Jeffrey Allen Taul

1961 - 1965  (~ 3 years)

• Name	Jeffrey Allen Taul
  Born	Oct 1961
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Jul 1965	Jerseyville, Illinois
  Buried	Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery, Jerseyville, Illinois
  Person ID	I77944	Virts
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Paul Jerome Taul,   b. 24 May 1932, Alton, Illinois ,   d. 30 Jun 1987, Wood River, Illinois  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Gloria Ann
  Family ID	F31566	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Daily Illinois State Journal, July 10, 1965 Fire Kills 7 Children in Jerseyville Home Jerseyville - A young father and mother stood by helplessly Friday as smoke and fire through their seven children, aged 10 and under. Jerseyville police said a preliminary investigation indicated the fire in the two story brick home of Paul J. Taul, 33, was caused by a short circuit in the electric range. Taul and his wife, Gloria Ann, 29, were able to escape from the home because they were farthest from the smoke and fire, but all efforts to re-enter the burning house by Taul were blocked by flames. Police said Taul tried to get inside but could not do so. Fireman raced to the scene, just a block from the fire station and entered wearing gas masks. Six of the children were given artificial respiration and rushed to Jerseyville Community Hospital for emergency treatment but they were dead on arrival. The youngest, one year old Paul Jerome Jr., died of burns. He was sleeping downstairs near the kitchen where the flames burned strongest. The other children were on the second floor where the smoke was thick but flames apparently did not enter. They died of smoke inhalation. They were Susan Valerie, 10; Joyce Marie, 8; twins Patricia Ellen and Michael John, 6; Jeffrey, 3, and Claire Elizabeth, 2. State fire Marshals came down from Springfield to take part in the investigation.