Hi Phil
Alvin Ellsworth is my Dad's uncle and he didn't break his back. I
remember visiting Uncle Al and Aunt Josie, in his later years. He died of
what was probably black lung disease from working in the mines. From lung
problems at any rate. The young wrestler is a different Alvin.
Dawn
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Carnahan [mailto:pcarna@pacific.net]
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 6:11 PM
To: CARNAHAN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CARNAHAN-L] Alvin Carnahan of Westyville, Pa.
Hi Emma,
Do you know which Alvin this might be. I don't find a
town names Westyville, but there is a Westville in
Jefferson Co., PA and there is an Alvin who lived there,
born 31 Aug 1875, died Nov 1950. He was the son of
Thomas Carnahan 1829-1888) and Mary Taylor (1840-
1920).
That's the only one I have which could fit.
Phil Carnahan
Ukiah, CA
Mendocino County Indexes
http://www.pacificsites.net/~pcarna
Mendocino County Tombstone Photos
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mendocem/
Carnahan Tombstone Photos
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mendocem/Carnahan/carnahan.html
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Subject: [CARNAHAN-L] Alvin Carnahan of Westyville, Pa.
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Hi Everyone,
Found this news paper article. Interesting that the event was in
Pennsylvania and the article was in the Dallas Morning News in Dallas,
Texas.
Does anyone know who this person might be?
Take care - Emma
Dallas Morning News - 2 Oct 1894 - pg. 3
Broke His Back While Wrestling
Erie, Pa., Oct. 1 -- Alvin Carnahan of Westyville was brought from the
Edinboro state normal school to the Hamot hospital last night in a most
pitiable condition. Carnahan and Winslow Breedy, a fellow student, both
athletes, engaged in catch-as-catch-can wrestling. Carnahan broke his
back trying to throw his adversary over his head. Technically it was a
fracture or displacement near the juncture of the cervical and dorsal
vertebrae. Carnahan fell to the ground paralyzed and without sensation
from the breast bone down. The hospital surgeons are considering
trephining to remove the preassure to the spinal cord as the only possible
remedy.
Carnahan, though conscious, has no physical suffering.