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| From the 'Sentinel-Post' of Shenandoah, IA, dated Friday, April 16, 1909: | ||
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KILLED HIS SISTER PLAYING WITH GUN Mrs. Wilbur Baker Victim of Shotgun in the Hands of Her Little Brother - Accidently Discharged |
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Tuesday
afternoon, at her home five miles southwest of town, Mrs. Blanche
Carl Baker, was instantly killed by the discharge of a shotgun in
the hands of her young brother. It was another of those
terrible tragedies, all too frequent, where firearms in the hands of
innocent, careless, thoughtless or irresponsible persons, destroy
human life. The terrible gun! Mrs. Baker was a young
wife and happy mother. Her young brother was attending her
babe in the crib while she was about her work in the kitchen.
In the corner of the room stood two shotguns. To amuse himself
and attract the attention of the baby, he was playing with one of
the guns, and just as his sister entered the room it was somehow
discharged, the load of shot entering her right eye, passing clear
through the head, and she dropped in instantaneous death. Just
how the gun was fired may not be clearly known, for the boy in his
fright and confusion could not tell. He was alone with the
baby. How the awful tragedy appalled the young lad may be
imagined. He was nine years old and able to realize the
awfulness of it. As soon as he came to his senses he took the
baby in his arms and ran to the nearest neighbors, B. J. Doan's,
with the news of what had happened. Soon the whole
neighborhood was startled by the shock of a terrible tragedy.
Mrs. Baker was the wife of Wilbur Baker
and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Carl. She was nineteen years
and 5 days old and she and Wilbur had been happily married not long
before, and the child left motherless was their first, their love baby.
Her mother, Mrs. Carl, was at the time in the city hospital in Shenandoah,
preparing for the surgical removal of a cancer. She has not yet
been informed of the tragedy. The operation took place last evening
and she passed through the ordeal quite successfully. Another
dreadful shock awaits for when she is able to bear it. This circumstance
adds to the pathos of the tragedy.
The funeral was at the home yesterday
at 10 o'clock, the whole community being present to attest their sympathy
and sorrow. Rev. J. E. Matheny, former pastor at Farragut conducted
the services. The young wife and mother, beautiful in death, in
a lavender casket and surrounded by a wealth of flowers, had been a
member of the Methodist church since 12 year sold, and was warmly loved
by all who knew her. The singers for the occasion were from Shenandoah,
T. W. Keenan, A. P. Irwin, Mrs. Clovis, Miss Pearl Deater, with Lena
Sanman organist. The burial was at Farragut, in charge of Campbell
Bros. undertakers.
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SAD DEATH OF LITTLE CHILD NEAR FARRAGUT Little Donald Vern Baker Succombs to Measles Farragut, Jan. 23== Donald Vern Baker, the little son of Wilbur F. Baker, living east of Farragut, succombed to the ravages of measles last Saturday and was buried in Farragut cemetery Sunday afternoon. The little boy belonging to an ill fated family. Last spring his mother was killed by the accidental discharge of a shot gun, since then his grandmother and great-grandmother have passed away, and now little Donald has been called to his heavenly home. The unfortunate father has the sincere sympathy of his neighbors and friends in his bereavement. The funeral services were held in the Methodist church Sunday afternoon. Rev. Crissman of Shenandoah preached the sermon. The pall bearers were Claude Comfort, Jay Reed, Fred Nordstrom and Floyd Crane. Mrs. J. S. Stevens, Mrs. E. F. Clovis, Mr. W. E. Irwin and Mr. T. W. Keenan were the singers, accompanied by Miss Lena Sanman. |
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A GRIEF STRICKEN HOME Death Takes Fourth Representative Of Four Generations in Less Than One Year - Baby Baker Dead The
death of the infant son of Wilbur F. Baker is the fourth one
in nine months of four deaths representing four generations.
The first death in Mr. Baker's
family came in tragic form on the 13th of last April when his
young wife was accidentally shot dead by her small brother.
When she was killed she left an infant son, besides her parents
and her grandparents. At the time
of her untimely death her mother, Mrs. J. R. Carl, was in the
city hospital for an operation for cancer, and did not know
of the dreadful accident for two weeks after her daughter was
buried. She withstood the operation and the shock of the
news of the tragedy only about ten days after she was told and
on the 18th of May she joined her daughter in the great unknown.
In a few months after that, In August,
Mrs. Higgins, mother of Mrs. Carl and grandmother of Mrs. Baker,
died, making the third generation in that family to pass away.
After the young mother's death Mr. Baker's sister went to keep
house for him and the baby has had the tenderest car from her
and his father. The baby's name was Donald Vern and for
the past two weeks he had been having the measles. He
got along all right until Thursday, when the wind blew so hard,
and in some way he took cold, and he died on Saturday morning
from croup, making the fourth representative in four generations
in the same family to pass away in nine months and seven days.
The body of the baby was taken
to Farragut for burial on Sunday afternoon and the service was
conducted by Rev. Dr. Crissman of this city. A choir consisting
of Mrs. Clovis, Mrs. Dr. Stevens, A. P. Irwin and T. W. Keenan,
sang and four young men, members of Mr. Baker's Sunday school
class, Messrs. Fred Nordstrom, Jay Reed, Claude Comfort and
Floyd Crane, acted as pall bearers.
Mr. Baker, Mr. Carl and Mr. Higgins
have all felt the hand of death heavily and as a family have
been called upon to suffer much in the loss of dear ones.
They have the entire sympathy of all.
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Taken from the 'Evening Sentinel' of Shenandoah, IA, dated Wednesday, August 15, 1934: FARRAGUT MAN DIES J. R. Carl, 76, Had Been Failing For Some Time J.
R. Carl, 76, died at the home of his son, W. W. Carl, Saturday
afternoon, having been in failing health for some time. Two
sons, W. W. and Homer, and several grandchildren and other near
relatives survive, his wife and daughter having died some years ago.
Mr. Carl was among the early settlers
of this community and was well-known. Mr. Carl had spent the winters
in the south for a number of years.
The funeral was held Monday at 2:30 from
the local Methodist church, Rev. J. Todd of Shenandoah conducted the
services. Messrs. Seth Cox, C. C. Campbell, Fred Long and George
Carter furnished the music with Mrs. Albert Turnbull at the piano.
Mesdames A. C. Hogsett, Howard Kraschel, Merrill Hawkins and Miss Eula
Heard had charge of the flowers. Pallbearers were C. F. Mitchell,
Sam McMullen, H. J. Ross, Jack Farwell, A. C. Hogsett and Ed Duke.
The local Masonic lodge had charge of
the burial, Charles Herriman giving the address. Burial was made
in the Farragut cemetery.
Dr. Carl of Nichols, Iowa, a brother
of the deceased, was among the relatives present.
In Cedar County, Iowa, May 13, 1858,
James R. Carl was born to Fred and Emoline Carl. March 14th, 1880,
he was married to Melissa C. Higgins of Farragut, Iowa. They began
housekeeping on the farm just south of her parental home, where he lived
until the last few years when he spent his winter in Florida and summers
with his son, Homer, where he passed away August 11, 1934, after an
illness of about two years.
His wife and two children, Ellard and
Blanche, preceded him in death several years. The other two children,
Home and Worth, with their families are present today. He also
leaves one sister, Mrs. W. E. Donham of Nichols, Iowa; one half-sister,
Miriam Carl, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; three brothers, Dr. F. F. of Nichols,
Iowa, Ellard of Columbia, Mo., Evan of Lone Tree, and eight grandchildren.
Two sisters, Mrs. Henry Colbert, Mrs. G. V. Baker and a brother, Ellsworth,
have passed on before him.
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