Adams County PA Archives Obituaries.....Criswell, Jacob 1867
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Gettysburg compiler.: (Gettysburg, Pa.) 1866-1961: June 03, 1867
On Thursday last, in Straban township, Mr. Jacob Criswell, aged 42 years, 7 months
and 19 days. A terrible accident occurred near Hann's Station, four miles east of
this place, on Thursday morning last. Mr. Jacob Criswell, a farmer, residing near
the Station, turned out among others, with his gun, to destroy a mad dog roaming
through the neighborhood. Coming in sight of the dog, vigorous chase was wade, but
he somehow disappeared. The party, fatigued, stopped a moment by a fence, Mr.
Criswell leaning on the top rail, the gun resting against his body. The rail, being
rotten, broke in two, and, by some singular fatality, one of the pieces struck the
hammer of the gun, causing the discharge of
the barrel, and the entrance of its entire contents into Mr. C's. left side, from
which death resulted in about fifteen minutes. The terrible casualty occasioned
general sadness throughout the neighborhood, and much sympathy is felt for the wife
and large family of children thus so suddenly left to mourn the loss of a husband
and father. The remains of the deceased were interred at Hunterstown on Saturday, a
large number of relatives and friends attending. 


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