Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Dinning, James 1908
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Ionia Daily Sentinel -  Saturday, 13 June 1908
James Dinning, aged 68, was burned to death at about two o’clock this morning 
when his home in Palo was burned to the ground.  Mr. Dinning lived alone at 
his home which was a two-story frame dwelling with a lean to kitchen at the 
rear.  It is not known how the fire started but when discovered the house was 
in flames and was destroyed in a few minutes.  Mr. Dinning’s body was terribly 
burned, the head, arms and legs being burned off.  Mr. Dinning’s sleeping room 
was in the southeast corner of the house.  When the body was found it was at 
the door leading to the kitchen.  From all indications Mr. Dinning was aroused 
by the fire and tried to make his escape through the door at the rear of the 
house.  Either the door knob pulled off or something happened which prevented 
him from opening the door and overcome by smoke he perished at that spot.  He 
left one son, Robert who resides four miles southwest of Palo. The funeral 
took place this morning the body being buried in Palo cemetery.

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