Russell Sage Van Dyke

1896 - 1930  (33 years)

• Name	Russell Sage Van Dyke
  Birth	7 Aug 1896	Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Jun 1930	Saint Charles, Missouri, USA
  Burial	Greenup Cemetery, Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I18047	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Hackman, Miller, Bollinger, Royer 1
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	James Ward Van Dyke,   b. 13 May 1853, Cumberland County, Illinois, USA d. 8 Jul 1933, Cumberland County, Illinois, USA (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Jeanette Peters,   b. 1 Oct 1860   d. 19 Dec 1946 (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F6222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Russell was the 9th out of 12 of James W. and Jeanette Van Dyke of rural Greenup, Illinois. Russell died by drowning under questionable circumstances while working as a timekeeper with a construction crew on the Missouri River. Several attempts were made to find the body with no success. His younger brother ,Walter (age 24) drove to St. Charles, Mo. , rented a rowboat and searched the river with a rope tied to his waist as he was unable to swim and the river current was very fast. Walter found the body and brought it back to Illinois for burial. As was told "the baby of the family found his place getting his father's respect . Russell lived with his sister Pearl and her family while attending college. He was a graduate of Arkansas State Agricultural College and taught there after graduation. He had several other teaching positions in Arkansas and in Cumberland Co). He taught in the Wetherhold School(southeast of Greenup(Cumberland County, Illinois) from 1915-1917. He enlisted in the Navy during WW1 and stayed until 1921 being stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Station. Buried in Van Dyke lot-Greenup Cemetery

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65003094/russell-sage-van_dyke.