William C. Stroud

Birth: 1863
Death: 14 Jan 1879 (aged 15–16)
Burial: Walnut Grove Cemetery

Corning, Adams County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 42295073 View Source

"Scalded to death"
(inscribed on headstone)

Daily Nonpareil, Wednesday, Jan 15, 1879, Council Bluffs, IA, Page: 1

FATAL ACCIDENT

Special to the Nonpariel: Jan. 14. – At 8 o'clock this morning a steam pipe to the engine in Thomas George's flour mill, at this place, burst, almost instantly scalding to death Will Stroud, the engineer, and slightly scalding Thomas George. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of death by unavoidable accident.

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Emma Retta Stroud McCullough

Leona Stroud Krile

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Samuel Stroud

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