aged 3 yrs. 2 mos. 17 days
s/o of J. M. & L. J. Artman
The Holton Recorder and Express, October 7, 1875:
Larkin, October 3, 1875 .... There was on the wagon with Mr.
Artman, and his son Stephan, a hired hand, and a little son, aged
about three and a half years, who was sitting on his father's lap. In
crossing the railroad, the horses took fright, and dashed off at a fearful speed, making a sharp curve, they threw off the hay and all on
it, except for little Bennie, who became entangled in the lines and
was dragged and dashed against the fore-wheel for a distance of about
two hundred yards, when the team was stopped by Mr. William Wells, and
poor little Bennie was found bruised, bleeding and dead ....
(Contributed by Thomas Mick)
s/o of J. M. & L. J. Artman
The Holton Recorder and Express, October 7, 1875:
Larkin, October 3, 1875 .... There was on the wagon with Mr.
Artman, and his son Stephan, a hired hand, and a little son, aged
about three and a half years, who was sitting on his father's lap. In
crossing the railroad, the horses took fright, and dashed off at a fearful speed, making a sharp curve, they threw off the hay and all on
it, except for little Bennie, who became entangled in the lines and
was dragged and dashed against the fore-wheel for a distance of about
two hundred yards, when the team was stopped by Mr. William Wells, and
poor little Bennie was found bruised, bleeding and dead ....
(Contributed by Thomas Mick)
aged 3 yrs. 2 mos. 17 days
s/o of J. M. & L. J. Artman
The Holton Recorder and Express, October 7, 1875:
Larkin, October 3, 1875 .... There was on the wagon with Mr.
Artman, and his son Stephan, a hired hand, and a little son, aged
about three and a half years, who was sitting on his father's lap. In
crossing the railroad, the horses took fright, and dashed off at a fearful speed, making a sharp curve, they threw off the hay and all on
it, except for little Bennie, who became entangled in the lines and
was dragged and dashed against the fore-wheel for a distance of about
two hundred yards, when the team was stopped by Mr. William Wells, and
poor little Bennie was found bruised, bleeding and dead ....
(Contributed by Thomas Mick)
s/o of J. M. & L. J. Artman
The Holton Recorder and Express, October 7, 1875:
Larkin, October 3, 1875 .... There was on the wagon with Mr.
Artman, and his son Stephan, a hired hand, and a little son, aged
about three and a half years, who was sitting on his father's lap. In
crossing the railroad, the horses took fright, and dashed off at a fearful speed, making a sharp curve, they threw off the hay and all on
it, except for little Bennie, who became entangled in the lines and
was dragged and dashed against the fore-wheel for a distance of about
two hundred yards, when the team was stopped by Mr. William Wells, and
poor little Bennie was found bruised, bleeding and dead ....
(Contributed by Thomas Mick)
Inscription
BENNIE
Son of
J.M. & L.J.
ARTMAN
DIED
OCT. 2, 1875
AGED
3y. 2m. & 17d
The lovely bud so young
and fair
Called home by early doom
Just came to show how sweet
a flower
in Paradise would bloom
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