Middletown Daily
Times, Middletown, N.Y.
Thursday, May 18,
1893
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“The
funeral of the late Walter S. Wilson was held in this village yesterday and was
very largely attended. Mr. Wilson was a member of the Order of Railroad
Engineers, and a large delegation of the members of that order from all along
the line was in attendance. Deceased carried an insurance policy of $3,000 in
that organization.”
2nd
Great Grandfather Walter S. Wilson was born 1836 in New London County, Connecticut.
His parents, James and Merriam Wilson, were immigrants from Scotland, Great
Britain.
Walter
found work as a machinist in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. He wed
Mary M. Peck August 10, 1856 in Norwich. After their marriage they moved to
Worcester, Massachusetts where 2nd Great Grandfather continued to
work as a machinist.
I
wonder if Walter’s machinist job was associated with the railway and locomotive
industry as he rose in stature becoming a railroad engineer by June 1870. At
this date his home was in the town of Deerpark, Orange County, New York. The 1875
New York State census places Walter and his family in Goshen (Orange Co.) employed
by the Erie Railroad.
A
short obituary published in the Middletown newspaper tells a bit more of his
story.
Middletown Daily
Press, Middletown, N.Y.
Monday, May 15, 1893
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MATTERS AND THINGS AT THE COUNTY SEAT
Walter S.
Wilson, who for many years has been an Erie engineer, running over the
Montgomery and Pine Island Brances [Branches], died last night, at his home on
Scotchtown avenue, this village. He had been ill for several months, at times
so seriously that his life was almost despaired of, and then he would rally
again and seem to be in a fair way to recovery. A few days ago his condition
changed for the worse and his death resulted, as above stated. He was 53 years
of age. Funeral Wednesday, at 2 30 p. m., from his late residence.”
The Goshen Erie
Railroad station on the main line in Goshen, New York
From Wikimedia Commons
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