Killed when a flume broke, in Greenhorn Canyon.
He was walking across a flume 6 or 8 feet above the creek, when the flume gave way, precipitating him into the creek. One of the boxes in its fall struck him on the back of his head and neck, almost instantly depriving him of life. He continued to breathe only 10 or 15 minutes. By letters in his possession we learn that he had a wife and 5 children residing in Thorton, Grafton county, New Hampshire.
Wife, Abigail Hill. Sons Joseph H of Campton Village lived with his mother. Benjamin A served in the War of the Rebellion, d 1862 in Newport News VA, age 18. Son of Dodavah and Lydia Plummer Ham.
He was walking across a flume 6 or 8 feet above the creek, when the flume gave way, precipitating him into the creek. One of the boxes in its fall struck him on the back of his head and neck, almost instantly depriving him of life. He continued to breathe only 10 or 15 minutes. By letters in his possession we learn that he had a wife and 5 children residing in Thorton, Grafton county, New Hampshire.
Wife, Abigail Hill. Sons Joseph H of Campton Village lived with his mother. Benjamin A served in the War of the Rebellion, d 1862 in Newport News VA, age 18. Son of Dodavah and Lydia Plummer Ham.
Killed when a flume broke, in Greenhorn Canyon.
He was walking across a flume 6 or 8 feet above the creek, when the flume gave way, precipitating him into the creek. One of the boxes in its fall struck him on the back of his head and neck, almost instantly depriving him of life. He continued to breathe only 10 or 15 minutes. By letters in his possession we learn that he had a wife and 5 children residing in Thorton, Grafton county, New Hampshire.
Wife, Abigail Hill. Sons Joseph H of Campton Village lived with his mother. Benjamin A served in the War of the Rebellion, d 1862 in Newport News VA, age 18. Son of Dodavah and Lydia Plummer Ham.
He was walking across a flume 6 or 8 feet above the creek, when the flume gave way, precipitating him into the creek. One of the boxes in its fall struck him on the back of his head and neck, almost instantly depriving him of life. He continued to breathe only 10 or 15 minutes. By letters in his possession we learn that he had a wife and 5 children residing in Thorton, Grafton county, New Hampshire.
Wife, Abigail Hill. Sons Joseph H of Campton Village lived with his mother. Benjamin A served in the War of the Rebellion, d 1862 in Newport News VA, age 18. Son of Dodavah and Lydia Plummer Ham.
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