McInroy, Orville 1888 - 1917

MCINROY

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 6/2/2024 at 10:16:11

Source: Cresco Plain Dealer Nov. 2, 1917, P12 C6

Found Dead in Weed Lot.
Orville McInroy was found dead in the wood lot near his home last Wednesday afternoon, on the former Sanford Jennison farm which he was operating.
Death was accidental, but just how it happened probably will never be known. He had been to Riceville in the afternoon and after returning home he drove to the wood lot to get some poles to repair a sheep shed. Toward evening his wife saw one of the horses returning alone apparently having broken away. Fearing something wrong Mrs. McInroy went down to the lot in search of her husband and was almost prostrated to find his dead body lying on the ground near the partially waecked{sic} wagon. The second horse was tangled in the brush. Dr. F. W. Lee was called and besides some bruises it was found that a stick or some similar object had penetrated the abdomen. The physician however advanced the opinion that possibly death was caused from a shock from contact with the ground in being thrown from the wagon, due to the team running away.—Riceville Recorder.

Transcriber’s Note: Find a Grave shows he was born Oct. 4, 1888 and died Oct. 17. 1917. He is buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Mitchell County.