Individual Details
Irvin Couffer
(Dec 1884 - 17 May 1904)
Events
| Birth | Dec 1884 | Pennsylvania, United States |  | ||
| Census | 1900 | Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States |  | | |
| Death | 17 May 1904 | Second and Elinor streets, Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Burial | 20 May 1904 | Baldwin Cemetery, Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Alt name | Irwin Couffer | |
Families
| Father | Charles M. Couffer (1862 - ) |
| Mother | Amanda Jane Mumma (1863 - ) |
| Sibling | Ross C. Couffer (1887 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Roy Mumma Couffer (1888 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Robert D. Couffer (1891 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Carrie E. Couffer (1899 - ) |
| Sibling | Alma N. Couffer (1901 - 1977) |
Notes
Census
He attended school within the census year.Death
Newspaper story says Irvin Couffer, a lineman with the Steelton Light, Heat and Power Company, was about 20 feet above the ground, "perched among the cross pieces," when he touched two live wires and was electrocuted. His "limp body fell to the pavement dragging the wires with it." His neck was broken in the fall.Burial
Newspaper account said the funeral would be held at the home of his father, Charles M. Couffer, with Rev. M. P. Hocker, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, officiating.Endnotes
1. 1900 census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, population schedule, Lower Swatara Twp., enumeration district (ED) 86, p. 19B, dwelling 379, family 392, Charles Couffer household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 June 2013); National Archives microfilm publication T623, roll 1403.
2. FindAGrave, Inc., FindAGrave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 4 March 2015), photograph, gravestone for Irvin M. Couffer (1884-1904), Memorial No. 40903889, Baldwin Cemetery, Steelton, Pennsylvania, photograph (c) Robert Viguers.
3. 1900 census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, population schedule, Lower Swatara Twp., enumeration district (ED) 86, p. 19B, dwelling 379, family 392, Charles Couffer household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 June 2013); National Archives microfilm publication T623, roll 1403.
4. Luther Reily Kelker, History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Publishing, 1907. Online at http://books.google.com), 419-421.
5. "Lineman Electrocuted," news article, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Patriot, 18 May 1904, Death of Irvin Couffer; online image, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 4 March 2015).
6. FindAGrave, Inc., FindAGrave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 4 March 2015), photograph, gravestone for Irvin M. Couffer (1884-1904), Memorial No. 40903889, Baldwin Cemetery, Steelton, Pennsylvania, photograph (c) Robert Viguers.
7. "Lineman Electrocuted," news article, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Patriot, 18 May 1904, Death of Irvin Couffer; online image, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 4 March 2015).
8. "Irvin Couffer's Funeral," news article, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Patriot, 21 May 1904, p. 3; online image, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 4 March 2015).
9. FindAGrave, Inc., FindAGrave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 4 March 2015), photograph, gravestone for Irvin M. Couffer (1884-1904), Memorial No. 40903889, Baldwin Cemetery, Steelton, Pennsylvania, photograph (c) Robert Viguers.
10. 1900 census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, population schedule, Lower Swatara Twp., enumeration district (ED) 86, p. 19B, dwelling 379, family 392, Charles Couffer household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 June 2013); National Archives microfilm publication T623, roll 1403.