Hash Family

 

Hash - Ratliff
Marriage Bond
Green Co., Kentucky

By 1850 James & Polly are living in Benton, Monroe Co., Indiana; he is listed on the 1850 census taken October 30th, as a 30 year old farmer with his wife, age 24, and 3 children, Nancy A, James W, & William A.

CHILDREN
1.  Nancy A Hash, born 1842, Green Co., Kentucky


2.  William Robert Hash, born 1845, Green Co., Kentucky

3.  James W Hash, born 1845, Green Co., Kentucky


4.  Henry J Hash, born January 1852, Indiana


5.  Mary E. Hash Lamkins, born 1854, Indiana


6.  George W.  Hash, born 1857, Indiana

7.  Sarah Jane Hash Myers, born ca 1860, Indiana


8.  Thomas Franklin Hash, born 1862, Monroe Co., Indiana


9.  Joseph McLelland "Mack" Hash, born 1864, Monroe Co., Indiana


James served in Co. F as a Private of the Union Kentucky Regiments.  He died shortly after the Civil War in Monroe Co., Indiana at the age of 71 years.   Several years later Mary "Polly" Ratliff Hash was killed as a result of injuries from a train wreck in the summer of 1889.

The St. Louis Republic
Tuesday morning, May 25, 1889
part 1, pg. 2

By Train-Wreckers
Disastrous Accident on the Frisco Road, Near Sullivan, MO

Two People Fatally Hurt and Thirty-Five Injured

The St. Louis and San Francisco passenger train which left the Union Depot at 8:15 p.m. on Thursday met with a terrible disaster at a point five miles west of Sullivan, Mo., and 73 miles from St. Louis.  The train was made up of a mail, express, baggage, smoking and chair car, a day coach and two Pullman sleepers.  In addition to these there were five new coaches belonging to the San Antonio and Aransas Pass road which were being hauled down by the Frisco for delivery to that company.  When the train reached Sullivan, it was on time, 11:04 p.m., and a few moments later, while descending a steep grade of 68 feet to the mile, and rounding a curve on a 30-foot embankment, the engine struck a rail from which the spikes had been drawn and and the fish plates removed.  The impetus of the moving train carried the engine safely over, but the tender left the track and the baggage, express car, mail car, two passenger cars and the chair car went dashing down the embankent.  The first sleeper went partly down and stopped, the rear sleeper and the five empty coaches kept the track.  At the foot of the embankment was a little stream, and by the side of this the cars lie splintered and utterly ruined.  There is no doubt whatever about the derailment being the work of malicious and deliberate scoundrels.  The spikes were drawn out of the ties with a crowbar, and some of them which were picked up showed the marks of the iron leve by which they were pried out.  The nuts on the fish plates attaching the rail to its fellow were unscrewed and the fish plates thrown down the embankment into the creek.
The train carried a large number of passengers, many of whom were seriously hurt, and the only wonder is that none were killed outright.  Following is a list of the injured furnished by Dr. J.H. McIntyre, the chief surgeon of the road, who was returning with his wife and arrived on the scene on the east bound train about 8 a.m.

THE INJURED
...Mrs. Mary Hash, Bloomington, Ind., bruised on the left side and severly shocked...

...know the motive they had in view.  I examined the ties at the place the wreck occurred and saw that the spikes had been taken out of at least 25.  Those spikes held the rails in the ties.  In addition to this the spikes in the fish plates holding the rails together were removed.  The result was that when the train reached the place it left the track, causing tender, baggage-car, mail-car, express-car, chair-car and two coaches to go over the 80-foot embankment.  The sleepers remained on top, as well as the engine and the five coaches belonging to the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad.  These cars turned over several times before they reached the bottom of the hill and were badly damaged.  It was marvelous, indeed, that many of the passengers were not killed.  The first news I received of the wreck was about daylight.  I was returning to the city with Mrs. McIntyre, after a month's absence in California, and when we reached the bridge where the accident occurred we were told of it and informed that we would that we would be transferred to the other side of the wreck, where a train would be along to take us through to the city.  On receipt of this information I went to work at once to learn the extent of the injuries to the passengers.  They had been extricated from the demolished cars and placed in the coaches of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Road, which remained on the track and were taken back to Sullivan, about two miles east of the wreck.  Conductor Smith had them removed to Miller's hotel at that place and all the physicians for miles around were then summoned to administer to the needs of the wounded.  Being the surgeon of the road, I took charge of affairs and was ably assisted by Drs. Carpenter, J.L. Short and L.B. Rowe of Rolla;  Dr. Calkin of Pacific; Drs. Headlee, C.H. Fullright, H.L. Pace and Sigenthaler of St. James; and Drs. Lowe and Dunnigan of Sullivan.  The physicians returning from Springfield on the same trian that brought me to the scene also generously tendered their assistance.  The report I sent to the general office of the road covered the situation, and was sent only after a full investigation had been made.  A few others may have been injured, but not dangerously.

ONLY TWO DANGEROUSLY INJURED
"Little Patrick O'Day, the 7-year-old boy, who was injured with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin O'Day, will very likely die.  His skull is badly fractured and there is but little hope for his recovery.  Mrs. Mary Griffith of Fair Creek, Ill, is also in a very dangerous condition, suffering from concussion of the brain.  It is probable that her skull is fractured....

After being injured in train wreck at Sullivan MO, he went to stay with brother here after wreck.

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