The Macomb Journal, Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, page 8
Thursday, January 14, 1897
KILLED BY GAS.
Particulars of the Death of I. N. Van Hoesen at Lawrence, Kas.
Lawrence Journal:--I. N. VanHoesen was found dead in the office of his barn at his home in the west part of the city Wednesday morning, having been asphyxiated by gas from a coal oil stove used in heating the room. The body was discovered by the members of the family.
On entering the room the fumes of gas were so strong that it was not possible to stay there. It was evident from the first that Mr. VanHoesen had come to his death from the effects of the gas from the stove. The room was aired and then entered. The papers on the desk were covered with soot, and Mr. VanHoesen's body was black from the effects of the gas. [A graphic detail, one sentence omitted.] The body was lying with the head near the door, he evidently tried to get outdoors. Mr. VanHoesen was in the habit of going to the office at nights to work, and often stayed very late. On these occasions he did not enter his bed room [sic], fearing to disturb the other members of the family, but would sleep on a lounge in the lower part of the house.
The office was a very close little room, and there was no outside opening to it. It is supposed that Mr. VanHoesen fell asleep while at work Tuesday night, and that the fumes escaped from the stove while he slept, he wakening too late to have strength enough to open the door. In the typewriter was an unfinished letter and there were several other letters written by him before the one in the machine was begun.
He has had no office down town [sic] for a number of years, and in order that he might better accomplish his work, had furnished one at his barn. His absence from the street and his usual haunts will be greatly felt, and his death mourned by many people. He leaves a wife and three daughters. The oldest being the wife of Jas. M. Challiss of Atchison, Kas.
Isaac N. VanHoesen was born at Kinderhook, Columbia county, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1841. His parents moved to Mt. Vernon, O., in 1854, and two years later went to McDonough county, Illinois. He was studying dentistry when the war broke out, but quit his studies and enlisted August, 1861, at St. Louis which was a rendezvous point. He was soon transferred to the Tenth Missouri Volunteer infantry, and in 1862 the regiment was sent to Cape Girardeau and Pittburg [sic] Landing, where he was detailed acting sergeant major. He was made second lieutenant in 1863, and in the fall of the same year, for gallantry in action at Missionary Ridge, was promoted to Captain. He was mustered out in 1864.
At the close of the war he was appointed a general agent for the McCormic [sic] Harvester company, and in 1866 came to Kansas, settling at Manhattan*. In 1871 he came to Lawrence, and for a number of years operated from big warehouses as the general Kansas agent of the harvest company.
He once held the office of mayor of Lawrence, was secretary of the Bisark Fair association in its best days, secretary of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, secretary of the Leis chemical manufacturing company, and held other prominent positions in the city. ~While the birth year on his marker is 1838, censuses from 1850 (age 9), 1860 (age 18), and 1880 (age38) support the birth date stated in his obituary. Only the 1870 census (age 31) is in disagreement.
*In 1870 Isaac and his young family were counted in Leavenworth, Kansas. He was employed as an agent for McCormick Harvester.
Thursday, January 14, 1897
KILLED BY GAS.
Particulars of the Death of I. N. Van Hoesen at Lawrence, Kas.
Lawrence Journal:--I. N. VanHoesen was found dead in the office of his barn at his home in the west part of the city Wednesday morning, having been asphyxiated by gas from a coal oil stove used in heating the room. The body was discovered by the members of the family.
On entering the room the fumes of gas were so strong that it was not possible to stay there. It was evident from the first that Mr. VanHoesen had come to his death from the effects of the gas from the stove. The room was aired and then entered. The papers on the desk were covered with soot, and Mr. VanHoesen's body was black from the effects of the gas. [A graphic detail, one sentence omitted.] The body was lying with the head near the door, he evidently tried to get outdoors. Mr. VanHoesen was in the habit of going to the office at nights to work, and often stayed very late. On these occasions he did not enter his bed room [sic], fearing to disturb the other members of the family, but would sleep on a lounge in the lower part of the house.
The office was a very close little room, and there was no outside opening to it. It is supposed that Mr. VanHoesen fell asleep while at work Tuesday night, and that the fumes escaped from the stove while he slept, he wakening too late to have strength enough to open the door. In the typewriter was an unfinished letter and there were several other letters written by him before the one in the machine was begun.
He has had no office down town [sic] for a number of years, and in order that he might better accomplish his work, had furnished one at his barn. His absence from the street and his usual haunts will be greatly felt, and his death mourned by many people. He leaves a wife and three daughters. The oldest being the wife of Jas. M. Challiss of Atchison, Kas.
Isaac N. VanHoesen was born at Kinderhook, Columbia county, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1841. His parents moved to Mt. Vernon, O., in 1854, and two years later went to McDonough county, Illinois. He was studying dentistry when the war broke out, but quit his studies and enlisted August, 1861, at St. Louis which was a rendezvous point. He was soon transferred to the Tenth Missouri Volunteer infantry, and in 1862 the regiment was sent to Cape Girardeau and Pittburg [sic] Landing, where he was detailed acting sergeant major. He was made second lieutenant in 1863, and in the fall of the same year, for gallantry in action at Missionary Ridge, was promoted to Captain. He was mustered out in 1864.
At the close of the war he was appointed a general agent for the McCormic [sic] Harvester company, and in 1866 came to Kansas, settling at Manhattan*. In 1871 he came to Lawrence, and for a number of years operated from big warehouses as the general Kansas agent of the harvest company.
He once held the office of mayor of Lawrence, was secretary of the Bisark Fair association in its best days, secretary of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, secretary of the Leis chemical manufacturing company, and held other prominent positions in the city. ~While the birth year on his marker is 1838, censuses from 1850 (age 9), 1860 (age 18), and 1880 (age38) support the birth date stated in his obituary. Only the 1870 census (age 31) is in disagreement.
*In 1870 Isaac and his young family were counted in Leavenworth, Kansas. He was employed as an agent for McCormick Harvester.
The Macomb Journal, Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, page 8
Thursday, January 14, 1897
KILLED BY GAS.
Particulars of the Death of I. N. Van Hoesen at Lawrence, Kas.
Lawrence Journal:--I. N. VanHoesen was found dead in the office of his barn at his home in the west part of the city Wednesday morning, having been asphyxiated by gas from a coal oil stove used in heating the room. The body was discovered by the members of the family.
On entering the room the fumes of gas were so strong that it was not possible to stay there. It was evident from the first that Mr. VanHoesen had come to his death from the effects of the gas from the stove. The room was aired and then entered. The papers on the desk were covered with soot, and Mr. VanHoesen's body was black from the effects of the gas. [A graphic detail, one sentence omitted.] The body was lying with the head near the door, he evidently tried to get outdoors. Mr. VanHoesen was in the habit of going to the office at nights to work, and often stayed very late. On these occasions he did not enter his bed room [sic], fearing to disturb the other members of the family, but would sleep on a lounge in the lower part of the house.
The office was a very close little room, and there was no outside opening to it. It is supposed that Mr. VanHoesen fell asleep while at work Tuesday night, and that the fumes escaped from the stove while he slept, he wakening too late to have strength enough to open the door. In the typewriter was an unfinished letter and there were several other letters written by him before the one in the machine was begun.
He has had no office down town [sic] for a number of years, and in order that he might better accomplish his work, had furnished one at his barn. His absence from the street and his usual haunts will be greatly felt, and his death mourned by many people. He leaves a wife and three daughters. The oldest being the wife of Jas. M. Challiss of Atchison, Kas.
Isaac N. VanHoesen was born at Kinderhook, Columbia county, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1841. His parents moved to Mt. Vernon, O., in 1854, and two years later went to McDonough county, Illinois. He was studying dentistry when the war broke out, but quit his studies and enlisted August, 1861, at St. Louis which was a rendezvous point. He was soon transferred to the Tenth Missouri Volunteer infantry, and in 1862 the regiment was sent to Cape Girardeau and Pittburg [sic] Landing, where he was detailed acting sergeant major. He was made second lieutenant in 1863, and in the fall of the same year, for gallantry in action at Missionary Ridge, was promoted to Captain. He was mustered out in 1864.
At the close of the war he was appointed a general agent for the McCormic [sic] Harvester company, and in 1866 came to Kansas, settling at Manhattan*. In 1871 he came to Lawrence, and for a number of years operated from big warehouses as the general Kansas agent of the harvest company.
He once held the office of mayor of Lawrence, was secretary of the Bisark Fair association in its best days, secretary of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, secretary of the Leis chemical manufacturing company, and held other prominent positions in the city. ~While the birth year on his marker is 1838, censuses from 1850 (age 9), 1860 (age 18), and 1880 (age38) support the birth date stated in his obituary. Only the 1870 census (age 31) is in disagreement.
*In 1870 Isaac and his young family were counted in Leavenworth, Kansas. He was employed as an agent for McCormick Harvester.
Thursday, January 14, 1897
KILLED BY GAS.
Particulars of the Death of I. N. Van Hoesen at Lawrence, Kas.
Lawrence Journal:--I. N. VanHoesen was found dead in the office of his barn at his home in the west part of the city Wednesday morning, having been asphyxiated by gas from a coal oil stove used in heating the room. The body was discovered by the members of the family.
On entering the room the fumes of gas were so strong that it was not possible to stay there. It was evident from the first that Mr. VanHoesen had come to his death from the effects of the gas from the stove. The room was aired and then entered. The papers on the desk were covered with soot, and Mr. VanHoesen's body was black from the effects of the gas. [A graphic detail, one sentence omitted.] The body was lying with the head near the door, he evidently tried to get outdoors. Mr. VanHoesen was in the habit of going to the office at nights to work, and often stayed very late. On these occasions he did not enter his bed room [sic], fearing to disturb the other members of the family, but would sleep on a lounge in the lower part of the house.
The office was a very close little room, and there was no outside opening to it. It is supposed that Mr. VanHoesen fell asleep while at work Tuesday night, and that the fumes escaped from the stove while he slept, he wakening too late to have strength enough to open the door. In the typewriter was an unfinished letter and there were several other letters written by him before the one in the machine was begun.
He has had no office down town [sic] for a number of years, and in order that he might better accomplish his work, had furnished one at his barn. His absence from the street and his usual haunts will be greatly felt, and his death mourned by many people. He leaves a wife and three daughters. The oldest being the wife of Jas. M. Challiss of Atchison, Kas.
Isaac N. VanHoesen was born at Kinderhook, Columbia county, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1841. His parents moved to Mt. Vernon, O., in 1854, and two years later went to McDonough county, Illinois. He was studying dentistry when the war broke out, but quit his studies and enlisted August, 1861, at St. Louis which was a rendezvous point. He was soon transferred to the Tenth Missouri Volunteer infantry, and in 1862 the regiment was sent to Cape Girardeau and Pittburg [sic] Landing, where he was detailed acting sergeant major. He was made second lieutenant in 1863, and in the fall of the same year, for gallantry in action at Missionary Ridge, was promoted to Captain. He was mustered out in 1864.
At the close of the war he was appointed a general agent for the McCormic [sic] Harvester company, and in 1866 came to Kansas, settling at Manhattan*. In 1871 he came to Lawrence, and for a number of years operated from big warehouses as the general Kansas agent of the harvest company.
He once held the office of mayor of Lawrence, was secretary of the Bisark Fair association in its best days, secretary of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, secretary of the Leis chemical manufacturing company, and held other prominent positions in the city. ~While the birth year on his marker is 1838, censuses from 1850 (age 9), 1860 (age 18), and 1880 (age38) support the birth date stated in his obituary. Only the 1870 census (age 31) is in disagreement.
*In 1870 Isaac and his young family were counted in Leavenworth, Kansas. He was employed as an agent for McCormick Harvester.
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