Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Barnard, Rufus 1914
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Ionia Standard, 30 Jan 1914

Rufus Barnard of Lyons was killed by an infuriated bull Saturday night.  The
animal was the property of Henry Curtis, who employed Barnard.  The Curtis
family returned at five o’clock from Portland, where they attended the institute
program, and found nothing to indicate a tragedy.  At eleven o’clock, however,
Mrs. Barnard became alarmed by her husband’s long absence.  It was discovered
that the bull was not in the barn and search was instituted.

The mangled body was found in the field, but the bull would not allow it to be
removed.  At midnight the jail was called and Deputy Burger went out to assist.
 He, Dr. W.A. Grant and Bert Lindsey finally managed to draw the body through
the fence and afterward tied the bull and got it fastened in the barn.

The chain running from the animal’s nose to its knee was broken and there were
many evidences of a violent struggle.  Blood had been shed profusely on the
ground and the body was crushed almost beyond recognition.  The animal has been
sold and will be removed Wednesday.  It is the first serious trouble it has given.

Mr. Barnard was about thirty years old and the father of three children.  He was
the son of Orange Barnard of Portland and well known in Lyons – a man of
excellent character and much respected.


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