Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  Thomas Caute Reynolds (1821-1887) — also known asThomas C. Reynolds — of Missouri. Born in South Carolina,October11, 1821.U.S.Attorney for Missouri, 1853-57;LieutenantGovernor of Missouri, 1860-61; Confederate Governor of Missouri(in exile), 1862-65.Killedhimself byleapingdown anelevator shaft at the Customs House,St.Louis, Mo.,March30, 1887 (age65 years, 170days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Isaac M. Jordan (1835-1890) — of Ohio. Born in Mifflinburg,UnionCounty, Pa.,May 5,1835.Democrat. One of thefoundersof Sigma Chi fraternity in 1855;U.S.Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1883-85.Member,SigmaChi.Died from injuries received in anelevator accident inCincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,December3, 1890 (age55 years, 212days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Charles Augustus Martin (1851-1903) — also known asCharles A. Martin — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,January4, 1851.Head of J. D. Kremelberg & Co.,tobaccomerchants;Consulfor Austria-Hungary inBaltimore,Md., 1883-1903.Episcopalian.A few days after his wedding, while visiting hisoffice,hefellthree stories down anelevator shaft to his death, inBaltimore,Md.,February27, 1903 (age52 years, 54days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | Henry Bischoff Jr. (1852-1913) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August16, 1852.Common pleas court judge in New York, 1895;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1913; died in office1913.Germanancestry.While taking an ascendingelevator to hisofficein the Emigrants Industrial Savings Bank Building, he got off at thewrong floor, and while trying to re-enter the elevator, he hit hishead on a door frame, smashing some glass, andfell about150 feet down the elevator shaft to his death, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March28, 1913 (age60 years, 224days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Henry Bischoff and Amelia (Bolte) Bischoff; married to AnnieLouise Moshier. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Porter Witherow (1888-1960) — also known asWilliam P. Witherow — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh),AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,April15, 1888.Republican.Engineer;steelexecutive;bankdirector; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1944.Presbyterian.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in theelevator of the Farmers Bank Building,Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,January7, 1960 (age71 years, 267days).Interment atHomewoodCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | Gilbert J. DiNello (1935-1996) — of East Detroit (now Eastpointe),MacombCounty, Mich.; Clinton Township,MacombCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February28, 1935.Realestate broker; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 73rd District, 1973-78; member ofMichiganstate senate 26th District, 1979-94; defeated (Republican), 1994;candidate in Republican primary forU.S.Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1996.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Eagles;Lions.Died of aheartattack, on anescalator at the Somerset Mallshoppingcenter, Troy,OaklandCounty, Mich.,1996(ageabout61 years).Burial location unknown.
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