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Surnames: Riser, Connel
Classification: Death
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I have no further information on this family and am not researching this surname but
happened to come across it in the newspaper.
Source: Indianapolis Star, May 21, 1919
Fairland boy is killed
SHELBYVILLE, Ind., May 20 -- Mr. and Mrs. William Riser of Fairland were notified today
that their son, Paul Riser, 15 years old, was instantly killed this morning when hit by a
train at Union City, Ind. Riser and a chum, Thomas Connel, also of Fairland, had gone to
Union City a week ago to work for Connel's father on a construction job during the
summer. Riser had just finished his freshman year of high school about two weks[sic]
ago.