Obits for HANNAH, Mrs. Stephen (d.1902), Polk Co., MN

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September 19, 1902

KILLED AT HER HOME

St. Thomas, N. D., Sept. 9.

Mrs. Stephen Hannah was killed last night at her home three and one-half 

miles west of this city. for yen this on, a boy about 14 years old, drove 

into the dooryard with a binder about dusk.  He left the team hitched to 

the binder and went into the house for something to eat.  Mrs. Hannah was 

on her way to the barn to milk. The team started to the trough for water 

and she did not see them until the binder was upon her.  



She was thrown to the ground, the sickle guards in the grain separator 

catching her in the hip and dragging her about 80 feet until she came 

in contact with the hay rake in the binder passed over her, lacerating 

her hip.  She was carried to the house and medical aid summoned, but she 

died in less than an hour.  She was 44 years old leaves a husband and 

ten children.