Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Pinckney, Fred E. 1877
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Ionia Sentinel, 23 Mar 1877

Accidentally shot. – We learn from the Lowell Journal the particulars of a
terrible accident that occurred in Keene, last Sunday resulting in the death of
Fred Pinckney, a young man about 19, and a son of Ira Pinckney of that township.
 Judson Warner and Fred were visiting together and one of them took down an army
musket, supposing it to be unloaded, which, alas, is too often the supposition
but not the fact.  One of them even tested it by blowing into the barrel at the
muzzle and was positive that the gun was not loaded.  It is the same old story
repeated.  Playfully young Warner leveled it at Young Pinckney’s head and asked
him if he should shoot.  “Fire away!” replied Pinckney and Warner pulled the
trigger and young Pinckney was instantly killed.  The terrible mistake was
discovered too late.  Nearly the whole charge of shot lodged in the boy’s face,
and he died in the chair he was sitting in.  

Fred and Judson have always been the warmest of friends, and Judson, who has now
accidentally taken the life of his much loved companion, once at the risk of his
own life saved him from drowning; taking him from the water just as he was about
to sink for the third time.

[Transcriber's Note:  There is a notation on the obituary card that he was
buried in Pinckney Cemetery.]


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