HUNT, Andrew M. died 1902

HUNT

Posted By: Bruce Kuennen (email)
Date: 9/11/2013 at 16:29:04

Elgin Echo, Thursday, 22 May 1902.

Andrew M. Hunt, of Nashua, a carpenter and veteran of the Civil War, fell from the roof of a residence upon which he was at work, a distance of 21 feet and was so badly injured that he died shortly.

NOTE: WPA records indicate A. M. Hunt, no dates, buried in Oak Hill cemetery in lot 14, at Nashua, IA., with the notation; Co. R, 7th Minn. Inf., Civil War.

Submitter is not related.

Fell From Scaffolding

Charles City, May 8.—At Nashua, Ia. Tuesday, William Hunt, a carpenter, fell off of a scaffolding some eighteen feet breaking some bones in his body and causing an unconscious condition from which he died without regaining consciousness.

Source: Decorah Republican May 15, 1902 Page 4 Col 3

Transcriber’s Note: A notice in the Elgin Echo shows the name as Andrew.

Find a Grave shows Andrew was born in August 1834.