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James DeLaHunt

Male 1864 - 1890  (25 years)


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  • Name James DeLaHunt 
    Born 22 Jun 1864  Sheboygan County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Jun 1890  Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried St Anna, Calumet Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I568291  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2018 

    Father John DeLaHunt,   b. 25 Dec 1826, Feathard, County Tipperary, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Mar 1891, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Catherine Keenan,   b. 1830, Dunleer, County Louth, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1885, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 1852 
    Family ID F194155  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • THE PLANK GAVE WAY
      James DeLaHunt Falls Ninety Feet to the Bottom of a Ravine and is Killed

      One of the saddest accidents that has been sent over the telegraph wires to this section of the country was received by John Delahunt, one of the old and respected citizens of the town of Russell, Sheboygan County, on Saturday last, notifying him that his son, James had been killed while working on a railroad bridge near Minneapolis, Minn.

      A Minneapolis paper gives the following in relation to the sad and untimely death;

      James Delahunt, a bridge builder employed in the construction of the iron bridge on the Mendota road, fell ninety feet to the bottom of the ravine which the bridge spans at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon and was fatally hurt. He died four hours later at St. Joseph’s hospital.
      At the time of the accident Delahunt and his brother were working together at opposite ends of a loose plank stretching across from one of the stringers to another.
      Delahunt was driving bolts into a beam above, and with each blow of the sledge the plank slipped a little until it finally left the stringer entirely, precipitating the man into the chasm below. The brother barely saved himself from the same fate.

      This morning Delahunt’s remains were shipped to his former home at Elkhart Lake, Wis.

      The remains reached the home of the young man’s father in the town of Russell on Monday, having been brought through by his brother, Peter.

      James Delahunt was born in the town of Russell 26 years ago, and was brought up from childhood in that vicinity. He was a hard-working, industrious young man and was sure to make friends of those he became acquainted with. A few years ago he left for northern Wisconsin and engaged in bridge building for one of the railroads of this state and finally moved to Minnesota.

      The funeral took place from the Catholic Church in St. Anna on Tuesday, and was attended by a large concourse of mourning relatives and friends. The bereft father, brother and sisters have the sympathy of The Times in this their hour of grief.
      Chilton Times – June 7, 1890