Vancleave - Charley (son of Sam)
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 17 September 1897
Samuel Johnson last Friday received a message from Sam Vancleave at Kansas City, stating that his son, Charley Vancleave, would be buried there that evening. He was one of the victims of the Emporia Railroad wreck and lived for a short time after being taken from the debris. -s
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 10 September 1897
Sam Johnson, of the post office, on yesterday received a telegram from his brother-in-law, Samuel VanCleave, of Kansas City, announcing the death in a railroad wreck of Mr. VanCleave’s son, Charley, a young man of about 30 years of age. It is supposed that he was killed in the Emporia wreck, as he was employed on the Santa Fe Road. The message, however, did not state. The deceased was raised here, where he had many friends and where he recently visited. -s