and a Southern Railway freight train early today at Hooper Station.
Occupant of the car, Nelson, a building and bridge foreman who had been employed by the railway forty-two years, was attempting to stop and reverse the machine. Four other workmen jumped off it to safety when the freight train was seen.
Nelson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Griffin Nelson; his mother, Mrs. Sarah Burns Nelson, and two brothers, Albert E. Nelson, Louisville, and Maj. H.M. Nelson, U.S. Army.
The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky. Wednesday, 14 January 1942.
LKH note: Bessie's name appears as Griffin in this article.
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