Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Patterson, Frank 1883 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net August 12, 2011, 1:55 pm Ionia Daily Standard, 30 Mar 1883 Frank Patterson was killed on the farm of E. Dunham of Berlin on Saturday afternoon. They were engaged in cutting up a tree uprooted by the wind, the butt of which was held suspended in the air by the root and branches. The butt was crooked and when cut loose flew around and striking Patterson in the breast knocked him senseless and he died less than an hour afterwards. The deceased was 17 years old. His father is dead and his mother living at present with Mr. Dunham’s family. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/p/patterso16177nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb