It was mistakenly claimed that he died in May 1889 during the Johnstown Flood , the same disaster that had stranded the entire Louisville Colonels team . The Sporting Life magazine corrected the error in its June 19 issue , stating he was alive and living in Philadelphia . On February 7 , 1891 , Borden married Henrietta S. Evans , the daughter of publisher Henry S. Evans . The couple had two children , Richard , who died as a baby , and Lavinia . Borden worked as a banker with the Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company and the Philadelphia representative for the U.S. Shipping Board . He was an amateur boxer and trained at Philadelphia Boxing Academy . He also kept hunting dogs and won exhibitions . Borden died in Yeadon , Pennsylvania at the age of 75 , and is interred at Oaklands Cemetery in West Chester , Pennsylvania
Johnstown Flood
Johnstown Flood
Joe Borden