ASHLAND, Wis., Jan. 5. – The largest man in northern Wisconsin and probably the largest in the United States, outside of a museum, died at Ashland yesterday at the St. Joseph hospital. His name was Abraham Bonny, a resident of Butternut, and he tipped the scales at 605 pounds the day before he died. The cause of death was fatty heart.
He was only 30 years old. Twelve pall bearers were necessary and a special casket had to be made for him.
Source: Duluth News Tribune, Saturday, 6 Jan. 1906
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Grew So Fast He Died.
Ashland. — After taking on flesh for the last two months at the rate of a pound daily, Abraham Bonny of Glidden died here of fatty degeneration of the heart. Bonny was 25 years old and weighed at the time of his death 583 pounds. It was necessary to have a special coffin made for him. It was taken to the cemetery in a dray.
Source: New North (Rhinelander, Oneida County, Wis.) Thursday, 11 Jan. 1906
He was only 30 years old. Twelve pall bearers were necessary and a special casket had to be made for him.
Source: Duluth News Tribune, Saturday, 6 Jan. 1906
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Grew So Fast He Died.
Ashland. — After taking on flesh for the last two months at the rate of a pound daily, Abraham Bonny of Glidden died here of fatty degeneration of the heart. Bonny was 25 years old and weighed at the time of his death 583 pounds. It was necessary to have a special coffin made for him. It was taken to the cemetery in a dray.
Source: New North (Rhinelander, Oneida County, Wis.) Thursday, 11 Jan. 1906
ASHLAND, Wis., Jan. 5. – The largest man in northern Wisconsin and probably the largest in the United States, outside of a museum, died at Ashland yesterday at the St. Joseph hospital. His name was Abraham Bonny, a resident of Butternut, and he tipped the scales at 605 pounds the day before he died. The cause of death was fatty heart.
He was only 30 years old. Twelve pall bearers were necessary and a special casket had to be made for him.
Source: Duluth News Tribune, Saturday, 6 Jan. 1906
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Grew So Fast He Died.
Ashland. — After taking on flesh for the last two months at the rate of a pound daily, Abraham Bonny of Glidden died here of fatty degeneration of the heart. Bonny was 25 years old and weighed at the time of his death 583 pounds. It was necessary to have a special coffin made for him. It was taken to the cemetery in a dray.
Source: New North (Rhinelander, Oneida County, Wis.) Thursday, 11 Jan. 1906
He was only 30 years old. Twelve pall bearers were necessary and a special casket had to be made for him.
Source: Duluth News Tribune, Saturday, 6 Jan. 1906
____________________________
Grew So Fast He Died.
Ashland. — After taking on flesh for the last two months at the rate of a pound daily, Abraham Bonny of Glidden died here of fatty degeneration of the heart. Bonny was 25 years old and weighed at the time of his death 583 pounds. It was necessary to have a special coffin made for him. It was taken to the cemetery in a dray.
Source: New North (Rhinelander, Oneida County, Wis.) Thursday, 11 Jan. 1906
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