Person:Francis Eckford (1)

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Francis M. Eckford
b.12 Oct 1818 Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States
d.18 Jun 1894 Glendale, Humboldt, California, United States
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m. 20 Nov 1816
  1. Francis M. Eckford1818 - 1894
  2. Martha B. Eckford1820 - 1877
  3. James Henry Eckford1822 - 1858
  4. John Fisher Eckford, M.D.1824 - 1860
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Name Francis M. Eckford
Gender Male
Birth? 12 Oct 1818 Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States
Census? 1850 Lowndes, Mississippi, United StatesSecondary date: 1 JUL 1850
Census? 1860 Mobile, Alabama, United StatesSecondary date: 1 JUL 1860
Census? 1866 Sumter, Alabama, United StatesSecondary date: 1 JUL 1866
Census? 1870 Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United StatesSecondary date: 1 JUL 1870
Census? 1880 Verona, Lee, Mississippi, United StatesSecondary date: 1 JUL 1880
Death? 18 Jun 1894 Glendale, Humboldt, California, United States

In 1880 he is a widowed bookkeeper living in Verona, Lee Co, MS with one son and 4 daughters (ages 11 to 25).

In the 1893 Little Rock Arkansas city directory (http://victorian.fortunecity.com/canterbury/478/a12.htm) we find Eckford Charles H, genl State Agt Equitable Life Assurance Society 112 1/2 Louisiana, res 1602 Broadway Eckford Francis M, with C J Lincoln Co, res 115 Ferry Eckford Miss Lelia, bds 115 Ferry Eckford Wm R, treas C J Lincoln Co, res 115 Ferry Eckhold Jane, c, res n s 12th 4 e of Last

From http://www.concentric.net/~pvb/GEN/wb.html Sarah A. Ross (1830-1859); of Columbus MS. m. Frank M. Eckford, and had 4 children: Alice Eckford; W. Ross Eckford of Prescott AZ; Kate Eckford, who married Mr. Price of Little Rock AR; and Leila Eckford. After Sarah died in 1859, Frank married her sister Mary Catherine (below) Mary Catherine Ross (1832-1875) m. Frank M. Eckford, and had 2 children: Mary Eckford, and Annie Eckford.

Eckford deKay reports his obituary in the L. A. News for 19 Jun 1894: "F. M. Eckford, an aged citizen of Glendale, California, was struck and instantly killed by Train No. 41 of the Southern California Railway at a curve near Walnut Street, East Los Angeles, at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. He was arriving from Glendale and as he approached the crossing near the stockyard he noticed the train rushing toward him. The horse apparently became unmanageable and attempted to croos the track. The locomotive struck the buggy in about the middle, knocking Mr. Eckford out and smashing the vehicle into hundres of pieces. He evidently alighted on the cow ctcher or the rail, as his head was crushed horribly. He was thrown on the left side of the track where the trainmen found him. He expired shortly afterwards. Mr. Eckford moved to California a year ago from Little Rock, Arkansas." At the time of his death, he had daughters in California, one daughter in Texas and a son in Little Rock.

from Google Archive: The Los Angeles Times for June 19, 1894, page 8, reports "DR. ECKFORD KILLED. Struck by a Train at Walnut Street Crossing. Dr. F. M. Eckford, a native of Alabama, 75 years of ago, was accidentally killed at the Walnut-street crossing of the Southern California Railway Company, while driving into town from his Glendale ranch yesterday morning...."

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