Father: Isaac Edward Jones
Born 4-07-1838 Fayette County, Indiana
Died 1-26-1863 Grand Junction, Tennessee
Married: 8-01-1858 Miami County, Indiana to
Letitia Huddelston
The death of Alice was caused by a rattlesnake bite from which she died within 3-4 hours. She was in the yard of the home playing with her dog.
The death was a loss for the mother, Letitia, only 21 years of age. He husband mustered out of the 12th Indiana Volunteers, less than a month after his daughter's death; but then he died less than 7 months later in a military hospital in Grand Junction, TN from pneumonia. He is buried in the Corinth National Cemetery in Mississippi.
NEW ALBANY DAILY LEDGER 8 JULY 1862, SULLIVAN DEMOCRAT 24 JULY 1862 -
DEATH FROM RATTLESNAKE BITE - A beautiful little girl three years of age, daughter of a man by the name of Jones, residing in White county, in this State, was bitten by a rattle snake on last Sunday, July 20, while out in the yard playing, and died in three hours afterwards.
INDIANAPOLIS DAILY JOURNAL 7 JULY 1862, WARSAW NORTHERN INDIANIAN 17 JULY 1862, DAWSONS WEEKLY TIMES AND UNION 23 JULY 1862
DEATH FROM RATTLESNAKE BITE - A beautiful little girl of three years of age, daughter of a man by the name of Jones, residing in White county, in this State, was bitten by a rattle snake on last Sunday, while out in the yard playing with a little dog. She died in four hours after receiving the bite."
Thank you to Tom Beauvais of MI for the above information.
He has been researching the Massasauga rattlesnake for over 25 years, and found young Alice to be one of the victims of this poisonous snake.
Born 4-07-1838 Fayette County, Indiana
Died 1-26-1863 Grand Junction, Tennessee
Married: 8-01-1858 Miami County, Indiana to
Letitia Huddelston
The death of Alice was caused by a rattlesnake bite from which she died within 3-4 hours. She was in the yard of the home playing with her dog.
The death was a loss for the mother, Letitia, only 21 years of age. He husband mustered out of the 12th Indiana Volunteers, less than a month after his daughter's death; but then he died less than 7 months later in a military hospital in Grand Junction, TN from pneumonia. He is buried in the Corinth National Cemetery in Mississippi.
NEW ALBANY DAILY LEDGER 8 JULY 1862, SULLIVAN DEMOCRAT 24 JULY 1862 -
DEATH FROM RATTLESNAKE BITE - A beautiful little girl three years of age, daughter of a man by the name of Jones, residing in White county, in this State, was bitten by a rattle snake on last Sunday, July 20, while out in the yard playing, and died in three hours afterwards.
INDIANAPOLIS DAILY JOURNAL 7 JULY 1862, WARSAW NORTHERN INDIANIAN 17 JULY 1862, DAWSONS WEEKLY TIMES AND UNION 23 JULY 1862
DEATH FROM RATTLESNAKE BITE - A beautiful little girl of three years of age, daughter of a man by the name of Jones, residing in White county, in this State, was bitten by a rattle snake on last Sunday, while out in the yard playing with a little dog. She died in four hours after receiving the bite."
Thank you to Tom Beauvais of MI for the above information.
He has been researching the Massasauga rattlesnake for over 25 years, and found young Alice to be one of the victims of this poisonous snake.
Father: Isaac Edward Jones
Born 4-07-1838 Fayette County, Indiana
Died 1-26-1863 Grand Junction, Tennessee
Married: 8-01-1858 Miami County, Indiana to
Letitia Huddelston
The death of Alice was caused by a rattlesnake bite from which she died within 3-4 hours. She was in the yard of the home playing with her dog.
The death was a loss for the mother, Letitia, only 21 years of age. He husband mustered out of the 12th Indiana Volunteers, less than a month after his daughter's death; but then he died less than 7 months later in a military hospital in Grand Junction, TN from pneumonia. He is buried in the Corinth National Cemetery in Mississippi.
NEW ALBANY DAILY LEDGER 8 JULY 1862, SULLIVAN DEMOCRAT 24 JULY 1862 -
DEATH FROM RATTLESNAKE BITE - A beautiful little girl three years of age, daughter of a man by the name of Jones, residing in White county, in this State, was bitten by a rattle snake on last Sunday, July 20, while out in the yard playing, and died in three hours afterwards.
INDIANAPOLIS DAILY JOURNAL 7 JULY 1862, WARSAW NORTHERN INDIANIAN 17 JULY 1862, DAWSONS WEEKLY TIMES AND UNION 23 JULY 1862
DEATH FROM RATTLESNAKE BITE - A beautiful little girl of three years of age, daughter of a man by the name of Jones, residing in White county, in this State, was bitten by a rattle snake on last Sunday, while out in the yard playing with a little dog. She died in four hours after receiving the bite."
Thank you to Tom Beauvais of MI for the above information.
He has been researching the Massasauga rattlesnake for over 25 years, and found young Alice to be one of the victims of this poisonous snake.
Born 4-07-1838 Fayette County, Indiana
Died 1-26-1863 Grand Junction, Tennessee
Married: 8-01-1858 Miami County, Indiana to
Letitia Huddelston
The death of Alice was caused by a rattlesnake bite from which she died within 3-4 hours. She was in the yard of the home playing with her dog.
The death was a loss for the mother, Letitia, only 21 years of age. He husband mustered out of the 12th Indiana Volunteers, less than a month after his daughter's death; but then he died less than 7 months later in a military hospital in Grand Junction, TN from pneumonia. He is buried in the Corinth National Cemetery in Mississippi.
NEW ALBANY DAILY LEDGER 8 JULY 1862, SULLIVAN DEMOCRAT 24 JULY 1862 -
DEATH FROM RATTLESNAKE BITE - A beautiful little girl three years of age, daughter of a man by the name of Jones, residing in White county, in this State, was bitten by a rattle snake on last Sunday, July 20, while out in the yard playing, and died in three hours afterwards.
INDIANAPOLIS DAILY JOURNAL 7 JULY 1862, WARSAW NORTHERN INDIANIAN 17 JULY 1862, DAWSONS WEEKLY TIMES AND UNION 23 JULY 1862
DEATH FROM RATTLESNAKE BITE - A beautiful little girl of three years of age, daughter of a man by the name of Jones, residing in White county, in this State, was bitten by a rattle snake on last Sunday, while out in the yard playing with a little dog. She died in four hours after receiving the bite."
Thank you to Tom Beauvais of MI for the above information.
He has been researching the Massasauga rattlesnake for over 25 years, and found young Alice to be one of the victims of this poisonous snake.
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