Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Mather, Phinias July 1889 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net June 8, 2010, 6:37 pm The Ionia Standard, Friday, July 26, 1889 On Sunday afternoon Phinias Mather, of Lake Odessa, aged 18 years, was drowned in Jourdan Lake while bathing. He was unable to swim, and getting into deep water perished before assistance could reach him. It was nearly 2 ½ hours before his body was recovered. Mather was a grandson of Ezra Spencer, who suicided a few months ago, and leaves a widowed mother. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/mather5329nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb