Vernon Leroy Bogan

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OBITUARY
Auto-Traction Crash, Killing Six, Reported Unavoidable
TRAGEDY NEAR FRANKLIN
Investigated by Coroner in Warren County, Gives Opinion
Six persons, five of them residents of Dayton, and the sixth a Middletown girl, were killed or fatally injured Saturday night at 6:15 o'clock, when an automobile was ground to pieces beneath the wheels of a Cincinnati and Lake Erie interurban car at the Franklin Chautauqua dam, just north of Franklin, on the Dixie highway.
Late Saturday afternoon, Dr. Waldron Gilmour, Warren county coroner, expressed the belief at the close of his preliminary investigation, that the accident had been "unavoidable." Doctor Gilmour added that he will report the accident to the Warren county prosecutor, and if the prosecutor is satisfied, no action will be taken.
The accident occurred when Vernon Bogan, age 53, 1229 West Second street, Dayton, driving south on the highway, drove his automobile into a lane leading to the Chautauqua dam, directly in the path of the northbound traction car operated by Ben Beckett, of Trenton, Ohio. The automobile was struck on the left front side and the impact carried the car's motor and part of the chassis 325 feet along the tracks before the traction car was brought to a stop.
Victims in crash
Those killed in the accident were:
Vernon Bogan, driver, killed instantly
Mrs. Norma Bogan, wife of the driver, age 29, 1229 West Second street, Dayton, died at 9:30 Saturday night at the Middletown hospital.
Mrs. Corrine Dickey, age 16, 21 Council street, Dayton, died at 6:30.
Albert Dickey, age 18, 21 Council street, Dayton, husband of Corrine, killed instantly.
Mrs. Margaret Reed, age 43, 21 Council street, Dayton, mother of Mrs. Dickey, killed instantly.
Mildred Bogan, age 10, 615 Wykoff street, Middletown, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bogan, died at 6:30 at the Middletown hospital.
Passengers on the traction car were not injured. Passing motorists and passengers on the car carried the victims who were still living to the highway and they were removed to the Middletown hospital. Dr. Edward Cook, Butler county coroner, was called to Middletown at the deaths of victims there and Sheriff John Schumacher and deputies offered their services if they should be needed.
Daughter a Witness
One of the tragic notes in the report of the accident was that Wanda Bogan, age 16, daughter of the driver of the ill-fated car, and two friends, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Polson, R. R. 2, Dayton, were following in another machine and witnessed the crash.
Bogan and his relatives and friends started on a fishing trip, planning to spend a few hours near the Chautauqua dam. Many reports of the accident were received, one to the effect that Bogan, probably confused, did not see the traction car or hear a warning signal, and drove from the highway onto the tracks. There is a clear view of the tracks and the road and Bogan failed to heed either the car siren or warning shouts from occupants of the car or from Polson, who saw the danger and attempted to drive his own car alongside the other machine.
Motorman Berkell, on the traction car, said his car was going about 25 miles an hour and that he saw the automobile about 50 feet away but was powerless to do anything. Several witnesses told authorities they believed the traction car was going at a higher rate of speed. The front end of the traction car was damaged slightly.
Previous Tragedy
The tragic accident so unnerved Motorman Berkell that he asked officials of the company to relieve him from the remainder of his run.
Relatives of the Bogan family recalled that his first wife was killed and Vernon Bogan badly injured when their car was struck by another machine at Wilmington, Ohio.
Vernon Bogan is survived by six sons, Cecil, Middletown; Basil, 402 Gunekel avenue; Walter, Murrow, O.; Henry, Mount Healthy, O,; Etha, 1229 West Second street and Alpheus, same address; one step-daughter, Wanda Lee, who was riding in the Polson car; two brothers and one sister.
Survivors of Albert Dickey include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dickey; two brothers, Charles and Leroy, and two sisters, Lois and Aletha.
Mrs. Reed is survived by one brother, Archie Ford. (Published in The Hamilton Daily News Journal (Hamilton, Ohio), on Monday, July 10, 1933)

Vernon married Emma Smith on 5 Aug 1897 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. Emma (daughter of Eli Smith and Sarah Elizabeth Collins) was born on 20 Apr 1877 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 20 Sep 1922 in Washington Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 23 Sep 1922 in Clarksville, Clinton County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John Bogan enlisted in the Civil War February 14, 1865, in Dayton, Ohio, in Company I, 187th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered out January 20, 1866 at Macon, Georgia. At time of enlistment he was 43 years old, 5ft 9in tall.

John married Martha Jane Job on 7 Aug 1858 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. Martha was born on 10 Dec 1837 in Clarksville, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 18 Sep 1914 in Clarksville, Clinton County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1830

Benjamin married Mary Ann Deacon on 30 Nov 1808 in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. Mary (daughter of William Deacon and Ann Muse) was born about 1787 in Virginia, United States; died in 1871 in Ohio, United States; was buried in 1871 in Blanchester, Clinton County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Polly Deacon
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Mary Bogan, infirm lives with daughter, in the household of William McCray

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• Name: Jane Bogan

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Birth:
possibly

Andrew married Jane _____ in 1775 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, British Colonial America. Jane and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Jane Bogan

William married Ann Muse before Oct 1788. Ann (daughter of William Muse) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Nancy Muse