MATHEW KILGUS 1873 - 1913
MATTHEW KILGUS MEETS DEATH
INJURED MONDAY AFTERNOON WHILE BREAKING HORSE - DIES TUESDAY MORNING
MATTHEW KILGUS, A FARMER RESIDING ON THE MCKEE FARM, FIVE MILES SOUTH WEST OF THIS CITY, RECEIVED INJURIES MONDAY AFTERNOON A LITTLE AFTER FOUR O’CLOCK, WHICH CAUSED HIS DEATH TUESDAY MORNING ABOUT 7:30.
MR. KILGUS, TOGETHER WITH HIS HIRED MAN, WERE ENGAGED IN BREAKING A COLT. THEY HAD ALREADY BROKEN THREE HORSES TO WORK THIS SPRING AND THIS WAS THE FOURTH. THEY HAD PUT THE HARNESS ON THE ANIMAL WITH SOME DIFFICULTY, AND HITCHED IT TO A WAGON IN THE BARNYARD, TOGETHER WITH A HORSE THAT WAS OLDER AND VERY GENTLE.
MR. KILGUS WAS STANDING AT THE HEAD OF THE HORSES AND THE HIRED MAN WAS HITCHING THE HORSES TO THE WAGON. THE LAST TUG HAD JUST BEEN HOOKED ONTO THE WAGON WHEN THE YOUNG HORSE, WHICH BEGAN TO PLUNGE AND RARE UP. THE LAND IN THE BARNYARD SLOPES A LITTLE AND THE WAGON RAN UPON THE OLDER HORSE, WHICH CAUSED IT TO RUN.
MR. KILGUS HELD ONTO THE FRIGHTENED HORSES AND HE BEING ON ONE SIDE OF THEM THEY STARTED TO GO AROUND IN A KIND OF A CIRCLE. MR. KILGUS STAYED ON HIS FEET UNTIL HE CAME TO A LITTLE GULLY, WHICH HAD BEEN WASHED OUT BY THE RECENT RAINS AND HERE HE SLIPPED.
HE WAS THROWN DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE HORSES AND WAS TRAMPLED UPON AND DRAGGED FOR A FEW FEET. THE COLT WHICH WAS A MARE OF BIG BUILD STEPPED ON HIS BREAST AND SIDE, CRUSHING IN HIS RIBS AND BREAKING OFF SOME OF THEM WHICH PENETRATED ONE OF HIS LUNGS. HIS BREAST WAS ALSO CRUSHED IN, AFFECTING THE HEART.
THE INJURED MAN WAS TAKEN INTO THE HOUSE AND PHYSICIANS SUMMONED FROM THIS CITY. EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WAS DONE TO SAVE HIS LIFE, BUT HE PASSED AWAY AS ABOVE STATED. AT THE TIME THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED HIS WIFE AND ONE OR TWO OF THE CHILDREN WERE STANDING IN THE YARD WATCHING THE MEN.
MATTHEW KILGUS WAS BORN IN GERMANY, AND AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH WAS 39 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS OLD.
HE CAME TO THIS COUNTY 24 YEARS AGO. A NUMBER OF YEARS AFTER HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO EMMA SUTTER.
TO THIS UNION SIX CHILDREN WERE BORN, TWO GIRLS AND FOUR BOYS, WHO WITH THE BEREAVED WIFE MOURN THE LOSS OF A KIND AND LOVING FATHER AND HUSBAND.
HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, MRS. CHRISTIAN KILGUS, OF THIS CITY, AND FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS, AS FOLLOWS: ANDREW, OF THIS CITY; JOHN, OF FORREST; GEORGE, OF KAWSWLIN, MICH.; MRS. RUDOLPH VON BERGER, OF THIS PLACE; MRS. ANDREW LEHMAN, OF RISK; MRS. EMIL BOWER, HOOPESTON; MRS. JOHN MILLER, GRIDLEY.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FROM THE GERMAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN THIS CITY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WERE ATTENDED BY A LARGE CONCOURSE OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
INTERMENT WAS MADE IN THE FAIRBURY CEMETERY. THE BEREAVED FAMILY HAS THE SYMPATHY OF ALL.
MATTHEW KILGUS MEETS DEATH
INJURED MONDAY AFTERNOON WHILE BREAKING HORSE - DIES TUESDAY MORNING
MATTHEW KILGUS, A FARMER RESIDING ON THE MCKEE FARM, FIVE MILES SOUTH WEST OF THIS CITY, RECEIVED INJURIES MONDAY AFTERNOON A LITTLE AFTER FOUR O’CLOCK, WHICH CAUSED HIS DEATH TUESDAY MORNING ABOUT 7:30.
MR. KILGUS, TOGETHER WITH HIS HIRED MAN, WERE ENGAGED IN BREAKING A COLT. THEY HAD ALREADY BROKEN THREE HORSES TO WORK THIS SPRING AND THIS WAS THE FOURTH. THEY HAD PUT THE HARNESS ON THE ANIMAL WITH SOME DIFFICULTY, AND HITCHED IT TO A WAGON IN THE BARNYARD, TOGETHER WITH A HORSE THAT WAS OLDER AND VERY GENTLE.
MR. KILGUS WAS STANDING AT THE HEAD OF THE HORSES AND THE HIRED MAN WAS HITCHING THE HORSES TO THE WAGON. THE LAST TUG HAD JUST BEEN HOOKED ONTO THE WAGON WHEN THE YOUNG HORSE, WHICH BEGAN TO PLUNGE AND RARE UP. THE LAND IN THE BARNYARD SLOPES A LITTLE AND THE WAGON RAN UPON THE OLDER HORSE, WHICH CAUSED IT TO RUN.
MR. KILGUS HELD ONTO THE FRIGHTENED HORSES AND HE BEING ON ONE SIDE OF THEM THEY STARTED TO GO AROUND IN A KIND OF A CIRCLE. MR. KILGUS STAYED ON HIS FEET UNTIL HE CAME TO A LITTLE GULLY, WHICH HAD BEEN WASHED OUT BY THE RECENT RAINS AND HERE HE SLIPPED.
HE WAS THROWN DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE HORSES AND WAS TRAMPLED UPON AND DRAGGED FOR A FEW FEET. THE COLT WHICH WAS A MARE OF BIG BUILD STEPPED ON HIS BREAST AND SIDE, CRUSHING IN HIS RIBS AND BREAKING OFF SOME OF THEM WHICH PENETRATED ONE OF HIS LUNGS. HIS BREAST WAS ALSO CRUSHED IN, AFFECTING THE HEART.
THE INJURED MAN WAS TAKEN INTO THE HOUSE AND PHYSICIANS SUMMONED FROM THIS CITY. EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WAS DONE TO SAVE HIS LIFE, BUT HE PASSED AWAY AS ABOVE STATED. AT THE TIME THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED HIS WIFE AND ONE OR TWO OF THE CHILDREN WERE STANDING IN THE YARD WATCHING THE MEN.
MATTHEW KILGUS WAS BORN IN GERMANY, AND AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH WAS 39 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS OLD.
HE CAME TO THIS COUNTY 24 YEARS AGO. A NUMBER OF YEARS AFTER HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO EMMA SUTTER.
TO THIS UNION SIX CHILDREN WERE BORN, TWO GIRLS AND FOUR BOYS, WHO WITH THE BEREAVED WIFE MOURN THE LOSS OF A KIND AND LOVING FATHER AND HUSBAND.
HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, MRS. CHRISTIAN KILGUS, OF THIS CITY, AND FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS, AS FOLLOWS: ANDREW, OF THIS CITY; JOHN, OF FORREST; GEORGE, OF KAWSWLIN, MICH.; MRS. RUDOLPH VON BERGER, OF THIS PLACE; MRS. ANDREW LEHMAN, OF RISK; MRS. EMIL BOWER, HOOPESTON; MRS. JOHN MILLER, GRIDLEY.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FROM THE GERMAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN THIS CITY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WERE ATTENDED BY A LARGE CONCOURSE OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
INTERMENT WAS MADE IN THE FAIRBURY CEMETERY. THE BEREAVED FAMILY HAS THE SYMPATHY OF ALL.
MATHEW KILGUS 1873 - 1913
MATTHEW KILGUS MEETS DEATH
INJURED MONDAY AFTERNOON WHILE BREAKING HORSE - DIES TUESDAY MORNING
MATTHEW KILGUS, A FARMER RESIDING ON THE MCKEE FARM, FIVE MILES SOUTH WEST OF THIS CITY, RECEIVED INJURIES MONDAY AFTERNOON A LITTLE AFTER FOUR O’CLOCK, WHICH CAUSED HIS DEATH TUESDAY MORNING ABOUT 7:30.
MR. KILGUS, TOGETHER WITH HIS HIRED MAN, WERE ENGAGED IN BREAKING A COLT. THEY HAD ALREADY BROKEN THREE HORSES TO WORK THIS SPRING AND THIS WAS THE FOURTH. THEY HAD PUT THE HARNESS ON THE ANIMAL WITH SOME DIFFICULTY, AND HITCHED IT TO A WAGON IN THE BARNYARD, TOGETHER WITH A HORSE THAT WAS OLDER AND VERY GENTLE.
MR. KILGUS WAS STANDING AT THE HEAD OF THE HORSES AND THE HIRED MAN WAS HITCHING THE HORSES TO THE WAGON. THE LAST TUG HAD JUST BEEN HOOKED ONTO THE WAGON WHEN THE YOUNG HORSE, WHICH BEGAN TO PLUNGE AND RARE UP. THE LAND IN THE BARNYARD SLOPES A LITTLE AND THE WAGON RAN UPON THE OLDER HORSE, WHICH CAUSED IT TO RUN.
MR. KILGUS HELD ONTO THE FRIGHTENED HORSES AND HE BEING ON ONE SIDE OF THEM THEY STARTED TO GO AROUND IN A KIND OF A CIRCLE. MR. KILGUS STAYED ON HIS FEET UNTIL HE CAME TO A LITTLE GULLY, WHICH HAD BEEN WASHED OUT BY THE RECENT RAINS AND HERE HE SLIPPED.
HE WAS THROWN DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE HORSES AND WAS TRAMPLED UPON AND DRAGGED FOR A FEW FEET. THE COLT WHICH WAS A MARE OF BIG BUILD STEPPED ON HIS BREAST AND SIDE, CRUSHING IN HIS RIBS AND BREAKING OFF SOME OF THEM WHICH PENETRATED ONE OF HIS LUNGS. HIS BREAST WAS ALSO CRUSHED IN, AFFECTING THE HEART.
THE INJURED MAN WAS TAKEN INTO THE HOUSE AND PHYSICIANS SUMMONED FROM THIS CITY. EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WAS DONE TO SAVE HIS LIFE, BUT HE PASSED AWAY AS ABOVE STATED. AT THE TIME THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED HIS WIFE AND ONE OR TWO OF THE CHILDREN WERE STANDING IN THE YARD WATCHING THE MEN.
MATTHEW KILGUS WAS BORN IN GERMANY, AND AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH WAS 39 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS OLD.
HE CAME TO THIS COUNTY 24 YEARS AGO. A NUMBER OF YEARS AFTER HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO EMMA SUTTER.
TO THIS UNION SIX CHILDREN WERE BORN, TWO GIRLS AND FOUR BOYS, WHO WITH THE BEREAVED WIFE MOURN THE LOSS OF A KIND AND LOVING FATHER AND HUSBAND.
HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, MRS. CHRISTIAN KILGUS, OF THIS CITY, AND FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS, AS FOLLOWS: ANDREW, OF THIS CITY; JOHN, OF FORREST; GEORGE, OF KAWSWLIN, MICH.; MRS. RUDOLPH VON BERGER, OF THIS PLACE; MRS. ANDREW LEHMAN, OF RISK; MRS. EMIL BOWER, HOOPESTON; MRS. JOHN MILLER, GRIDLEY.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FROM THE GERMAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN THIS CITY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WERE ATTENDED BY A LARGE CONCOURSE OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
INTERMENT WAS MADE IN THE FAIRBURY CEMETERY. THE BEREAVED FAMILY HAS THE SYMPATHY OF ALL.
MATTHEW KILGUS MEETS DEATH
INJURED MONDAY AFTERNOON WHILE BREAKING HORSE - DIES TUESDAY MORNING
MATTHEW KILGUS, A FARMER RESIDING ON THE MCKEE FARM, FIVE MILES SOUTH WEST OF THIS CITY, RECEIVED INJURIES MONDAY AFTERNOON A LITTLE AFTER FOUR O’CLOCK, WHICH CAUSED HIS DEATH TUESDAY MORNING ABOUT 7:30.
MR. KILGUS, TOGETHER WITH HIS HIRED MAN, WERE ENGAGED IN BREAKING A COLT. THEY HAD ALREADY BROKEN THREE HORSES TO WORK THIS SPRING AND THIS WAS THE FOURTH. THEY HAD PUT THE HARNESS ON THE ANIMAL WITH SOME DIFFICULTY, AND HITCHED IT TO A WAGON IN THE BARNYARD, TOGETHER WITH A HORSE THAT WAS OLDER AND VERY GENTLE.
MR. KILGUS WAS STANDING AT THE HEAD OF THE HORSES AND THE HIRED MAN WAS HITCHING THE HORSES TO THE WAGON. THE LAST TUG HAD JUST BEEN HOOKED ONTO THE WAGON WHEN THE YOUNG HORSE, WHICH BEGAN TO PLUNGE AND RARE UP. THE LAND IN THE BARNYARD SLOPES A LITTLE AND THE WAGON RAN UPON THE OLDER HORSE, WHICH CAUSED IT TO RUN.
MR. KILGUS HELD ONTO THE FRIGHTENED HORSES AND HE BEING ON ONE SIDE OF THEM THEY STARTED TO GO AROUND IN A KIND OF A CIRCLE. MR. KILGUS STAYED ON HIS FEET UNTIL HE CAME TO A LITTLE GULLY, WHICH HAD BEEN WASHED OUT BY THE RECENT RAINS AND HERE HE SLIPPED.
HE WAS THROWN DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE HORSES AND WAS TRAMPLED UPON AND DRAGGED FOR A FEW FEET. THE COLT WHICH WAS A MARE OF BIG BUILD STEPPED ON HIS BREAST AND SIDE, CRUSHING IN HIS RIBS AND BREAKING OFF SOME OF THEM WHICH PENETRATED ONE OF HIS LUNGS. HIS BREAST WAS ALSO CRUSHED IN, AFFECTING THE HEART.
THE INJURED MAN WAS TAKEN INTO THE HOUSE AND PHYSICIANS SUMMONED FROM THIS CITY. EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WAS DONE TO SAVE HIS LIFE, BUT HE PASSED AWAY AS ABOVE STATED. AT THE TIME THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED HIS WIFE AND ONE OR TWO OF THE CHILDREN WERE STANDING IN THE YARD WATCHING THE MEN.
MATTHEW KILGUS WAS BORN IN GERMANY, AND AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH WAS 39 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS OLD.
HE CAME TO THIS COUNTY 24 YEARS AGO. A NUMBER OF YEARS AFTER HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO EMMA SUTTER.
TO THIS UNION SIX CHILDREN WERE BORN, TWO GIRLS AND FOUR BOYS, WHO WITH THE BEREAVED WIFE MOURN THE LOSS OF A KIND AND LOVING FATHER AND HUSBAND.
HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, MRS. CHRISTIAN KILGUS, OF THIS CITY, AND FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS, AS FOLLOWS: ANDREW, OF THIS CITY; JOHN, OF FORREST; GEORGE, OF KAWSWLIN, MICH.; MRS. RUDOLPH VON BERGER, OF THIS PLACE; MRS. ANDREW LEHMAN, OF RISK; MRS. EMIL BOWER, HOOPESTON; MRS. JOHN MILLER, GRIDLEY.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FROM THE GERMAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN THIS CITY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WERE ATTENDED BY A LARGE CONCOURSE OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
INTERMENT WAS MADE IN THE FAIRBURY CEMETERY. THE BEREAVED FAMILY HAS THE SYMPATHY OF ALL.
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