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Armor, Francis K. & John M. died 1856

ARMOR

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 9/17/2020 at 10:47:10

Two little boys, sons of Mr. James Armor, of Clayton Township, were drowned in the Mississippi River, Wednesday of last week. The particulars as we learned them are these -

The boys in the company with an older sister went to the river to fish, and getting out of their sister's sight, ventured out into the river to swim. While in the water a steamboat passed, the swells of which washed them beyond their depth, and they both drowned. The bodies were both recovered.

The distressing tidings were immediately carried to their fond mother, the father and oldest son being at the time engaged in harvesting some five miles distant from home.

They were both noble little boys and the bereavement falls with a most crushing weight; but we know that both parents know to whom to look for consolation such as the world and sympathizing friends cannot give.

May He who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, be indeed their Comforter in their bereavement; and we are sure that not a parent that reads of this calamity but will shed a tear of sympathy for fond parents mourning for their children "because they are not."
~Clayton County Herald, Garnavillo, Thursday, July 31, 1856; pg 3

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Notes:
Francis K. - 9y 10m
John M. - 7y 3m 5d

FAG memorial for James Armor:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89161458/james-armor


 

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