Obituary: Adams County, Wisconsin: Volney BACON ************************************************************************ Submitted by Joan Benner, May 2005 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ From the Adams County Press, Saturday July 15, 1882, Page 5 Column 2 KILLED BY A COLT On the fourth of July, Mr. Volney BACON, of Twin Valley was so severely kicked by one of his colts that he died in less than eighteen hours after receiving the injury. Mr. BACON had attended the celebration at Point Bluff that day, and apparently enjoyed the occasion very much. When he returned home toward evening he found that one of his colts had broken out of his pasture into a neighbor's field. Mr. BACON went for the colt, and got it to the fence where he intended to let it through, and for that purpose passed by it, putting his hand upon its hip as he did so. The colt instantly kicked, striking Mr. BACON in the region of the abdomen with such violence that he never rallied form the shock. Mr. BACON was one of the old settlers of Springville--an industrious and thrifty farmer, highly respected by the community in which he resided. He left a widow and seven children. His funeral was on Thursday of last week and was very largely attended.