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Jesse Elmer Seal

Birth	:	8 Aug 1897 Page County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	8 Jul 1934 Kimball, Page County, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Green Hill Cemetery, Luray, Page County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.6646996, -78.4552994
Description	:	Tuesday 10 Jul 1934 WORLD WAR VETERAN MEETS TRAGIC DEATH Jesse Seal, about 37 years old, was found dead along the side of the Norfolk & Western Railroad tracks at the James F. Fristoe private railroad crossing about three-fourths of a mile northwest of Kimball this county, about half past six o'clock on Monday morning... It is hard to tell exactly the manner in which Mr. Seal met his death. Many theories are easy to advance as to the real cause. He had bought a nickle's worth of candy... Read More	Tuesday 10 Jul 1934 WORLD WAR VETERAN MEETS TRAGIC DEATH Jesse Seal, about 37 years old, was found dead along the side of the Norfolk & Western Railroad tracks at the James F. Fristoe private railroad crossing about three-fourths of a mile northwest of Kimball this county, about half past six o'clock on Monday morning... It is hard to tell exactly the manner in which Mr. Seal met his death. Many theories are easy to advance as to the real cause. He had bought a nickle's worth of candy at the James F. Fristoe store about ten o'clock the night of his death. Ths is presumed to have been for his two children. When found Mr. Seal had a bullet in his pocket that he is said to have carried since he served overseas in the World War. Dr. Virgil Hammer, county coroner, Commonwealth's Attorney S. Lynn Walton and Sheriff E.L. Lucas were soon on the ground. An inquest was deemed unnecessary after these officials had viewed the fragments of Mr. Seal's body and the circumstances surrounding it. The train that is supposed to have killed Mr. Seal was a north-bound freight passing the point of the accident about 10:45 at night. Mr. Seal's clothing and shoes were identified soon after his body was found, by his stepmother, Mrs. Dollie Seal, living not far away and with whom he made his home. He is survived by his widow, who was a Miss Corder, whose former home was in the neighborhood of Boyce, in Clarke county, whom he married, seven or eight years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Seal have been living at their present home for the last five or six years... At one time he was employed as a section hand on the Norfolk & Western Railroad and was well acquainted with the schedule of all trains. In fact his home was within earshot of the daily and nightly passing of the many trains that go over the system... There are many things associated with young Seal's death that are unexplainable. Some of these- if he was in his normal state why should he have allowed the train to bear down on him at such an hour of the night as that in which his death is believed to have occurred. At any rate his death is one of the many that have taken place on the Norfolk & Western Railroad in this county which have occurred and their solution is wrapped in mystery. This many be one of the many that will go down in history as one of the unsolved ones. ... The dead man was a son of the late Frank Seal, of this county, a family that is numerous and has taken part in many of the accidents that have been associated with the Norfolk and Western Railroad in its local history... The fragments of his remains were interred on Monday evening in the Kimball neighborhood. Elder Jos A. Comer conducted the funeral. Page News & Courier,

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Where is Jesse Elmer Seal's memorial?
Jesse Elmer Seal's memorial is located at: Green Hill Cemetery, Luray, Page County, USA.
When did Jesse Elmer Seal death?
Jesse Elmer Seal death on 8 Jul 1934 in Kimball, Page County, Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 38.6646996
Longitude: -78.4552994

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Edith Lillian Corder Ware

(1903 - 1985)

Siblings

Grover Cleveland Seal

(1899 - 1975)

Freida Comer Seal Wheeler

(1901 - 1957)

Children

Frances Estelle Seal Wright

(1928 - 1984)

Virginia Blanche Seal

(1934 - 1934)

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