Owen Brazelton (1853-1883)

BRAZELTON, WRIGHT

Posted By: Eileen Reed
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:43

FATAL ACCIDENT. —O. Brazelton, of the Junction, while at work on a new building in that town last Wednesday fell from the scaffolding to the ground—some fourteen feet—striking on his head and inflicting injuries from which he died Saturday morning.

Mr. B. was son-in-law of Andrew Wright, Esq. was an old settler in that locality and a man who stood high in the estimation of his acquaintances.

The Wright County Monitor --- Clarion, Iowa
Wednesday, October 31, 1883

[Transcriber’s Note: Owen Brazelton, age 3, was found in Richland, Jones County, Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925. Birth year 1853 was taken from Iowa, U. S., Cemetery Records, 1662-1999. He married Rebecca Jane Wright, 30 Sep 1872, Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa, Parents: William Brazelton & Ruth Brazelton]

Iowa Ghost Towns, Jones County, Iowa

RICHLAND. A town platted in 1856 in the southwest quarter of section 5, Richland Township. A kind of suburb of Bowen's Prairie.