Saturday, October 9, 2021

Obituary Lesson: Coon Hunt Gone Bad...in just moments [1872]

To day if ye will hear his voice
harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. 
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. 
For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. Hebrews 3:15/James 4:14

Did J.W. know that day as he took off for his coon hunt near Warren that his probation was about to close?....it was just a routine coon hunt....
 
"J W IRVIN
Name of Deceased: Irvin, J. W.
Obit: NALS 25 Oct 1872 p4 c4: J. W. Irvin, of Salmonie township,

Huntington County
went coon hunting, 
chopped down a tree, 
and allowed it to fall on him. 
He was killed instantly.
County Name: Huntington State: IN"