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Stephen Darter

15 Mar 1849 – 10 Sep 1880

Birth	15 Mar 1849
Death	10 Sep 1880
Cemetery	Darter Cemetery Glasgow , Barren County , Kentucky , USA
Added by	chcobe on 22 Apr 2009
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Mr. Darter was the first burial in the Darter Cemetery. Stephen Darter, a brother of Andy Darter, of this place, was killed in a railroad yard, where he was engaged at work, in Cincinnati, last Friday, his remains were brought home and buried the following afternoon. The Glasgow Weekly Times, Glasgow, Kentucky, September 16, 1880 ************************************* Horrible Death of Stephen Darter. “Stephen Darter, of Glasgow, Ky., a brakeman on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, fell from the tender of an engine while it was backing up the track near the foot of Wade street last evening, between half-past six and seven o’clock. The wheels of the engine passed over him, crushing in his skull and mangling his head horribly. The deceased was about thirty years of age. The body was sent to Habig’s by Coroner Carrick, and his friends at Glasgow notified by telegraph. An inquest will be held at 10 A. M. Saturday. On his person was found a letter from his sister, Rosa Darter, at Glasgow, Ky., dated August 8th, in which it was stated that they had heard he had been killed on the railroad, and imploring him to give up the business and come home. He sent home a dispatch stating that he was all right, which caused great gladness according to the letter. The Coroner telegraphed the sister of the deceased last evening, apprising her of her brother’s death.” The above is copied from the Cincinnati Enquirer of September 11th. On Sunday evening, September 12, a large number of people gathered at the residence of Mr. Nehemiah [sic] Darter, father of the deceased, two-and-a-half miles from Glasgow on the Branch R. R., to witness the arrival and burial of the remains of the long absent Stephen Darter, who met the sad fate as above described. At 4 o’clock P. M. the train arrived bearing the body of the deceased, which, when conducted to the house, and assembly seated, the Rev. C. W. Robinson, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Glasgow, made appropriate address, concluding with an earnest appeal to all present to be at all times prepared to meet death, after which he offered a prayer and sang a hymn. The coffin was then opened and the corpse found not to be so badly mangled as was expected, his face being perfectly recognizable. He was then conveyed to his final resting place, and his grave is the first on a lot intended for a family grave yard. The deceased was thirty years of age, and had been connected with railroading about 10 years. He was a whole-souled, good hearted fellow, and a brother of our townsman, Andy Darter, who has served as night-watchman..[Newspaper is cut off.] The Glasgow Weekly Times, Glasgow, Kentucky, September 23, 1880

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