Per his obit, Frank died Dec. 6. Per Oak Grove he died Dec. 12. However, his obit was published on Dec. 11.
Father: John Simonds
Mother: Laura McKenzie Simonds
Per his obit published in the Wood County Sentinel on Thur., Dec. 11, 1890: "It appears that Frank Simonds left home Friday evening to visit the Smith boys, who live near Union Hill, and are sons of Wash Smith, and in the morning he and Frank Smith started out full of life and in anticipation of lots of sport, for a hunt.
In F.E. Meagley's woods in Middleton township they treed a squirrel, and Frank Smith attempted to raise his gun to shoot it, the Simonds boy facing him. Whether the hammer of the weapon was alread raised, or in attempting to cock the gun the hammer slipped from his grasp, will never be known, as the boy cannot tell. At any rate, the rifle barrel of the gun, which is a double barreled one, went off, the ball striking young Simonds in the breast at the junction of the breast and collar bones, passing clear through the body and severing an artery, death resulting undoubtedly from hemorrhage. Young Simonds sank to the earth and only had strength to say, "Good bye, Frank." The Smith boy ran to Meagley's for help, but Frank, as stated, was dead when assistance arrived."
Father: John Simonds
Mother: Laura McKenzie Simonds
Per his obit published in the Wood County Sentinel on Thur., Dec. 11, 1890: "It appears that Frank Simonds left home Friday evening to visit the Smith boys, who live near Union Hill, and are sons of Wash Smith, and in the morning he and Frank Smith started out full of life and in anticipation of lots of sport, for a hunt.
In F.E. Meagley's woods in Middleton township they treed a squirrel, and Frank Smith attempted to raise his gun to shoot it, the Simonds boy facing him. Whether the hammer of the weapon was alread raised, or in attempting to cock the gun the hammer slipped from his grasp, will never be known, as the boy cannot tell. At any rate, the rifle barrel of the gun, which is a double barreled one, went off, the ball striking young Simonds in the breast at the junction of the breast and collar bones, passing clear through the body and severing an artery, death resulting undoubtedly from hemorrhage. Young Simonds sank to the earth and only had strength to say, "Good bye, Frank." The Smith boy ran to Meagley's for help, but Frank, as stated, was dead when assistance arrived."
Per his obit, Frank died Dec. 6. Per Oak Grove he died Dec. 12. However, his obit was published on Dec. 11.
Father: John Simonds
Mother: Laura McKenzie Simonds
Per his obit published in the Wood County Sentinel on Thur., Dec. 11, 1890: "It appears that Frank Simonds left home Friday evening to visit the Smith boys, who live near Union Hill, and are sons of Wash Smith, and in the morning he and Frank Smith started out full of life and in anticipation of lots of sport, for a hunt.
In F.E. Meagley's woods in Middleton township they treed a squirrel, and Frank Smith attempted to raise his gun to shoot it, the Simonds boy facing him. Whether the hammer of the weapon was alread raised, or in attempting to cock the gun the hammer slipped from his grasp, will never be known, as the boy cannot tell. At any rate, the rifle barrel of the gun, which is a double barreled one, went off, the ball striking young Simonds in the breast at the junction of the breast and collar bones, passing clear through the body and severing an artery, death resulting undoubtedly from hemorrhage. Young Simonds sank to the earth and only had strength to say, "Good bye, Frank." The Smith boy ran to Meagley's for help, but Frank, as stated, was dead when assistance arrived."
Father: John Simonds
Mother: Laura McKenzie Simonds
Per his obit published in the Wood County Sentinel on Thur., Dec. 11, 1890: "It appears that Frank Simonds left home Friday evening to visit the Smith boys, who live near Union Hill, and are sons of Wash Smith, and in the morning he and Frank Smith started out full of life and in anticipation of lots of sport, for a hunt.
In F.E. Meagley's woods in Middleton township they treed a squirrel, and Frank Smith attempted to raise his gun to shoot it, the Simonds boy facing him. Whether the hammer of the weapon was alread raised, or in attempting to cock the gun the hammer slipped from his grasp, will never be known, as the boy cannot tell. At any rate, the rifle barrel of the gun, which is a double barreled one, went off, the ball striking young Simonds in the breast at the junction of the breast and collar bones, passing clear through the body and severing an artery, death resulting undoubtedly from hemorrhage. Young Simonds sank to the earth and only had strength to say, "Good bye, Frank." The Smith boy ran to Meagley's for help, but Frank, as stated, was dead when assistance arrived."
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