OBIT: Irvin Bernard BINGHAM, 1932, of interest in Somerset County and Bedford 
County, PA

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IRVIN BERNARD BINGHAM

Buffalo Mills Youth Fatally Shot by Friend

  Irvin Bernard Bingham, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Bingham, of near 
Buffalo Mills, was accidently shot and fatally wounded, recently, at his home as 
he was preparing to leave for a hunting trip with his friend, Harry Kerchner, of 
Hyndman.
  Bingham received the full charge of a shotgun in his back, some of the pellets 
emerging from the abdomen.  He was removed to the Memorial Hospital in 
Cumberland, Md., where he passed away at 5 o'clock p.m. the same day.  Prior to 
his death Bingham said Kerchner had loaded his gun preparatory to entering the 
woods and that the shooting was accidental.
  Kerchner said he had placed a shell in the barrel of the shotgun and that as 
he closed the gun the shell was discharged.  Bingham was standing only five feet 
away at the time he received the charge in his back.
  Irvin Bernard Bingham is survived by his parents, Jesse and Malissa (Gillin) 
Bingham, and these brothers and sisters:  John and Clyde Bingham, both of 
Hyndman; James Bingham and Mrs. Elmer Ranker, both of Gravepit, near Hyndman; 
Mrs. Earl Dawson, of Hyndman, and Richard, Herman, Foster and Pauline Bingham, 
all at home.
  Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Madley Church, in 
charge of Rev. Charles Evans, followed by burial in the church cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, December 8, 1932