Lydon, Martin “Mattie” 1903 – 1916

LYDON

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 4/20/2021 at 14:04:56

Cresco Plain Dealer Apr. 21, 1916 P-1 C-4

Boy Killed by Lightning.
Mattie Lydon, aged about 12 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Lydon, was instantly killed about five o’clock on Wednesday afternoon by a heavy bolt of lightning which struck the barn in which were he and a younger brother and a hired man, Hugh Malone. The brother was badly burned from his breast to his instep where the lightning broke a hole in his rubber boot, and with the exception of the burns escaped uninjured. Malone was upstairs in the barn and was knocked down by the shock but was uninjured.
The funeral of the little boy will be held on Saturday morning at 9:30 at the Church of the Assumption.
Besides the loss of Mattie, Mr. and Mrs. Lydon were called upon but a few months ago to part with another little boy and in their bereavement the family have the sincere sympathy of the community.
The barn was badly splintered and a six-year old Percheron Stallion was killed.
The same bolt which caused the disaster at the Lydon home followed the telephone wire into the W. B. Perry home badly shocking his daughter Bessie who had been called to the phone by her father just previous to the storm, the bolt being the first one of the storm. At noon the following day she had no use of the arm, but will doubtless gradually recover from the shock.

Cresco Plain Dealer Apr. 28, 1916 P-8 C-5

Mattie Lydon, second oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Lydon, was born in, Cresco, Iowa, July 11, 1903, and died at his home in Cresco, April 19,1916, from a stroke of lightning. He was in the seventh grade in school and was possessed with a love for education and religion that if he had lived might have carried him through the highest walks in life. Loved by his teacher, his schoolmates and his neighbors and remarkable for his obedience and devotion to his parents, and above all for his kindness to his younger brothers and sisters.
His funeral was one of the very largest ever brought into the Assumption Church with interment at St. Joseph’s cemetery. May his soul rest in peace.

Transcriber’s Note: Iowa Graves WPA shows his name as Martin but they show he was born June 11, 1903.

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