Ernest McCleeary (1896)

MCCLEEARY

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 5/21/2008 at 08:42:35

Semi Weekly Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, September 4, 1896
Page 5

A most heartrending accident occurred last Monday at the home of John McCleary, of Jefferson township. Mrs. McCleary was doing the family washing, and had left the machine for a moment to go to the pump, when a little child of the family, less than a year old, pulled the stopper out of the washing machine, and was deluged with boiling water. The little one was so badly scalded that it died Tuesday morning.
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Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, September 10, 1896
Page 2

A sad accident occurred last week while Mrs. John McCleary was washing, the youngest child pulled the plug out of a washer containing boiling water. The child was so badly scalded that it died the next day. The funeral services were held at Pleasant Grove church and was buried at Jefferson cemetery.

Coordinator's note: Transcribed as published, surname on gravestone is "McCleeary".

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