Josiah Greely Penley
(1869-1898)

 

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Alice May Fogg

Josiah Greely Penley 5169

  • Born: 26 October 1869, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine 5170,5171
  • Marriage: Alice May Fogg 21 June 1893 in Greene, Androscoggin County, Maine 5168
  • Died: 29 June 1898, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine at age 28 5171,5172
  • Buried: After 29 June 1898, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine at Oak Hill Cemetery 5171

bullet   Cause of his death was fractured skull.

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Josiah was the son of Ferdinand and Eliza A. (Jordan) Penley.

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Pawtucket Times
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Wednesday, June 29, 1898

A BICYCLIST KILLED

J.G. PENLEY OF AUBURN, Me. Fell from a Railroad Bridge

Lewiston, Me., June 29 --
J.G. Penley, son of Ferdinand Penley, Esq., of Auburn, 28 years old, fell from the Grand Trunk Bridge between Lewiston and Auburn this forenoon and was instantly killed. He was riding a bicycle on the foot path outside the rails and lost his balance.

He fell 30 feet, striking his head on rocks, three or four feet out of the shore. He leaves a wife and one child.

Mr. Penley was on his way to his father's beef house on Lewiston shore of the river. He had frequently been warned of the danger.


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Josiah married Alice May Fogg 21 June 1893 in Greene, Androscoggin County, Maine.5168 (Alice May Fogg was born 2 October 1873 in Greene, Androscoggin County, Maine,5173 died 14 February 1945 in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine 5173,5174 and was buried after 14 February 1945 in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine at Riverside Cemetery 5173,5174.)




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