Bay County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Atkinson, Lars Jacob ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: George Lundblad luaxel@telia.com February 5, 2007, 1:58 pm Cemetery: Fremont Society Cemetery, Monitor TWP,Hotchkiss Rd Name: Lars Jacob Atkinson Date Of Photograph: March 2002 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/bay/photos/tombstones/fremontsociety/atkinson88030gph.jpg Image file size: 166.9 Kb JACOB ATKINSON BORN JAN.25,1856 DIED MAR. 4, 1919 Engraved flowers on the topside of the stone. The stone is in a greenish colour. Only a few yards away Mr Atkinson's friends, the Kormans, are buried. Please see the obituary. Additional Comments: Mr Atkinson's obituary on March 5, 1919 in The Bay City Times Tribune: "Jacob Atkinson, 63 years old, died very unexpectedly at the West Side Hospital Tuesday morning. Mr Atkinson had his right leg amputated at the hospital about a week ago as gangrene had set in. He is survived by two sisters and one brother. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home of John Korman in Amelith. Interment at Monitor Cemetery." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/bay/photos/tombstones/fremontsociety/atkinson88030gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb