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Otis Lafayette Hardy

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Birth	:	15 Sep 1873 Fairfield, Clay County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	9 Oct 1914 Everett, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	Oakwood Hill Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce County, USA
Coordinate	:	47.2097015, -122.4775009
Inscription	:	OTIS L HARDY DIED OCT. 12, 1914
Description	:	Otis' death certificate has the death date as October 9, 1914 while the headstone has Oct. 12, 1914. Fatally Hurt By Concrete Mixer Caught in the shafting of a concrete mixer about which he was working. Otis L. Hardy sustained such terrible injuries that he died shortly afterwards at a hospital. The unfortunate workman in some manner became entangled in the mixer on Riverside and was hurled rapidly about. Each time his body came in contact with the earth the man's flesh and bones dug deep into the soil. Before fellow workmen could stop the engine, Hardy was virtually... Read More	Otis' death certificate has the death date as October 9, 1914 while the headstone has Oct. 12, 1914. Fatally Hurt By Concrete Mixer Caught in the shafting of a concrete mixer about which he was working. Otis L. Hardy sustained such terrible injuries that he died shortly afterwards at a hospital. The unfortunate workman in some manner became entangled in the mixer on Riverside and was hurled rapidly about. Each time his body came in contact with the earth the man's flesh and bones dug deep into the soil. Before fellow workmen could stop the engine, Hardy was virtually dead. Otis G. Hardy lived with his wife and two children in Everett while employed on the concrete mixer, though his home was in Tacoma where the body was shipped this afternoon for interment from the undertaking establishment of John J Jerread. Hardy was 40 years old. Otis Hardy Who Loses Life at Everett Once Lived in Tacoma Otis Hardy formerly a letter carrier in Tacoma and a member of the Letter Carriers' Association about 10 years was accidentally killed at Everett yesterday. He leaves a widow and two children. He was about 40 years old-was working as a concrete mixer. His parents live in Tennessee. He is survived also by three cousins one of whom is Mrs. D L Matheny of 319 South 35th street Tacoma. The body will be brought to Tacoma, taken to Cassidy & Alllen's to await arrangements for the funeral. Otis and his first wife Nellie Sargent had one child and adopted another child. After the death of Nellie from an extra-uterine pregnancy, Otis married Maggie Johnson and they had a child born 1912. Maggie died three months after Otis' death. Submitted by Karen Johnson #48247126

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Otis Lafayette Hardy's memorial is located at: Oakwood Hill Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce County, USA.
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Otis Lafayette Hardy death on 9 Oct 1914 in Everett, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
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Latitude: 47.2097015
Longitude: -122.4775009

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Nell Gertrude Sargent Hardy

(1868 - 1909)

Siblings

(1869 - 1879)

(1874 - 1876)

(1875 - 1875)

(1880 - 1880)

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