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Clarence A. Hilsabeck

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Birth	:	13 Feb 1870 Marshall County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	30 May 1911 Indianola, Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Mount Olivet Cemetery, Riverside, Washington County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.4864006, -91.5802994
Plot	:	A 62
Description	:	Holdrege Progress, Holdrege, Nebraska, June 1, 1911 C. A. Hilsabeck was a Pioneer Business Man Quarter of Century in Commercial Life of City of Holdrege Clarence A. Hilsabeck who met death on Monday in the Burlington wreck at Indianola, was twenty-five years closely identified with the commercial life of Holdrege. He was born in Marshall County, Iowa, February 13, 1870. The Hilsabeck family moved a year later to Westside, Iowa, located in Crawford County. He was educated here and attended the high school of Manning, Iowa. He came to Holdrege in 1884 and became a clerk in the drug store of... Read More	Holdrege Progress, Holdrege, Nebraska, June 1, 1911 C. A. Hilsabeck was a Pioneer Business Man Quarter of Century in Commercial Life of City of Holdrege Clarence A. Hilsabeck who met death on Monday in the Burlington wreck at Indianola, was twenty-five years closely identified with the commercial life of Holdrege. He was born in Marshall County, Iowa, February 13, 1870. The Hilsabeck family moved a year later to Westside, Iowa, located in Crawford County. He was educated here and attended the high school of Manning, Iowa. He came to Holdrege in 1884 and became a clerk in the drug store of his brother D. W. Hilsabeck. He later became a partner and finally the proprietor and manager of the business in which he continued until three years ago. Mr. Hilsabeck's integrity in business was a by-word among his business associates. He was popular on account of his winning personality, his loyalty to friends, and his unfailing sense of justice. He was a great lover of sports, especially hunting, and was as enthusiastic about his recreation as about his work. He was a member of M. W. A. and A. O. U. W. fraternities, was a Knight of Pythias, and a Mason and Knight Templar. Funeral services were conducted at the Shepherd Home, Tuesday afternoon by Rev. G. G. Bennett and the burial service, Wednesday morning was in charge of the Masonic Order. Mrs. Hilsabeck and her two sons age 13 and 14 were in Seattle at the time of this death and could not reach here for the services. They will, however, arrive in Holdrege during the week. Other surviving members of his family are three brothers, D. W. and Terry Hilsabeck of this city, and Ed Hilsabeck living in Alberta, Canada; and two sisters, Mrs. A. L. Hockett of Red Oak, Iowa, and Mrs. Amanda Boyles of Bathgate, Alberta. Holdrege Citizen, Holdrege, Nebraska, June 1, 1911 Holdrege Men Die in Burlington Wreck Two Holdrege men, Clarence A. Hilsabeck and Robert Shepherd were instantly killed in Monday, morning's wreck which occurred a quarter of a mile west of Indianola when Burlington train Nos. 9 and 12 met in a head-on collision. The total number of dead from the wreck is 18, the injured 7. The seriously injured are being cared for at the Holdrege City Hospital, the dead were all removed to McCook. The news of the wreck, which is one of the most disastrous in the history of the Burlington in Nebraska reached here about 8:30 o'clock, Monday morning over the Burlington wires. A relief train was immediately made up which carried a number of Holdrege doctors to the scene among them Doctors Sundbury, Shields and Whittier. Apprehension was felt as soon as it was learned that No. 9 was in the wreck because a large number of traveling men always leave on this train Monday morning to begin their week's work. A telephone message from Al Gerecke was partly reassuring as he gave a list of the men who had left the train at Oxford to make connections with the valley road. It was known however, that Mr. Shepherd had intended to travel as far west as Wray, Colorado. Mr. Hilsabeck's people also believed that he had left for a trip out on the western end in the interest of C. R. Burgeson of this city. A telephone message from McCook sent about 9:30 announced Mr. Shepherd's death. A short time afterwards this was confirmed. As nothing definite could be learned as to Mr. Hilsabeck an automobile containing Terry, Hale and Page Hilsabeck, S. A. Dravo and A.H. Held left at 11:00 o'clock for the scene of the wreck. Arriving at Indianola they learned that Mr. Hilsabeck was listed among the victims of the wreck and that his body had been removed to McCook. They continued their journey to McCook where they identified their relative among the wreck victims. The bodies of both men were brought to Holdrege on No. 6 Monday night. Hilsabeck and Shepherd both rode in the smoker of No. 9 and were probably facing one another in the seat. The collision was of terrific force as No. 9 was running probably fifty miles an hour and both men were, it is believed, killed instantly. The bodies were terribly mangled. A man who rode in a seat immediately behind them escaped unhurt. Both men have a wide acquaintance throughout the county and state. Mr. Hilsabeck had been a resident of Holdrege for 27 years. For many years he was engaged in the drug business in Holdrege and only retired from this business a few years ago. He owned farmland in Canada and had been planning since the first of the year to go there and live on them. He has made occasional trips out on the road for C. R. Burgeson, the Buick automobile agent here and it was on such a mission that he was engaged when death over took him. Mr. Shepherd has lived in Holdrege since 1903. He moved here with his family from Abilene, Kansas. He was traveling salesman for the Simmons Hardware Company of St. Louis. Recently changes in his territory had given him the long run into eastern Colorado on which he started Monday morning. Mr. Shepherd and Mr. Hilsabeck were close friends and were known to have been together when the crash came.

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Clarence A. Hilsabeck's memorial is located at: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Riverside, Washington County, USA.
When did Clarence A. Hilsabeck death?
Clarence A. Hilsabeck death on 30 May 1911 in Indianola, Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 41.4864006
Longitude: -91.5802994

Family Members:

Parent

John Benjamin Hilsabeck

(1828 - 1908)

Martha Ann Stallings Hilsabeck

(1831 - 1902)

Siblings

Amanda Alice Hilsabeck Boyles

(1855 - 1946)

David Wesley Hilsabeck

(1856 - 1914)

Catherine Hilsabeck Hockett

(1857 - 1944)

William Francis Hilsabeck

(1860 - 1864)

Children

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Coordinate: 41.4864006, -91.5802994

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