Stewart Wickliffe Weyer

(Bio submitted by Karen Phillips #46884884)

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Madison Daily Herald 5 Jan 1916

Madison Herald 5 Jan 1916

S. WICKLIFFE WEYER

A Former Madisonian and Son of Mr. J. K. Weyer, Killed in Missouri--Details of Death Unknown.

A long distance telephone message last night to Mr. John K. Weyer from an interior town in Missouri brought the shocking and distressing news of the death of his son, S. Wickliffe Weyer, as the result, it is supposed, of a railroad accident of some kind. The message was broken and could hardly be understood, it be-impossible at the time to get any details. The body, as near as could be learned, was being taken by the young widow to St. Louis and in response Mr. Weyer left on the morning train for that city. He will reach there this evening and will communicate with the family tonight in regard to funeral details and place of burial. A telegram this morning in regard to the desires of the widow for the burial was received, but gave no details of the death.

The decedent, who was the youngest living child of Mr. J. K. Weyer, has been in the employ of the Missouri Pacific R.R. Co. and his duties required much travelling. A year ago last September he was married to a Bismark Mo., girl and that city has been their home, though they have resided in a number of places in the state as required by Mr. Weyer's duties.

Besides his father, the decedent, who was about 35 years of age, is survived by a sister, Mrs. A.E. High, of Brady county, Kas., and brother, Mr. Bert Weyer, of New York. He was born and grew to manhood in Madison, being a graduate of the Madison high school and of the civil engineering course of Purdue University. For a time he was city engineer of Madison and later was employed in similar capacities in southern cities and in Texas. For the past few years he has been with the engineering departments of western railroads. Mr. Weyer was a young man of unusually fine mind and abilities and is well known and will be remembered here by many friends, who will hear of his tragic death with sorrow and sympathy.

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Madison Daily Herald 6 Jan 1916

The funeral of S. Wickliffe Weyer will take place from Dr. Hatch's residence Friday morning at 10 o'clock, both funeral and burial to be private. Mr. John K. Weyer will arrive on the train tonight with the remains. Interment in Springdale cemetery.

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Madison Daily Herald 7 Jan 1916

FUNERAL

Of S.W. Weyer This Morning--The Young Engineer Was Run Down and Killed by Passenger Train.

The remains of S. Wickliffe Weyer arrived on the train last night from St. Louis accompanied by the widow, her sister, Mrs. Kettenger, of Bismark, Mo., and the decedent's father, Mr. J. K. Weyer. Private funeral services were held at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. Hatch, the latter being an aunt, at ten o'clock this morning in charge of Rev. Campbell and the burial in Springdale cemetery was also private. The pall-bearers were the following members of the Elks order, of which the decedent was a member in the local lodge:-- Messrs-- E.S. Roberts C.G. Dickerson W.G. Roberts S.G. Boyd M. F. Herbst W. H. Lyon.

The circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Weyer were tragically sad. He held an important civil engineering position with a division of the Missouri-Pacific, having as his territory the southern part of Missouri and over into Arkansas. His work had taken him close to the line in Missouri, Wednesday and late that afternoon he started on a track motor (similar to a hand-car but operated by a motor) to go to Batesville and Guyon, Ark. The motor had not been working well and Mrs. Weyer left his assistant and instruments at a small station to following on a passenger train an hour or so behind, while he went on alone on the truck. It is believed that the motor delayed the young engineer longer than he calculated, as the passenger train caught the truck and its human freight between stations and in the collision, which occurred in the dusk of the evening, Mr. Weyer was instantly killed. The death of Mr. Weyer cut short a career that was full of promise of success, as he had already risen high in the employ of the railroad company and was doing most excellent work in the engineering division.

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