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Birth	:	27 Jul 1834 Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	30 Jun 1911 Cascade, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Cascade Community Cemetery, Cascade, Dubuque County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.2975200, -91.0236200
Description	:	NEWSPAPER ARTICLE JOHN C. FEATHERSTON DIES ____________________ Shock From Fall Was More Then Aged Man Could Bear. The P. A. Kurt barn in South Fork township, Delaware county, 6 miles west of here, claimed a second death toll 64 hours after Max Randall fell to his death from the gable hood of the ill fated building. The secon victim was John C. Featherston, whose son William Featherston was the first man to discover the body of Randall in the previous accident. The second accident occurred about 9:30 Friday morning. ... Read More	NEWSPAPER ARTICLE JOHN C. FEATHERSTON DIES ____________________ Shock From Fall Was More Then Aged Man Could Bear. The P. A. Kurt barn in South Fork township, Delaware county, 6 miles west of here, claimed a second death toll 64 hours after Max Randall fell to his death from the gable hood of the ill fated building. The secon victim was John C. Featherston, whose son William Featherston was the first man to discover the body of Randall in the previous accident. The second accident occurred about 9:30 Friday morning. Mr. J. B. Aitchison, the contractor, went to Kurt's early that morning to inish up the work which had been halted by Randall's deathe. He took with him as assistants, John Featherston, Sr., William Grogan, and Joe Kinney. Mr. Aitchison went to work finishing up where Randall had been at work, and the other men were shingling from the scaffolding on the east side of the barn. Aitchison had finished and the other men had shingled as far as they could conveniently reach. The former then released the foot locks and was in the act of handing them down to his assistants. Featherston was in the center of the staging and Grogan and Kinney on the ends. While engaged in receiving the 2x4's used as foot locks the men inadvertently gathered upon one spot, and without warning the bracket pulled away from the stock boards to which it was attached and the three men were hurled some ten or twelve feet to the ground. Mr. Freatherston was noticeably the worst injured, although, apparently not fatally. Mr. Aitchison secured an automobile from Cascade and brought his men home as soon as possible. It was found that Featherston's collar bone and one of the wrist bones were broken, injuries not necessarily fatal, but owing to his age and the fact that his heart was weak, he did not survive the shock and died at the home of his son William Featherston about 12 o'clock, noon, two and a half hours after the accident. Grogan and Kinney were more or less shook up and bruised but were not seriously hurt. John C. Featherston was born in Richmond, Va., July 27, 1834. During the civil war he served with distinction and bravery in the confederate army. He went to Philadelphia in 1874, and two years later came to Cascade with his family and made this place his home up to the time of his death. Three children survived him; John R. Featherston of Kingsley. Ia.; William Featherson and Mrs. Margaret Wall, of Cascade. One daughter, Mrs. Mary Wetzel, died in Cedar Rapids eigth years ago. The funeral services were held at the Baptist Church Sunday afternoon and were conducted by the Rev. J. W. Beatty. The surviving children sincerely desire to thank their friends and neighbors for the many acts of kindness tendered in the last hours and during the funeral preparations.

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John C. Featherston's memorial is located at: Cascade Community Cemetery, Cascade, Dubuque County, USA.
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John C. Featherston death on 30 Jun 1911 in Cascade, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.2975200
Longitude: -91.0236200

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Martha Stewart Stewart Featherstone

(1832 - 1907)

Siblings

Children

John Richard Featherston

(1859 - 1941)

William James Stewart Featherston

(1871 - 1949)

Margaret Grace “Maggie” Featherston Wall

(1874 - 1962)

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