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- Tombstone of Joseph S. M. Trusty:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=128327331&justMadeEdit=1 - Evening Messenger, Fort Dodge, IA
Date: July 23, 1900
Page 8
JOSEPH TRUSTY IS DEAD
Well Known, Engineer Passed Away, at His Home Sunday Morning As The Result of His Injuries
His Frail Constitution Fails to Rally From The Shock Sustained In Accident –
A Good Man Gone.
At three o'clock Sunday morning the spirit of Joseph Trusty took flight from his poor .bruised and broken body and returned to the God who gave it. His advanced age and his frail constitution did not permit him to rally from the shock of the operation following the accident in the Illinois Central yards last Friday.
After the first shock was over his friends hoped that his indomitable courage and strong will would sustain the frail and pain tortured body until nature might repair in a measure the injuries sustained. The task was too great, and shortly after midnight Saturday he commenced sinking, and at three o'clock Sunday morning he passed peacefully away.
His death will cast a shadow as wide as the circle of his acquaintance, for none knew but to respect and love him. His genial, kindly nature was without guile, as gentle as a child, and yet with the sturdy manliness that caught and compelled - your highest admiration.
Joseph Trusty was sixty-one years old last March. He commenced his railroad career on the road where it as ended. He was first a fireman on the Central and later one of the best known engineers on its western division. He left the Central to accept similar position on the Rock Island which road he left for a better position with the Chicago- & Northwestern. While with the latter road he was caught in a wreck in Nebraska, in which he sustained some very serious injuries and from which he never thoroughly recovered. The company settled with him by payment of five thousand dollars damages. With this sum he engaged in the grocery business in Fort Dodge, purchasing the store of Thomas Gill. Joseph Trusty was not intended for a business man, His kindly, sympathetic nature was never appealed to in vain. Everyone with a tale of trouble sought out the genial "Joe" Trusty, as he was affectionately called, and they were never turned empty handed from his door while he had a dollar in his purse or any goods on his shelves. Realizing this, he retired from business and again secured a position as engineer on the Illinois Central. His physical strength was not such as to permit his continuance in this capacity. Then he secured a contract for carrying mails and only recently was given charge of a general re-arrangement and clearing of the Central switch yards in this city. While engaged in this work he was struck by the cars, sustaining injuries from which he died two days later.
He leaves a wife and a number of grown children, also a brother living in this city, and one in Galena, Ills. Relatives in Montana and Illinois have been telegraphed and will attend the funeral.
The funeral will occur from Corpus Christi church at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. He was a member of the A. O. U. W. and the G. A. R. Both these orders will meet at their respective lodge rooms tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock and attend the funeral in a body.
- Fort Dodge Semi-Weekly Chronicle, Fort Dodge, IA
Date: July 24, 1900
Page 4
Joseph A. Trusty died of the injuries received by him while engaged in discharging his duties in the Illinois Central yards, on Sunday morning at o'clock. The shock from his injuries and his wounds, coupled with his weakened system and illness of several months past, were too great to be overcome by a wearied nature, and he sank slowly, after rallying from the operation, until the sad end came.
Trusty was one of the well known and well liked men of the city. He is one of the old residents of the city and commenced his railroad experience on the Rock island as fire man. He afterwards began working for the lllionis (sic) Central and rose to the position of engineer, which he continued to hold for some time, leaving for Nebraska, where he assumed a similar position on one of the large roads there. He was involved in a terrible accident in Nebraska, for which he was not in any part to blame, his fireman being killed in the cab and himself being badly injured. He was awarded big damages by the road and returned to Fort Dodge, where for a time he engaged in the grocery business. He then returned to the road and continued for a number of years as engineer.
His health prevented constant work for him during the last year, but he was engaged in painful construction of mechanical contrivances at his home and allowed no time to be idle. The accident Friday which resulted in the loss of his life is deeply regretted. Standing on the track before the passenger depot, he did not see or hear the oncoming switch engine and two cars passed over him. He was cool and brave and never quailed, although his leg and arm were ground into a shapeless mass.
Mr. Trusty was a devout Catholic and the services were held this morning at 10 o'clock at Corpus Christi church.
- Joseph can be found in the following census:
1850 Eastern District, Grant, Wisconsin
1870 Badger, Webster, Iowa
1880 Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa
1885 Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa
1895 Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa
1900 Wahkonsa, Webster, Iowa
- Name: Joseph S. M. Trusty
Also Known As Name: 881834
Also Known As Note: Private
Event Type: Military Service
Military Beginning Rank: Private
Military Final Rank: 32nd Regiment, Iowa Infantry
Military Side: Union
State or Military Term: Iowa
Military Unit: I
Affiliate Film Number: 27
Affiliate Publication Title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Iowa. , Affiliate Publication Number: M541
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