Reference: Michigan Death Certificate
Death Fredonia
Age 12
Father; William W Morris b.NY
Mother: Charlotte Swafield b. Bath England
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Accidentally Shoots Himself
Marshall, Mich., Nov. 21. William Morris, the 12-year-old son of William Morris, of Fredonia, met with a fatal accident yesterday morning. He was tramping through the woods, and in crossing a ditch on a log, stumbled and fell. As he scrambled up the embankment he pulled his gun after him and the trigger becoming caught, the weapon exploded. The charge caught the youth in the breast, making a great hole through his body and literally tearing his heart into shreds. Death was instantaneous.
(Tuscola County Advertiser, Nov. 22, 1901, p.4.)
Death Fredonia
Age 12
Father; William W Morris b.NY
Mother: Charlotte Swafield b. Bath England
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Accidentally Shoots Himself
Marshall, Mich., Nov. 21. William Morris, the 12-year-old son of William Morris, of Fredonia, met with a fatal accident yesterday morning. He was tramping through the woods, and in crossing a ditch on a log, stumbled and fell. As he scrambled up the embankment he pulled his gun after him and the trigger becoming caught, the weapon exploded. The charge caught the youth in the breast, making a great hole through his body and literally tearing his heart into shreds. Death was instantaneous.
(Tuscola County Advertiser, Nov. 22, 1901, p.4.)
Reference: Michigan Death Certificate
Death Fredonia
Age 12
Father; William W Morris b.NY
Mother: Charlotte Swafield b. Bath England
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Accidentally Shoots Himself
Marshall, Mich., Nov. 21. William Morris, the 12-year-old son of William Morris, of Fredonia, met with a fatal accident yesterday morning. He was tramping through the woods, and in crossing a ditch on a log, stumbled and fell. As he scrambled up the embankment he pulled his gun after him and the trigger becoming caught, the weapon exploded. The charge caught the youth in the breast, making a great hole through his body and literally tearing his heart into shreds. Death was instantaneous.
(Tuscola County Advertiser, Nov. 22, 1901, p.4.)
Death Fredonia
Age 12
Father; William W Morris b.NY
Mother: Charlotte Swafield b. Bath England
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Accidentally Shoots Himself
Marshall, Mich., Nov. 21. William Morris, the 12-year-old son of William Morris, of Fredonia, met with a fatal accident yesterday morning. He was tramping through the woods, and in crossing a ditch on a log, stumbled and fell. As he scrambled up the embankment he pulled his gun after him and the trigger becoming caught, the weapon exploded. The charge caught the youth in the breast, making a great hole through his body and literally tearing his heart into shreds. Death was instantaneous.
(Tuscola County Advertiser, Nov. 22, 1901, p.4.)
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