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Aitkin County, Minnesota |
Obituaries and Death Notices
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Aitkin County, Minnesota |
Lewis Larson
SECTION HAND KILLED. [Special Telegram to the Globe.] Aitkin, Minn., Aug. 17.— Lewis Larson, a section hand, was killed on the track this morning at 12:12 by the west bound passenger train, about twenty rods east of the depot. The verdict of the coroners' jury censures the engineer and fireman for running too fast while approaching the station and for not keeping a better watch. Larson was last seen at 10:30 on Sunday night very drunk and is supposed to have started for the section house east of the town. Three trains passed over the body without discovering or reporting it. ["Daily Globe", (St. Paul, MN), August 28, 1883, Page 5 - KT - Sub by FoFG]
William Ross
DEATH OF AN OLD SETTLER.
Wm. Ross, Formerly of Mille Lacs Lake, Passes Away at Home of Son Near Nichols.
The following obituary of William Ross, was sent to the Union by Rev. W. A. Parkinson, pastor of the M. E. church at Deerwood, and formerly pastor of the Greenbush, Blue Hill, Santiago circuit. The death of Mr. Ross occurred a month ago, but the obituary notice may be of some interest to those who knew deceased and members of his family:
"The subject of this brief memoir was born September 5th and baptised September 12th at Ballyconnel parish of Torregan, Cavarn, Ireland, in the year 1824, and died at the home of his son, Matthew Ross, one mile from Nichols P. O., township of Cutler, Aitkin county, Minnesota, on Thursday, Dec. 24th, 1903.
"Coming to America he settled in eastern Canada not far from the present city of Ottawa. While residing there he was a consistent member of the Loyal Orange Lodge, in which order he obtained four degrees.
"On July 18th, 1850, he married Sarah Hakwskan. To them were born ten children, six of whom are living.
They are Mrs. Wm. Ross of Lake Benton, Minn., George Ross of Portal, N. D., David Ross of Foreston, Minn., John Ross of Park Rapids, Minn., Thomas Ross of Bemidji, Minn., and Matthew Ross of Nichols P. O., Minn., with whom he spent the last four years of his life.
"In 1852, Mr. Ross moved with his family to Tennessee where he lived four years. From there he moved back to Canada on account of poor health, remaining there for more than twenty years.
"In 1896 he emigrated to Lake Benton, Lincoln county, Minn., residing there for sixteen years. The year 1891 saw his removal to Mille Lacs county on the west shore of Mille Lacs lake where he lived twelve years.
"Mr. Ross was considered wealthy at three different periods of his life. During his declining years he transferred his property to his youngest son, Matthew Ross, at whose home he spent the last years of his life.
"It might be said of the departed that he was not only a loving husband and father but also a kind and obliging neighbor.
"A few weeks before his death he was seized with paralysis but endured his suffering with christian fortitude. The writer visited him in his sickness and found him trusting peacefully in his Saviour. On Saturday, December 26th, this aged pilgrim was laid to rest in the joyful hope of a glorious resurrection." ["The Princeton Union".(Princeton, Minn.), January 28, 1904, Page 2 - KT - Sub by FoFG]
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