Fulton County IN Archives Photo Tombstone.....Strong, Lewis ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Beverly Telfer jnbtelfer@hotmail.com November 19, 2008, 9:10 am Cemetery: Akron Citizen's Cemetery Name: Lewis Strong Date Of Photograph: October 12, 2008 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/fulton/photos/tombstones/akroncitizens/strong469gph.jpg Image file size: 232.6 Kb LEWIS H. STRONG DIED Sept 19, 1878 AGED 32 Years 4 Mo. 1 Day Additional Comments: Akron Citizen's Cemetery, Henry Twp, Fulton Co., IN Rochester Sentinel, Sept. 14,1878: An accident occurred on the farm of Albert Heighweigher, in Newcastle Township, yesterday morning. Lewis Strong was there with his steam thresher, ... fired up his engine and started the machinery ... the boiler exploded and inflicted serious, though perhaps not fatal injuries upon Strong... Rochester Sentinel, Sept. 14,1878: The boiler of a steam threshing machine owned by Lewis Strong... exploded yesterday morning, severely scalding Mr. Strong... will probably die... Rochester Sentinel, Sept. 28, 1878: Lewis Strong, of Big Foot, died last Thursday week, from a scald he got by the explosion of a threshing engine. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/fulton/photos/tombstones/akroncitizens/strong469gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb