Beacon Record
Tuesday, 30 Nov 1909
Ashtabula, Ohio
William Henry Corrigan (1863-1909)
DIES FROM INJURIES - William Corrigan Passes Away at Hospital After
Accident - CAR FELL ON HIM IN THE PENNSYLVANIA YARDS - Was at Work
Adjusting Something Beneath Heavy Carrier When He Was Caught and
Fatally Crushed By It
William Henry Corrigan passed away Monday afternoon at the General
hospital as the result of fatal injuries received while working in the
Pennsylvania car repair shops. He crawled under a car to adjust
something and it fell on him. His remains were taken to his home, 8
Michigan Avenue, where funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2
p.m. under the auspices of the I.O.F. and I.O.O.F., with Rev. R.W.
Gardner, pastor of the Lake street M.E. church officiating. Burial will
be at the Edgewood cemetery.
Deceased was born Dec 13, 1863, at Winchester, Ont., being a half
brother of the late millionaire iron and steel man, James Corrigan and
John Corrigan of Cleveland. He came to this county in his youth and had
lived in Ashtabula for the past twenty-two years. He was a yard
conductor form the Lake Shore until three years ago, when he went into
the car repair shops of the Pennsylvania, where he had since been
employed. His death was attended by rather tragic circumstances, as no
one saw the car fall on him, and he fact that he might have been under
the car was not discovered till one of the workman saw that the car had
fallen. As soon as possible the unfortunate man was taken out and
rushed to the General hospital where he was conscious up to the time
that he passed into the beyond.
Mr. Corrigan is survived by the widow, Mrs. Selma Corrigan and three
children by his first wife, Mrs. C.J. Casbourne, of Freedom, Pa.; Mrs.
Will Harper, Williams street and Miss Laura Corrigan, 8 Michigan
avenue. His step children are as follows: Clinton Stuart and Selma
Stuart, children of Mrs. Corrigan, and Mrs. Frank Wilkes, 44 King
Street, Alfred Arthur of Kingsville, Ethan Arthur of Cleveland and
Frank Arthur of this city.
Beacon Record
Saturday, 26 Oct 1901
Laura Jane (Patchen) Arthur Corrigan (1855-1901)
LONG ILLNESS NOW ENDED - MRS. LAURA JANE CORRIGAN DIED THURSDAY MORNING –
Leaves Many Friends Who Deeply Sympathize With the Bereaved Family.
Mrs. Laura Jane Corrigan, wife of Henry Corrigan, died Thursday at 5:30
a.m. at her home on Spruce street after an illness of a year. July 7
she was taken worse and took to her bed and her more severe illness
dates from that time. Cancer of the liver was the ailment with which
the lady suffered so long and her suffering at times was intense.
Mrs. Corrigan was born in Dunkirk, N.Y., on Nov 16, 45 years ago. Her
maiden name was Laura Patchin and her parent's family she leaves a
mother, Mrs. Mira Patchin, a sister, Mrs. Ida Peterson and brother,
Gilbert Patchin of Erie. Of her immediate family is left a husband and
nine children, five girls and four boys. Mrs. Corrigan was a member of
the order of the Ladies of the Maccabees and Lady Foresters. She was a
highly respected lady and her death makes many sorrowing friends who
sympathize with the bereaved relatives.
The funeral of Mrs. Henry Corrigan will be held Sunday afternoon at
1:30 standard at Lake street M.E. church. Dr. Culp and Rev. Mr. Green
will officiate. Interment will be made in Edgewood cemetery.
Telegraph
Friday, 19 Dec 1879
Ashtabula, Ohio
William W. Arthur (1852-1879)
(and also a Francis Whelpley, but no relation
to Wm. W. Arthur that we're aware of)
DROWNED - On Monday afternoon in the midst of a heavy blow and snow
storm, Wm. Arthur and Francis Whelpley - fishermen at the Harbor - took
a light skiff and went out a few rods from the end of the piers, to
raise their nets. Just at night the boat went ashore, full of water,
near Philip Whitman's, off Kingsville, and the alarm reached the
Harbor, when search was made for the men whose bodies were found some
distance below, near together, without their rubber boots - apparently
having made an effort to swim. The bitterness of the storm prevented
their having been seen, and nothing is known as to how they got
separated from the boat. The most plausible theory, is that the boat -
wholly unfit for such service, may have upset in the effort to raise
the nets., and that they clung to her, and were thus carried down the
beach together. Otherwise their bodies would probably have sunken. The
bodies were brought to the Harbor on Tuesday afternoon. They had been
exposed to the action of the surf to such an extent, that their faces,
and to some extend, their hands were badly ground away.
Both these men enjoyed the respect and confidence of their
acquaintances and the community. Whelpley was a single man, some 24
years of age, while Arthur had a wife and four small children, with a
near prospect of a fifth. His age was said to be some 26 or 27. The
situation of the family of Arthur, is such as would seem to appeal to
the generous and charitable for sympathy and attention, and that, too,
without delay. (Monday would have been 15 Dec 1879).
Beacon Record
Friday, 27 Feb 1903
Ida Margaret "Maggie" Corrigan (1890-1903)
DIED THURSDAY AFTERNOON. Maggie Corrigan, aged 12 years, daughter of
Henry Corrigan, 8 Michigan avenue, died at about five o'clock Thursday
afternoon after a long illness. The funeral will probably be held
Sunday. Funeral notice Saturday.
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Beacon Record
Saturday, 28 Feb 1903
MAGGIE CORRIGAN'S FUNERAL - To Be Held Sunday Afternoon at M.E. Church
- The death of Maggie Corrigan, which was announced in Friday's Beacon
Record, causes deep sorrow in the home which the dark angel has before
saddened. A few years ago her mother died and while the latter was
alive and during her sickness, Maggie was most attentive to the care of
her mother and with the same regard for others and not for self she had
been her father's joy, so that now she has gone dense gloom enshrouds
the home. Maggie who was 12 years old had been sick since last
September and bore her illness with great > patience. The funeral
will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 standard in Lake Street M.E.
Church, conducted by Dr. W.T.S. Culp. Interment in Edgewood.
** NOTE: According to Maggie's obit, her death date would have had to have been 26 Feb 1903 **
Research conducted by Sandra (Sandoe) Waldo DeSantis revealed
information from "Edgewood Cemetery Records of Ashtabula, Ashtabula
Ohio, page 72: Maggie Corigan b. Oct 23, 1892 d. Feb 27, 1903 of
anemia, grave 3 Lot 26, block 1 Sec 2. (The birth year would be
incorrect as we know her younger sister, Laura Evelyn Corrigan was the
one born in 1892).
** The Edgewood records of birth/death dates are incorrect - her birth was 23 Oct 1890 and death 26 Feb 1903 **
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