Age: 16y 9m 16d
PARENTS: Married 1877
1851-1926 Baughman, Cornelius
1846-1928 Fenstermaker, Delilah
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The Daily Chief
Upper Sandusky, Wyandot Co., Ohio
Monday May 30, 1898
TRIPLE FUNERAL
Two country homes were made sad Friday afternoon when three young men gave up their lives by accidental drowning. The story of the distressing affair, as told to a Chief representative, is substantially as follows: Early Friday morning Cornelius Baughman and his two sons Theodore, aged 19 and Myron, aged 16, together with a neighbor boy John Dietrick, 16 year old son of Joseph Dietrick, all residing 5 miles west of Carey, in Ridge township, drove to the Tymochtee creek, in Crawford township to go fishing. The place they selected to enjoy a day's outing was near the Lortz Bridge, about ¾ of a mile or so south west of where the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo railroad crosses the creek at Crawford station. The stream was quite swollen, being possibly two feet higher that it's ordinary depth, making it at least 8 feet of water in some places.
During the course of the afternoon Attorney and Mrs. D.C. Parker of this city and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Smith of Carey by pre-arrangement also met at Crawford for a days fishing and selected a spot in a grove possibly 50 yards from where the Ridge township gentlemen had cast their lines. Nothing unusual occurred and about 2 o'clock Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Smith left the riverbank to go into the grove and take a rest under the shade of a friendly branching tree. About a half-hour later Mr. Parker and Mr. Smith noticed from a distance that young Dietrick had given up fishing and had gone swimming, while the younger Baughman boy was also wading in the water but had his shirt on. The boys were splashing water on each other and were making considerable noise as if they were having lots of fun.
Presently their mirthful voices changed to one of distress and as Mr. Parker again looked up the stream he saw only two heads above the water in the middle of the creek and also saw the older Baughman boy Theodore pull off his coat and leap into the water while the father was running frantically to and fro on the shore. Fully realizing the perilous situation Mr. Parker and Mr. Smith started toward the distressed group. But in an twinkling it was all over and the two Baughman boys and young Dietrick sank below the waters surface, while the father of the two boys waded along the waters edge in a mingled fright and agonizing grief. The cries of the frightened boys brought Will Schumaker, Frank O'Brien and Henry Stoll from a field near by where they were engaged in farm work, but they arrived to late to save any lives, yet by hard work of more than a half an hour of swimming and diving they were fortunate in securing all three bodies. When taken from the water all the corpses were bleeding quite freely from the nose. It is the general opinion that young Dietrick had been attacked with cramps from the cold condition of the water and young Baughman seeing his condition rushed to his rescue. As both were sinking under the water the elder Baughman leaped in to save the other two and in this manner all three lost their lives.
While the drowned boys were being taken from the water the Parker's and Smith's drove back to Carey and notified Undertaker John McGuire who drove out and brought the bodies to town and to the rear of his undertaking establishment. From there the remains of the boys were taken to their homes in Ridge Township. While the bodies were in Carey Mr. Baughman drove home with a sorrowful heart to notify the families of the awful fatality and to prepare for the arrival of the dead. The scene at both homes was pitiful, indeed, and the shock to the parents of the boys was beyond imagination, for only a few short hours before they had departed from their homes light hearted and full of life, only to be returned clasped in the cold embrace of death.
Triple Funeral
Probably the largest funeral ever held in Wyandot county occurred in Ridge township last Sunday forenoon, people coming from far and near to attend the last rites of Theodore and Myron Baughman and John Dietrick, the three boys who met their death in the swollen waters of Tymotchee creek, last Friday afternoon.
The services were held in the Reformed church in Ridge Township, at 10:30 o'clock. The Baughman home is somewhat nearer to the little sanctuary than the Dietrick house, so the two hearses containing the remains of the Baughman brothers led the cortege. After these came the Baughman relatives; then the hearse containing young Dietrick, following with the relatives of the deceased. A long train of vehicles formed the solemn cortege after the mourners there being 595 rigs in line.
The church was only large enough to hold the relatives of the boys, a fully 2,500 people stood on the outside.
The three white caskets lay in front of the altar, and after a sympathetic sermon by Rev. Evans, pastor of the church, a procession was formed to give the vast concourse an opportunity to view the remains.
For over two hours a constant stream of humanity passed through the little edifice and took a last look at the victims of an awful fatality. After the coffin lids were closed, the coffins were tenderly carried to the *Fenstermacher graveyard by hand where the two caskets holding the remains of the Baughman boys were lowered into one grave and the casket of the **Dietrick boy was buried not far distant.
* The cemetery is now called Zion Bloom Cemetery, located in Vanlue, Hancock Co. OHIO
**(Dietrick is spelled Didrick on his headstone, and on that of his parents.)
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PARENTS: Married 1877
1851-1926 Baughman, Cornelius
1846-1928 Fenstermaker, Delilah
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The Daily Chief
Upper Sandusky, Wyandot Co., Ohio
Monday May 30, 1898
TRIPLE FUNERAL
Two country homes were made sad Friday afternoon when three young men gave up their lives by accidental drowning. The story of the distressing affair, as told to a Chief representative, is substantially as follows: Early Friday morning Cornelius Baughman and his two sons Theodore, aged 19 and Myron, aged 16, together with a neighbor boy John Dietrick, 16 year old son of Joseph Dietrick, all residing 5 miles west of Carey, in Ridge township, drove to the Tymochtee creek, in Crawford township to go fishing. The place they selected to enjoy a day's outing was near the Lortz Bridge, about ¾ of a mile or so south west of where the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo railroad crosses the creek at Crawford station. The stream was quite swollen, being possibly two feet higher that it's ordinary depth, making it at least 8 feet of water in some places.
During the course of the afternoon Attorney and Mrs. D.C. Parker of this city and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Smith of Carey by pre-arrangement also met at Crawford for a days fishing and selected a spot in a grove possibly 50 yards from where the Ridge township gentlemen had cast their lines. Nothing unusual occurred and about 2 o'clock Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Smith left the riverbank to go into the grove and take a rest under the shade of a friendly branching tree. About a half-hour later Mr. Parker and Mr. Smith noticed from a distance that young Dietrick had given up fishing and had gone swimming, while the younger Baughman boy was also wading in the water but had his shirt on. The boys were splashing water on each other and were making considerable noise as if they were having lots of fun.
Presently their mirthful voices changed to one of distress and as Mr. Parker again looked up the stream he saw only two heads above the water in the middle of the creek and also saw the older Baughman boy Theodore pull off his coat and leap into the water while the father was running frantically to and fro on the shore. Fully realizing the perilous situation Mr. Parker and Mr. Smith started toward the distressed group. But in an twinkling it was all over and the two Baughman boys and young Dietrick sank below the waters surface, while the father of the two boys waded along the waters edge in a mingled fright and agonizing grief. The cries of the frightened boys brought Will Schumaker, Frank O'Brien and Henry Stoll from a field near by where they were engaged in farm work, but they arrived to late to save any lives, yet by hard work of more than a half an hour of swimming and diving they were fortunate in securing all three bodies. When taken from the water all the corpses were bleeding quite freely from the nose. It is the general opinion that young Dietrick had been attacked with cramps from the cold condition of the water and young Baughman seeing his condition rushed to his rescue. As both were sinking under the water the elder Baughman leaped in to save the other two and in this manner all three lost their lives.
While the drowned boys were being taken from the water the Parker's and Smith's drove back to Carey and notified Undertaker John McGuire who drove out and brought the bodies to town and to the rear of his undertaking establishment. From there the remains of the boys were taken to their homes in Ridge Township. While the bodies were in Carey Mr. Baughman drove home with a sorrowful heart to notify the families of the awful fatality and to prepare for the arrival of the dead. The scene at both homes was pitiful, indeed, and the shock to the parents of the boys was beyond imagination, for only a few short hours before they had departed from their homes light hearted and full of life, only to be returned clasped in the cold embrace of death.
Triple Funeral
Probably the largest funeral ever held in Wyandot county occurred in Ridge township last Sunday forenoon, people coming from far and near to attend the last rites of Theodore and Myron Baughman and John Dietrick, the three boys who met their death in the swollen waters of Tymotchee creek, last Friday afternoon.
The services were held in the Reformed church in Ridge Township, at 10:30 o'clock. The Baughman home is somewhat nearer to the little sanctuary than the Dietrick house, so the two hearses containing the remains of the Baughman brothers led the cortege. After these came the Baughman relatives; then the hearse containing young Dietrick, following with the relatives of the deceased. A long train of vehicles formed the solemn cortege after the mourners there being 595 rigs in line.
The church was only large enough to hold the relatives of the boys, a fully 2,500 people stood on the outside.
The three white caskets lay in front of the altar, and after a sympathetic sermon by Rev. Evans, pastor of the church, a procession was formed to give the vast concourse an opportunity to view the remains.
For over two hours a constant stream of humanity passed through the little edifice and took a last look at the victims of an awful fatality. After the coffin lids were closed, the coffins were tenderly carried to the *Fenstermacher graveyard by hand where the two caskets holding the remains of the Baughman boys were lowered into one grave and the casket of the **Dietrick boy was buried not far distant.
* The cemetery is now called Zion Bloom Cemetery, located in Vanlue, Hancock Co. OHIO
**(Dietrick is spelled Didrick on his headstone, and on that of his parents.)
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Age: 16y 9m 16d
PARENTS: Married 1877
1851-1926 Baughman, Cornelius
1846-1928 Fenstermaker, Delilah
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The Daily Chief
Upper Sandusky, Wyandot Co., Ohio
Monday May 30, 1898
TRIPLE FUNERAL
Two country homes were made sad Friday afternoon when three young men gave up their lives by accidental drowning. The story of the distressing affair, as told to a Chief representative, is substantially as follows: Early Friday morning Cornelius Baughman and his two sons Theodore, aged 19 and Myron, aged 16, together with a neighbor boy John Dietrick, 16 year old son of Joseph Dietrick, all residing 5 miles west of Carey, in Ridge township, drove to the Tymochtee creek, in Crawford township to go fishing. The place they selected to enjoy a day's outing was near the Lortz Bridge, about ¾ of a mile or so south west of where the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo railroad crosses the creek at Crawford station. The stream was quite swollen, being possibly two feet higher that it's ordinary depth, making it at least 8 feet of water in some places.
During the course of the afternoon Attorney and Mrs. D.C. Parker of this city and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Smith of Carey by pre-arrangement also met at Crawford for a days fishing and selected a spot in a grove possibly 50 yards from where the Ridge township gentlemen had cast their lines. Nothing unusual occurred and about 2 o'clock Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Smith left the riverbank to go into the grove and take a rest under the shade of a friendly branching tree. About a half-hour later Mr. Parker and Mr. Smith noticed from a distance that young Dietrick had given up fishing and had gone swimming, while the younger Baughman boy was also wading in the water but had his shirt on. The boys were splashing water on each other and were making considerable noise as if they were having lots of fun.
Presently their mirthful voices changed to one of distress and as Mr. Parker again looked up the stream he saw only two heads above the water in the middle of the creek and also saw the older Baughman boy Theodore pull off his coat and leap into the water while the father was running frantically to and fro on the shore. Fully realizing the perilous situation Mr. Parker and Mr. Smith started toward the distressed group. But in an twinkling it was all over and the two Baughman boys and young Dietrick sank below the waters surface, while the father of the two boys waded along the waters edge in a mingled fright and agonizing grief. The cries of the frightened boys brought Will Schumaker, Frank O'Brien and Henry Stoll from a field near by where they were engaged in farm work, but they arrived to late to save any lives, yet by hard work of more than a half an hour of swimming and diving they were fortunate in securing all three bodies. When taken from the water all the corpses were bleeding quite freely from the nose. It is the general opinion that young Dietrick had been attacked with cramps from the cold condition of the water and young Baughman seeing his condition rushed to his rescue. As both were sinking under the water the elder Baughman leaped in to save the other two and in this manner all three lost their lives.
While the drowned boys were being taken from the water the Parker's and Smith's drove back to Carey and notified Undertaker John McGuire who drove out and brought the bodies to town and to the rear of his undertaking establishment. From there the remains of the boys were taken to their homes in Ridge Township. While the bodies were in Carey Mr. Baughman drove home with a sorrowful heart to notify the families of the awful fatality and to prepare for the arrival of the dead. The scene at both homes was pitiful, indeed, and the shock to the parents of the boys was beyond imagination, for only a few short hours before they had departed from their homes light hearted and full of life, only to be returned clasped in the cold embrace of death.
Triple Funeral
Probably the largest funeral ever held in Wyandot county occurred in Ridge township last Sunday forenoon, people coming from far and near to attend the last rites of Theodore and Myron Baughman and John Dietrick, the three boys who met their death in the swollen waters of Tymotchee creek, last Friday afternoon.
The services were held in the Reformed church in Ridge Township, at 10:30 o'clock. The Baughman home is somewhat nearer to the little sanctuary than the Dietrick house, so the two hearses containing the remains of the Baughman brothers led the cortege. After these came the Baughman relatives; then the hearse containing young Dietrick, following with the relatives of the deceased. A long train of vehicles formed the solemn cortege after the mourners there being 595 rigs in line.
The church was only large enough to hold the relatives of the boys, a fully 2,500 people stood on the outside.
The three white caskets lay in front of the altar, and after a sympathetic sermon by Rev. Evans, pastor of the church, a procession was formed to give the vast concourse an opportunity to view the remains.
For over two hours a constant stream of humanity passed through the little edifice and took a last look at the victims of an awful fatality. After the coffin lids were closed, the coffins were tenderly carried to the *Fenstermacher graveyard by hand where the two caskets holding the remains of the Baughman boys were lowered into one grave and the casket of the **Dietrick boy was buried not far distant.
* The cemetery is now called Zion Bloom Cemetery, located in Vanlue, Hancock Co. OHIO
**(Dietrick is spelled Didrick on his headstone, and on that of his parents.)
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PARENTS: Married 1877
1851-1926 Baughman, Cornelius
1846-1928 Fenstermaker, Delilah
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The Daily Chief
Upper Sandusky, Wyandot Co., Ohio
Monday May 30, 1898
TRIPLE FUNERAL
Two country homes were made sad Friday afternoon when three young men gave up their lives by accidental drowning. The story of the distressing affair, as told to a Chief representative, is substantially as follows: Early Friday morning Cornelius Baughman and his two sons Theodore, aged 19 and Myron, aged 16, together with a neighbor boy John Dietrick, 16 year old son of Joseph Dietrick, all residing 5 miles west of Carey, in Ridge township, drove to the Tymochtee creek, in Crawford township to go fishing. The place they selected to enjoy a day's outing was near the Lortz Bridge, about ¾ of a mile or so south west of where the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo railroad crosses the creek at Crawford station. The stream was quite swollen, being possibly two feet higher that it's ordinary depth, making it at least 8 feet of water in some places.
During the course of the afternoon Attorney and Mrs. D.C. Parker of this city and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Smith of Carey by pre-arrangement also met at Crawford for a days fishing and selected a spot in a grove possibly 50 yards from where the Ridge township gentlemen had cast their lines. Nothing unusual occurred and about 2 o'clock Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Smith left the riverbank to go into the grove and take a rest under the shade of a friendly branching tree. About a half-hour later Mr. Parker and Mr. Smith noticed from a distance that young Dietrick had given up fishing and had gone swimming, while the younger Baughman boy was also wading in the water but had his shirt on. The boys were splashing water on each other and were making considerable noise as if they were having lots of fun.
Presently their mirthful voices changed to one of distress and as Mr. Parker again looked up the stream he saw only two heads above the water in the middle of the creek and also saw the older Baughman boy Theodore pull off his coat and leap into the water while the father was running frantically to and fro on the shore. Fully realizing the perilous situation Mr. Parker and Mr. Smith started toward the distressed group. But in an twinkling it was all over and the two Baughman boys and young Dietrick sank below the waters surface, while the father of the two boys waded along the waters edge in a mingled fright and agonizing grief. The cries of the frightened boys brought Will Schumaker, Frank O'Brien and Henry Stoll from a field near by where they were engaged in farm work, but they arrived to late to save any lives, yet by hard work of more than a half an hour of swimming and diving they were fortunate in securing all three bodies. When taken from the water all the corpses were bleeding quite freely from the nose. It is the general opinion that young Dietrick had been attacked with cramps from the cold condition of the water and young Baughman seeing his condition rushed to his rescue. As both were sinking under the water the elder Baughman leaped in to save the other two and in this manner all three lost their lives.
While the drowned boys were being taken from the water the Parker's and Smith's drove back to Carey and notified Undertaker John McGuire who drove out and brought the bodies to town and to the rear of his undertaking establishment. From there the remains of the boys were taken to their homes in Ridge Township. While the bodies were in Carey Mr. Baughman drove home with a sorrowful heart to notify the families of the awful fatality and to prepare for the arrival of the dead. The scene at both homes was pitiful, indeed, and the shock to the parents of the boys was beyond imagination, for only a few short hours before they had departed from their homes light hearted and full of life, only to be returned clasped in the cold embrace of death.
Triple Funeral
Probably the largest funeral ever held in Wyandot county occurred in Ridge township last Sunday forenoon, people coming from far and near to attend the last rites of Theodore and Myron Baughman and John Dietrick, the three boys who met their death in the swollen waters of Tymotchee creek, last Friday afternoon.
The services were held in the Reformed church in Ridge Township, at 10:30 o'clock. The Baughman home is somewhat nearer to the little sanctuary than the Dietrick house, so the two hearses containing the remains of the Baughman brothers led the cortege. After these came the Baughman relatives; then the hearse containing young Dietrick, following with the relatives of the deceased. A long train of vehicles formed the solemn cortege after the mourners there being 595 rigs in line.
The church was only large enough to hold the relatives of the boys, a fully 2,500 people stood on the outside.
The three white caskets lay in front of the altar, and after a sympathetic sermon by Rev. Evans, pastor of the church, a procession was formed to give the vast concourse an opportunity to view the remains.
For over two hours a constant stream of humanity passed through the little edifice and took a last look at the victims of an awful fatality. After the coffin lids were closed, the coffins were tenderly carried to the *Fenstermacher graveyard by hand where the two caskets holding the remains of the Baughman boys were lowered into one grave and the casket of the **Dietrick boy was buried not far distant.
* The cemetery is now called Zion Bloom Cemetery, located in Vanlue, Hancock Co. OHIO
**(Dietrick is spelled Didrick on his headstone, and on that of his parents.)
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