Individual Details
Joseph Albert Lockhart
(23 Mar 1870 - 12 Jan 1935)
- Dr. Sanborn went to Usal last week, and brought back Joe Lockhart, the brake man, who was run over by the logging train. He found him in a very low condition, his left hand and arm being badly lacerated and the right foot contused. at present he is doing very well.
Ukiah Daily Journal (Ukiah, California) Fri, Oct 8, 1897, Fri, Page 2
What came near being a serious accident occurred on Monday last. A portion of the trainway with a large pile of lumber came down upon the locomotive, smashing the smokestack and other gear, but fortunately just missed the cab so no one was injured. It is needless to say that Engineer Lockhart was badly scared. Sufficient repairs were made to allow of running the locomotive next day.
Mendocino Coast Beacon 06 Aug 1898, Sat · Page 4
Letter From Usal.
Mrs. Lovejoy and Miss Martha Lockhart of Jackson valley visited their brother, Joseph Lockhart, a few days last week.
Joseph Albert worked as a conductor between Eureka and San Francisco on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad most of his life. (Susan Slade Grosl)
Humboldt Times, Volume XLV, Number 153, 21 June 1908
LUMBER CARS ARE DITCHED
Eight lumber cars, heavily laden, and the property of the Pacific Lumber Co., left the track at Metropolitan, on the Northwestern Pacific railroad, shortly after 6:30 o’clock yesterday morning, delaying the morning train and damaging the lumber with which they were loaded.
Owing to some unaccountable reason, one of the cars jumped the track, the others piling up about it in a heap. When No. 2, of the Northwestern Pacific came up to the wreck, another train from Eureka was dispatched to Metropolitan to transfer the passengers, who were brought on to this city.
A crew of men was sent to the scene of the wreck by the Pacific Lumber Co. officials, and under the efficient direction and supervision of Conductor Joseph Lockhart, the cars were soon replaced on the rails and taken to their destination.
Events
| Birth | 23 Mar 1870 | Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States |  |  | |
| Residence | 23 Feb 1892 | Voter Registration - Fort Bragg, Mendocino, California, United States | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1895 | Winnie Tavis | |||
| Census | 15 Jun 1900 | Westport, Mendocino, California, United States | | | |
| Census (family) | 1910 | Hydesville, Humboldt, California, United States - Winnie Tavis | | | |
| Census (family) | 5 Jan 1920 | Eureka, Humboldt, California, United States - Winnie Tavis | | | |
| Census (family) | 7 Apr 1930 | Eureka, Humboldt, California, United States - Winnie Tavis | | | |
| Death | 12 Jan 1935 | Eureka, Humboldt, California, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Winnie Tavis (1879 - 1952) |
| Child | Joseph Franklin Lockhart (1896 - 1974) |
| Child | Alfred Eugene Lockhart (1898 - 1966) |
| Father | Benjamin Franklin (Pomeroy) Lockhart (1843 - 1929) |
| Mother | Mary Lucretia Cull (1847 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Laura Ellen Lockhart (1871 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Lucretia Mary "Lulu" Lockhart (1871 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Anna Laurie Lockhart (1875 - 1929) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Lockhart (1877 - 1891) |
| Sibling | Martha Keith Lockhart (1879 - 1968) |
| Sibling | Edna Lockhart (1884 - 1884) |
Notes
Birth
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 39, Number 5925, 24 March 1870BORN.
In Sacramento, March 23d, the wife of Benjamin Lockhart, of a son. (Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 39, Number 5925, 24 March 1870)
Census
SD 3 ED 80 sheet 11 B line 78210, 210 ?Sour, Herman Head Germany
Lodger
Lockhart, Joseph A, Lodger, WM, Mar 1870, 30, married 4 yrs, CA ME NY, ? RR
plus 3 more lodgers
Census (family)
Lockhart, Joseph A., Head, 40, Married 14 yrs, CA, ME, Conductor Logging Train, Rent houseWinnette Wife 30, Married 14 yrs, 2 children 2 living, Michigan, Ger, Michigan
Joseph F. Son, 13, CA, CA, Michigan
Alfred E, Son, 11, CA, CA, Michigan
Census (family)
Vol (SD) 24, ED 186, sheet 4B, line 62Humbolt Co., Precinct 16 Eureka City, January 5, 1920.
Wabash Ave. #439, renting.
Lockhart, Joseph Head 49 Calif Brakeman - Steam Railroad
Winne Wife 40 Michigan
Joseph F. Son 23 Calif Surveyer - Steam Railroad
Tavis, Fred Father in Law. 75 Hanover 1867 Na 1902
Kathryn Mother in Law. 63 Indiana
Census (family)
G StreetJoseph A Lockhart, Head, Own $2000, MW 60, Married at 25 yrs, California Maine US, Brakeman, Steam Railroad
Winnie Lockhart, Wife, FW 50, Married at 16, Michigan, Germany Germany
Death
Blue Lake Advocate (Blue Lake, Humboldt, California) Volume 47, Number 38, 19 January 1935JOSEPH LOCKHART DIES IN HOSPITAL
Joseph Albert Lockhart of this city died early this afternoon at the St. Joseph hospital.
Deceased was a native of Sacramento and was 64 years of age. He had been a brakeman on the Northwestern Pacific railroad for the past 25 years and prior to that was employed for nine years by the Pacific Lumber Company at Scotia.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Winnie Lockhart of this city, two sons, Joseph Lockhart of San Rafael and Alfred Lockhart of this city, three sisters, Mrs. Laura Middleton of Laytonville, Mrs. Lou Lovejoy of Baker, Oregon, and Mrs. Martha Karry of Lake county, and two grandchildren, Bernie Lockhart of this city and Joyce Lockhart of San Rafael.
Deceased was a member of the Redmen lodge of Scotia, the Odd Fellows of Hydesville and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
Pending funeral arrangements the body is at the Pierce funeral parlors.
Ukiah Daily Journal (Ukiah, California) Fri, Jan 18, 1935, Page 5
The Mendocino Beacon (Mendocino, California) Sat, Jan 26, 1935, Page 2
Joe Lockhart one of the oldest brakemen on the northern division of the Northwestern Pacific railroad, died at Eureka last Saturday following a major surgical operation. Deceased was very well known on account of having had a layover here ever since the railroad was extended to Eureka.
Ukiah Republican Press (Ukiah, California) Wed, Jan 23, 1935, Page 5
Northern Railroad Man Passed Away
Joe Lockhart, well known railroad trainman on the northern division, died at his home in Eureka this week and funeral services were held there Wednesday. Mr. Lockhart had made the Willits to Eureka run for many years and had a host of friends all along the line. He had been ill many months but worked part of the time when he felt able.
Endnotes
1. "Annual record of marriages, births & deaths in Sacramento City and County during the year 1870," database, (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/sacmd70.htm: accessed 17 December 2009), Lockhart; citing Sacramento Daily Union, Monday, January 2, 1871.
2. "California Great Registers, 1866-1910," database, FamilySearch (: accessed 17 August 2015), Joseph Albert Lockhart, 23 Feb 1892; citing Voter Registration, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, California, United States, county clerk offices, California.
3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > California > MENDOCINO > WESTPORT TWP Series: T623 Roll: 93 Page: 232.
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1910 > California > HUMBOLDT > HYDESVILLE TWP Series: T624 Roll: 77 Page: 183.
5. US Federal Government, US Population Census. California, Humbolt Co. (1920).
6. Soundex - California 1920. (read July 14, 2001, Nancy Prouty Sonoma Co. Library Annex, Santa Rosa), L263 Soundex.
7. Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ Copyright © 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries.), Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Eureka, Humboldt, California; Roll: 120; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 12; Image: 166.0..
8. Lockhart, Joseph & Winnie obituaries, Unamed Eureka, CA paper, Eureka, California, 1935 & 1952, (obituary copies from Harold Goselin, Nov 2005).