Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Edson, Jennie July 25, 1897 ************************************************ 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: Pat Blood pat.blood@gmail.com March 28, 2010, 12:49 pm Portland Observer – Wednesday, 4 August 1897 Mrs. Frank Edson of Lansing, formerly Miss Jennie Courtney of this village, where she worked as a domestic, and a daughter of W. H. Courtney of Orange, was fatally injured in a runaway at Lansing last Sunday morning by the horse she was driving on the way to church throwing her and a neighbor’s daughter from the buggy. Her skull was fractured but the little girl was uninjured. She died on the following day from the result of her injuries and her remains brought to Portland on Tuesday night and conveyed to the home of her father in Orange, and funeral services held on Thursday. The unfortunate young woman was but 21 years of age and had been married less than a month. Her home was near Pleasant Grove near Lansing. Additional Comments: Portland Cemetery - Lot A4-238 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/e/edson3297nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb