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Phil's grandmother Helen Courtney Pursley's older sister died at 18. She "came to her death on the 12' day of May AD 1895 at 2818 Hickory St from shock and a fracture of the skull resulting from being struck by engine 54 pulling a passenger train on the tracks of the Chicago, Alton and St Louis R.R. on May 12' 1895 near Pauline St..." from official Coroner's Report.
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