Grundy County IL Archives Obituaries.....Rann, Thomas 1876 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com October 23, 2006, 12:52 am Morris Herald, July 14, 1876 Drowned – On Thursday afternoon of last week, Thomas Rann, who lived on section 17, in the town of Highland, was drowned, while in swimming. The particulars as we have them from Supervisor Ryan, are as follows: Rann with a hired man, was plowing in the field through which ran Johnny Run. The day was excessively hot and Rann proposed several times to his companion to go in swimming. His importunities were without avail, and finally, about five o’clock, Rann went into the stream alone. The hired man went on with his work had gone the length of the furrow, about 80 rods, and was returning when he heard Rann screaming. He dropped his plow and ran to the assistance of Rann, but too late, the unfortunate man had sunk and did not again rise to the surface. Rann was a very short, heavy built man, stood 5 feet 4 inches high and weighed 180 pounds; he could not swim but little, if at all. The heat had been intense, and in his condition at the time of entering the water he must have been taken with a cramp and carried down immediately. It could not have been five minutes from the time that he entered the stream until the hired man heard his cries for help and before assistance could reach him he was gone. The news of the affair rapidly spread throughout the neighborhood and in less than half an hour over one hundred persons were on hand, attempting to recover the body, which was done by means of a seine. The deceased was buried on Saturday. Mr. Rann had been a resident of the town of Highland for fifteen years, and stood very high in the estimation of his neighbors. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/obits/r/rann401nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb