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James Andrew Steffy
1848 - 1918 (69 years)
Generation: 1
1. James Andrew Steffy was born on 13 Jun 1848 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; died on 29 Mar 1918 in Dansville, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston County, New York. Notes:
Dansville, March 29 - James Steffy, an employee of the Dansville & Mount Morris branch of the Erle railroad, was instantly killed about 9 o'clock this morning near the D. & M. station. He was riding on a car filled with ashes that was being taken to Groveland for filling in earth carried away by the recent flood. While the train was in motion a pocket became loose and Mr. Steffy fell through to the track. Aside from a few bruises about the face, he was not cut. Mr. Steffy was about 65 years old leaves his wife seven grown up children; six sons and a daughter.
(March 30, 1918, The Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester, NY)