Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Clifford, Charles 1908
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Belding Banner, 9 Jun 1908

A severe thunderstorm passed over the northern part of the county Saturday at
2:30 and at Highby’s corners lightning struck Charles Clifford, 14 years old,
who was on a load of hay, and killed him instantly, also killing both horses.

The fatality was on the farm of Milliman Clifford.  His sons, George, aged 24,
and Charles, aged 14, and daughter Tena, aged 12, had gone to the field to save
the hay, which had been cut.  The father recently suffered a stroke of
paralysis, and could not assist them.  The load was almost ready to start for
the barn, George pitching from the ground.  Charles was loading and the girl
driving, when the bolt went the whole length of his body killing him instantly.  

The girl was knocked off the load, falling between the horses on the pole, and
was injured, and in a state of extreme hysterics.  George was found 15 minutes
later, by neighbors, in a state of unconsciousness, lying on the ground, and
both horses dead.  George was carried home and will recover, as will the girl.


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