Johnson, Adam -- Died 1869

JOHNSON

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 4/23/2013 at 09:42:39

Iowa Plain Dealer January 8, 1869, P3, C2

Horrible Death and Mutilation

Adam Johnson an old and respected citizen of this county, residing near New Oregon, was found dead last Sunday morning, after an absence of about half an hour from the house, his face and body horribly mutilated by hogs. He was subject to fainting spells, and it is supposed that falling in one these he was thus mutilated and life extinct before found. He leaves a large family to mourn his untimely death.