I was thinking it might be Matthew Webb, who swum the English Channel a couple of times, and died while trying to swim across the Niagara River down from the falls--but I looked him up on Google, and it wasn't him. Soooo, I'm thinking he might have something to do with the Ringling Bros Circus, ie weightlifter, but I don't know the fellow's name...Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Clue: he was an ancestor of mine and I have mentioned him before in a post. (Another clue, of course, is his uniform - I nearly posted a photo of him in civilian clothing but that might have made it too difficult).