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Edward Cool Robertson
Birth 	Nov 1876
Albion, Scott County, Indiana, USA
Death 	31 Oct 1903 (aged 26)
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
Burial 	
East Helena City Cemetery
East Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
Memorial ID 	21559881 · View Source

Assistant football coach killed in the Halloween train wreck that killed may
Purdue University football players en route to the annual Purdue-Indiana game.

Thanks to Bushong Weiss for the following news clipping:
ALBION,MI--100 YEARS AGO, NOVEMBER 1903
Morning Star, November 2, 2003, pg. 3:

Week ending November 5, 1903: "Among those killed in the frightful railroad
accident at Indianapolis Saturday morning, was E. C. Robertson, assistant
coach and captain of the Purdue team two years ago. Young Robertson
was born in Albion, being the son of Mott O. Robertson, of East Helena,
Montana, formerly of Albion, a nephew of Ezra Robertson, Mrs. T. C. Anthony
and Mrs. Jacob Wartman. Many residents of this city will remember young
Robertson as a boy."

Family Members
Parents

    Mott Orville Robertson
    1845–1927

    Henrietta M. Cool Robertson
    1846–1917

Siblings

    Ada May Robertson*
    1870–1964

    Clarence Hovey Robertson*
    1871–1960

    Mott Orville Robertson*
    1875–1902

    Hiram Dowd Robertson*
    1879–1885

    Clinton Carrol Robertson*
    1884–1885

    Louie Mabel Robertson*
    1888–1888

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