Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....White, James 1910 ************************************************ 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 10, 2011, 3:17 pm The Ionia Standard, Friday, July 15, 1910 James White of Collins was killed while making a balloon ascension at Caro on July 4th. He had gone up about 100 feet, when his balloon burst and fell upon the parachute, throwing him to the earth, in the fall breaking his neck, jaw and both legs. He died soon after. Deceased belonged to a family of aeronauts, and was well known in Ionia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/w/white13049nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb