World War I Veteran; 60th Infantry, 5th Division, U.S. Army.
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- FAMILY ASCRIBES DEATH TO ACCIDENT -
Think Edward Acors, Spotsylvania County Farmer, Did Not Commit Suicide.
Funeral services for Edward Acors, who died yesterday from the effects a a shot gun wound, were held this afternoon from his home near Massaponax, and interment made in the family lot on the home place.
Acors, who was 34 years of age, was killed yesterday about noon, when a load of shot from a single barrel gun penetrated his groin and ploughing upwards, entered his heart.
At first it was definitely thought that Acors committed suicide, officials of the county who investigated the circumstances, and Mrs. Acors taking this view.
Later the family reached the conclusion that Acors shot himself accidentally. They believe he went to the house to get the gun and shoot a hawk, and that he stopped in the yard and placed the butt of the gun on the ground with the barrel resting against his body. The gun, which is equipped with a hair trigger, went off accidentally, they are inclined to believe.
The verdict of the coroner in the case could not be learned here today.
Mr. Acors' wife was in the garden at the time of the shooting and Mr. Acors had been there just a moment before he shot himself. He stopped working, it Is said, passed close by his wife but did not say anything to her and went to the house. A moment later she heard a shot but at first thought her husband was shooting at a hawk. Going to the house to see what he was doing, Mrs. Acors found him lying prostrate, the gun by his side. He groaned once after she reached him. She summoned help and Dr. Roderick Dew was notified. When the latter arrived, Acors evidently had been dead for some minutes.
Mr. Acors, who was just building a new home, was 34 years old and a World War veteran. His wife was Miss Maude Price, daughter of Edward William Price, of near Spotsylvania. The couple had no children. Besides his wife, Acors is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Acors, and five brothers: Allan, Harry, John, Alfred and George Acors and four sisters: Misses Kasie, Nettie, Mary and Myrtle Acors. (Fredericksburg) The Free Lance-Star - June 23, 1928.
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The 60th Infantry was organized 10 June 1917 at Gettysburg National Park, Pennsylvania, at the outset of World War I from cadre furnished by the 7th U.S. Infantry. In November 1917 it was assigned to the 5th Infantry Division and underwent its baptism of fire on the Western Front in France.
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- FAMILY ASCRIBES DEATH TO ACCIDENT -
Think Edward Acors, Spotsylvania County Farmer, Did Not Commit Suicide.
Funeral services for Edward Acors, who died yesterday from the effects a a shot gun wound, were held this afternoon from his home near Massaponax, and interment made in the family lot on the home place.
Acors, who was 34 years of age, was killed yesterday about noon, when a load of shot from a single barrel gun penetrated his groin and ploughing upwards, entered his heart.
At first it was definitely thought that Acors committed suicide, officials of the county who investigated the circumstances, and Mrs. Acors taking this view.
Later the family reached the conclusion that Acors shot himself accidentally. They believe he went to the house to get the gun and shoot a hawk, and that he stopped in the yard and placed the butt of the gun on the ground with the barrel resting against his body. The gun, which is equipped with a hair trigger, went off accidentally, they are inclined to believe.
The verdict of the coroner in the case could not be learned here today.
Mr. Acors' wife was in the garden at the time of the shooting and Mr. Acors had been there just a moment before he shot himself. He stopped working, it Is said, passed close by his wife but did not say anything to her and went to the house. A moment later she heard a shot but at first thought her husband was shooting at a hawk. Going to the house to see what he was doing, Mrs. Acors found him lying prostrate, the gun by his side. He groaned once after she reached him. She summoned help and Dr. Roderick Dew was notified. When the latter arrived, Acors evidently had been dead for some minutes.
Mr. Acors, who was just building a new home, was 34 years old and a World War veteran. His wife was Miss Maude Price, daughter of Edward William Price, of near Spotsylvania. The couple had no children. Besides his wife, Acors is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Acors, and five brothers: Allan, Harry, John, Alfred and George Acors and four sisters: Misses Kasie, Nettie, Mary and Myrtle Acors. (Fredericksburg) The Free Lance-Star - June 23, 1928.
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The 60th Infantry was organized 10 June 1917 at Gettysburg National Park, Pennsylvania, at the outset of World War I from cadre furnished by the 7th U.S. Infantry. In November 1917 it was assigned to the 5th Infantry Division and underwent its baptism of fire on the Western Front in France.
World War I Veteran; 60th Infantry, 5th Division, U.S. Army.
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- FAMILY ASCRIBES DEATH TO ACCIDENT -
Think Edward Acors, Spotsylvania County Farmer, Did Not Commit Suicide.
Funeral services for Edward Acors, who died yesterday from the effects a a shot gun wound, were held this afternoon from his home near Massaponax, and interment made in the family lot on the home place.
Acors, who was 34 years of age, was killed yesterday about noon, when a load of shot from a single barrel gun penetrated his groin and ploughing upwards, entered his heart.
At first it was definitely thought that Acors committed suicide, officials of the county who investigated the circumstances, and Mrs. Acors taking this view.
Later the family reached the conclusion that Acors shot himself accidentally. They believe he went to the house to get the gun and shoot a hawk, and that he stopped in the yard and placed the butt of the gun on the ground with the barrel resting against his body. The gun, which is equipped with a hair trigger, went off accidentally, they are inclined to believe.
The verdict of the coroner in the case could not be learned here today.
Mr. Acors' wife was in the garden at the time of the shooting and Mr. Acors had been there just a moment before he shot himself. He stopped working, it Is said, passed close by his wife but did not say anything to her and went to the house. A moment later she heard a shot but at first thought her husband was shooting at a hawk. Going to the house to see what he was doing, Mrs. Acors found him lying prostrate, the gun by his side. He groaned once after she reached him. She summoned help and Dr. Roderick Dew was notified. When the latter arrived, Acors evidently had been dead for some minutes.
Mr. Acors, who was just building a new home, was 34 years old and a World War veteran. His wife was Miss Maude Price, daughter of Edward William Price, of near Spotsylvania. The couple had no children. Besides his wife, Acors is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Acors, and five brothers: Allan, Harry, John, Alfred and George Acors and four sisters: Misses Kasie, Nettie, Mary and Myrtle Acors. (Fredericksburg) The Free Lance-Star - June 23, 1928.
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The 60th Infantry was organized 10 June 1917 at Gettysburg National Park, Pennsylvania, at the outset of World War I from cadre furnished by the 7th U.S. Infantry. In November 1917 it was assigned to the 5th Infantry Division and underwent its baptism of fire on the Western Front in France.
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- FAMILY ASCRIBES DEATH TO ACCIDENT -
Think Edward Acors, Spotsylvania County Farmer, Did Not Commit Suicide.
Funeral services for Edward Acors, who died yesterday from the effects a a shot gun wound, were held this afternoon from his home near Massaponax, and interment made in the family lot on the home place.
Acors, who was 34 years of age, was killed yesterday about noon, when a load of shot from a single barrel gun penetrated his groin and ploughing upwards, entered his heart.
At first it was definitely thought that Acors committed suicide, officials of the county who investigated the circumstances, and Mrs. Acors taking this view.
Later the family reached the conclusion that Acors shot himself accidentally. They believe he went to the house to get the gun and shoot a hawk, and that he stopped in the yard and placed the butt of the gun on the ground with the barrel resting against his body. The gun, which is equipped with a hair trigger, went off accidentally, they are inclined to believe.
The verdict of the coroner in the case could not be learned here today.
Mr. Acors' wife was in the garden at the time of the shooting and Mr. Acors had been there just a moment before he shot himself. He stopped working, it Is said, passed close by his wife but did not say anything to her and went to the house. A moment later she heard a shot but at first thought her husband was shooting at a hawk. Going to the house to see what he was doing, Mrs. Acors found him lying prostrate, the gun by his side. He groaned once after she reached him. She summoned help and Dr. Roderick Dew was notified. When the latter arrived, Acors evidently had been dead for some minutes.
Mr. Acors, who was just building a new home, was 34 years old and a World War veteran. His wife was Miss Maude Price, daughter of Edward William Price, of near Spotsylvania. The couple had no children. Besides his wife, Acors is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Acors, and five brothers: Allan, Harry, John, Alfred and George Acors and four sisters: Misses Kasie, Nettie, Mary and Myrtle Acors. (Fredericksburg) The Free Lance-Star - June 23, 1928.
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The 60th Infantry was organized 10 June 1917 at Gettysburg National Park, Pennsylvania, at the outset of World War I from cadre furnished by the 7th U.S. Infantry. In November 1917 it was assigned to the 5th Infantry Division and underwent its baptism of fire on the Western Front in France.
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