Ephraim Choate, dsp

Ephraim Choate, dsp

Male 1874 - 1907  (33 years)

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  • Name Ephraim Choate 
    Suffix dsp 
    Birth 3 Jan 1874 
    Gender Male 
    Death 6 Mar 1907 
    Burial Cananea, Sonora, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3110  Christopher 1642
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2016 

    Father Gabriel Choate,   b. 14 Aug 1826   d. 14 Jul 1923 (Age 96 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Rainbolt,   b. 1830, Alabama (AL) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1915 (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 15 Nov 1849  Fannin, Bonham, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F227  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • Bisbee Daily Review
      March 7, 1907

      YOUNG TRAINMAN IS GROUND TO DEATH
      C. Choate, Formerly of Tombstone, Loses Life While at Work in Cananea -- Death Was Instantaneous
      CANANEA, Mex., March 6.-- As a result of missing his footing while working on the electric car line over which the slag is hauled, C. Choate, an employe of the Cananea Consolidated Copper Company, was ground to death beneath the wheels of the cars this morning. The young man formerly lived in Cochise county.

      Choate was formerly employed at Tombstone, and under the regime of Sheriff Hunt was a guard at the county jail. When Hunt went out of office on the first of the new year, the young man came to Cananea and secured work on the slag car line.

      About 10:30 this morning Choate was riding between two of the cars in a train, when suddenly he disappeared from sight, and the next seen of him was when the last wheel on the end car passed over his mangled remains. He had been killed instantly.

      The body was removed to an undertaking establishment and word sent to Tombstone, in an effort to locate his two brothers.

      One of Choate's brothers resides near Douglas, while the other owns a ranch in the Chiricahua mountains and is enagage din the cattle business. - Tombstone Ariz. Prospector

      Eaph Choate was the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Gabe Choate Sr. and was born Jan. 3, 1874 on Wallace Creek, which was his home until 1899 when he went to Arizona where he resided until a short time before his death, going to Cananea, Mexico. He leaves a father and mother, one sister and five brothers to morn his sad and untimely death. A brother Austin Choate, and sister Mrs. Jas. Sharp, live in this county."