Obituary: Dane County, Wisconsin: Burr ELLIS ************************************************************************ Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, April 2008 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Killed in Automobile Accident Word has just been received of the fatal automobile accident suffered by Burr Ellis of Stoughton Mr. Ellis is an auto dealer in Stoughton. While driving on the street of that city yesterday evening it is said a bolt borke some place in the car and it turned turtle, falling on him and crushing out his life amost instantly. He was about thirty-five years old. He is a nephew of E. H. Morrison of this city. He leaves a wife and three small children, besides his parents, two brothers and a sister. A later report is that he was thrown from the car against the curbing and that he lived about an hour after the accident. October 3, 1912, Evansville Review, p. 1, col. 4, Evansville, Wisconsin Brooklyn The funeral of Mr. Burr Ellis was held at the home of his father in Rutland last Saturday. Several from this place attended. October 10, 1912, Evansville Review, p. 3, col. 1, Evansville, Wisconsin