Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Stowell, Ira June 5, 1879
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The Ionia Standard, Thursday, June 12, 1879
A very distressing accident occurred in Easton township on Thursday afternoon 
of last week.  Little Ira Stowell, the bright four-year-old son of Samuel 
Stowell, was engaged in playing with some neighbor’s children beside the 
roadside beneath an embankment which had been excavated to obtain gravel.  It 
is supposed that the children in some way loosened the earth, and the whole 
embankment came tumbling down.  Three of the little folks saw the heap of dirt 
give way, and managed to escape, but Ira was buried under three feet and a 
half of earth.  The neighbors were promptly apprised of the unfortunate 
occurrence, but it was nearly twenty minutes before the debris could be 
cleared away, and the lifeless body of the boy reached.  

The funeral occurred on Saturday, Rev. Mr. Roberts of Woodland preaching a 
fitting sermon.  Mr. Stowell and wife were quite overcome with grief, as 
little Ira was the pet of the household.  They received the heartfelt sympathy 
of the entire community.



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