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IjVE OF EMiLY RESIDENTS FOUND DEAD IN DITCH IN NORTH DAKOTA... refers to a S^tle-tas relatives in Emily -2i who was well knownr in the district:*** five P. m. on Tuesday • ' May 2$. Robert McConnell, ’ntj, was found dead in one ^ etches upon his farm two ^ of the city, where he was nth a spade trying to prc-from the Great Northernr itch from overflowing upon 1 Mr. Kukuk, who works the :oticmg that Mr. McConnell set longer than usual, set see what he was doing. He r team hitched to the fence, sot see Mr. McConnell, so • ^ down to the R.R. track. I as the section men came up • »p{ them discovered Mr. Me- | rring in the ditch. They hur- j *ic spot and there found him j ^ in about two feet of wa- j evidently had had one of his J epileptic spells and fell * rater and smothered. He when they picked him up. ; icCcnnel!, the deceased wa' j reiand. He was the son of j soldier who died from a onnd, and he came to Pe- ; at., with an aunt when a ‘ e years. In 1867 he was • j Isabella Fife in Keene, j ,76 he moved to Allenford,since resided. He had been a consis- J *tent active Christian, and memberof the M. E. church since boyhood, and his life had been well spent.Through economy, frugality and good management he had amassed a ! considerable property in farm lands, equitable division of which among Lis family after death he had provided fcr through the instruments of transfer. 'Besides his widow he leaves four sons and three daughters as follows: Thos. G. and J. A. McConnell,• a s 1 sp*1dof this city; Alex, and Wm. C. Me- 1I d fl tl c; m isffiConnell and Mrs. E. Ren wick, of Bruce, Mrs. E. Scnluchter, of Buckoo and Mrs/C. E. Baeker, of Cavalier.The deceased had been an active men of exemplary character at* life was full of useful acts ’and deeds, I 6lt; reaching from his boyhood to the 1 ^ day of his death.Impressive funeral services were held from the city hall yesterday af- I ternoon at 1.30. Prayer was offered ty Rev. Newlove of Hamilton and Scripture was read by Rev. Ensign ! of Bathgate. Rev. G. W. Cooper the M. E. pastor of this city, preached j n an able and impressive discourse. “Jesus Lover of My Soul” was sung as a duet by Mrs. E. P.. Pratt and *)J Arthur Van Camp, and a quartette c* “Abide) With Me,” was sung by Mrs. w Pratt Mrs. Otten, Van Camp and tc Phillips. Other music was rendered , ** by the choir, all of which was very » nice.Volclmis
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Lindsay Post
Lindsay, Ontario, CA
Fri, Jun 14, 1912
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