Donald HUGHELL and John Arthur YOUNG, died 1927

HUGHELL, YOUNG, KINNEY, LITTON, VANDENBURG, KENYON, COLEMAN

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 4/10/2006 at 19:55:13

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Monday, May 23, 1927
Page 1

TWO BOYS DIE IN AUTO CRASH.

A Fast Rock Island freight struck Ford touring car at the crossing at Libertyville... Donald HUGHELL, 15, was instantly killed.... John YOUNG died in Jefferson County Hospital... HUGHELL was the "Ledger's" carrier boy at Libertyville....

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"The Fairfield Ledger"
Friday, May 27, 1927
Page 8, Column 2

John Arthur, son of Elizabeth and Hubert YOUNG, born June 28, 1911, near Salem, Iowa, and moved to Libertyville with his parents when five years of age; died May 22, 1927, age 15-10-24....

Leaves mother and father, sisters: Mrs. Harold YOUNG of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; Mrs. Alvin KINNEY, Salem, Ia.; Mrs. Guy LITTON, Salem, Ia.; Mrs. John VANDENBURG, Hillsboro, Ia.; Mrs. Earl KENYON, Woodward, Ia.; Mrs. Steven COLEMAN, West Point, Ia., and Miss Laura YOUNG at home; brothers: Andrew YOUNG, Lockridge, Ia., Walter and Floyd at home, an aged grandmother, aunts and uncles....

[Also posted to the Henry County Obituaries board]

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s).

Note: Both boys buried in Fell Cemetery near Libertyville.