Marion County MO Archives News.....Drowned.Geo. G. Rosenruf July 2, 1857
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Newspapers.com July 2, 1857
Geo. G. Rosenruf Hannibal Weekly Messenger, (Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri), 
Thu, Jul 2, 1857, Page 1, Newspapers.com online, 
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1029393400/?match=1&terms=jacob%20Neuslein, 
accessed 7 Sep 2025

Drowned.—A young man in the employ of Mr. Francis Synder, by the name of Geo. 
(George) G. Rosenruf, was accidentally drowned in the river opposite Mr. S’s 
(Snyder’s) mill, on yesterday morning.  At the time of the accident he was 
engaged in getting logs out of the river for the mill, and in cutting a log from 
the raft, instead of using a skiff as was their custom, he got on the log is 
[sic] float it to the gang way, the log rolled over and plunged him under water, 
and not being able to swim he was drowned.  At a late hour last evening his body 
had not been found.  His relatives live in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Additional Comments:
Public domain, the article was written 168 years ago.  The article doesn't mention 
the name of the river or town.  Placing it under the newspaper's county which is 
Marion county

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