Grundy County IL Archives News.....Peter Marsh Drowned October 8, 1857
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IL State Chronicle October 8, 1857
A German by the name of Peter Marsh was drowned in the river near the 
residence of Mr. Kennedy, two miles south of Morris, on Monday last. In 
company with another countryman, he was engaged in chopping wood on Sugar 
Island, and on the morning in question, he was proceeding to his work, and 
when a few feet from shore, the ice gave way and precipitated him in the 
water. He clung to the ice for some time and lastly cried for assistance, but 
before help came he sank to rise no more, alive. His body was recovered and 
brought to this city on Tuesday night, when Coroner Ridgway held an inquest, 
after which his remains were interred in the cemetery. An informant says that 
two boys saw the man struggling in the water, ran 

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