Jackson County MI Archives News.....Hiram McConkey March 1891 ************************************************ 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: Alice Warner http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00015.html#0003503 January 28, 2008, 2:59 pm Green River Republican March 1891 Green River Republican (Morgantown, Butler County, Kentucky) March 19 1891 HIRAM MCCONKEY of Springport, Mich, has been fast asleep for eight months, Last July he lost the power of speech, was taken sick, went to bed and has not spoken or opened his eyes since. The other night blood began to flow from his eyes and ears, and suddenly he came to his senses. The doctors are dumb founded by the phenomenon and explain it by the supposition that some blood became clotted in his brain which prevented it from becoming active, He remembers nothing since he went into the sound sleep, but can recall everything previous to that time. During eight months the functions of his body remained quiescent the man neither opening his eyes nor speaking a word. MCCONKEY is a married man and has of late been granted a pension in the War of 1812. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/jackson/newspapers/hirammcc126gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb