|
a.
|
Note: N1 Educated in private school, blacksmith by trade. Owned a smithy on E.Patrick St. Frederick Hit by train & killed. Physical description given of John in enlistment papers were brown hair brown eyes ruddy complection& 5 ft. 8 1/2 in tall.
Death notice & Funeral of John Tyler Dronenberg
The News ( Frederick, MD)
Monday 1/19/1891
KILLED ON THE RAIL
Tyler Dronenberg struck by a train
on the B. & O.
Mr. Tyler Dronenberg, of Ijamsville, a blacksmith by trade, visited this city on Saturday. He
missed the train and started to walk home late in the evening by way of the railroad track. He had
reached the neighborhood of Hartman's Water Station, when he was struck by a passing train. He
was found dead by the trackwalker, Mr. Peter Umberger at an early hour yesterday morning. The
deceased was about 50 years old and leaves a wife and several children, and was the son-in-law of
the late Joshua Dixon of this county.
Wednesday 1/21/91
The funeral of John T. Dronenberg, who was killed on the railroad near Ijamsville, took place
yesterday morning. Services were held in the church, conducted by the Rev. Irwin, of Urbana.
The pall-bearers were C.M.Riggs, Issac Ford, John Crawford, J.Riggs,R.Moxley,
J.T.Montgomery. Internment in Urbana M.E. graveyard. Geo. W. Peters wasthe funeral director.
|
