Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Halford, Infant Daughter Of Adda 1914
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Ionia Standard, 27 Mar 1914

The five-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adda Halford was burned to death 
Friday, an older brother having set fire to the clothing in a cab in which the 
little one was sitting.  Dr. Robert Martin was called but the child was so 
badly burned that recovery was impossible and she died a few hours later.

Mrs. Halford had gone out in the yard leaving the two little children in the 
house.  On her return flames were issuing from the cab.  Eric Smith happened to 
be close by and he snatched the baby from the cab and tore the burning clothing 
from its body, but not until the flames had done their fatal work.

It is the supposition that the brother, who is but two years old, had been 
playing with matches and that he held a match in his fingers until it burned 
them, and then threw  it in the direction of the cab. 

Mr. Halford resided in the village until a year or so ago and now lives on the 
Hubbard Pline farm, east of Maple corners.

Funeral services were held at Lyons Saturday, where burial was also made.  – 
Portland Review.


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