OBITUARIES: Amos L. McKENNEY, formerly of Osseo, Trempealeau Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: Nick Hyslop 2 March 2005 ************************************************************************ In March 25, 1915 Osseo News: The Death of Amos L. McKenney Amos L. McKenney, while temporarily insane, shot himself in the temple Monday morning and died instantly. This happened before he got out of bed at his home in Seattle, Wash. The times are hard in the coast cities and Amos was out of regular employment and this with reverses he had before leaving Osseo nearly five years ago, some he has met since he left here and upon which he has brooded, undoubtedly weakened his mind and caused him to commit the rash deed. Never has news received in Osseo so shocked a community, where Amos was raised and lived practically all his life and where he and all his relations are so highly respected. The news came by telegram and is very meagre. Amos L. McKenney was born in August, 1872, in Thompson Valley. When a young man he was employed as a telegrapher but in 1893 too charge of his father's hotel in Osseo and ran that a good many years. For a time he farmed near Osseo and just before he left here in the summer of 1910, he was in the fire and life insurance business. On May 3, 1896, he was married to Miss Agnes Hyslop, daughter of E. Hyslop, and she is left at Seattle to mourn the loss together with his father, J. H. McKenney of Osseo and many other relatives and friends. He was a member of the local Masonic lodge and carried $3000 insurance in the M.W.A. lodge, being a member of the local camp. The body was laid to rest at Seattle. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm