From newspaper article printed June 24, 1910:
MARION A. HYLAND
Marion A. Hyland was born in Grant Township, Washington county Kansas Dec. 8, 1880, 29 years, 6 months and 16 days before his death which occurred in the Little Blue near Hollenberg Thursday evening June 23, 1910.
It appears that he went swimming with a number of young men. A Mr. Hoxie tried to swim on his back, but in turning became strangled; in trying to right himself got worse, involving a Mr. Henderson who was trying to help him. A younger brother of Mr. Henderson became alarmed at the struggle, called Mr. Hyland's attention to the drowning men. Hastening to them, he made possible the saving of Mr. Henderson but sank with Mr. Hoxie to his death.
The alarm was given to the community and while the doctor, parents and friends were caring for Mr. Henderson who was in a critical condition, arrangements were made to recover the bodies of Mr. Hyland and Mr. Hoxie from the river.
They were found where they went down, and brought up by Mr. Talcott, a diver. The bodies had been in the water for an hour and could not be revived. This lamentable accident is lightened by the conduct of the young men and boys in the group, who did all they could to save them.
Mr. Hyland's friends feel that his part in the affair was wholly in keeping with his honorable record. Mr. J. R. Hyland accompanied by Messrs Matthews and Wertenberger went to Hollenberg returning with the body that night. Mrs. Hyland, at the time, was visiting at her father's west of Washington.
Mr. Hyland was the third child of Herbert and Sarah I. (Sarah Isabelle Metzker) Hyland. The other children being James R., the present county attorney, Miss Rheua, Kansas City, Mrs. Belle Carlson, Morrowville, Ralph, cashier of the Morrowville Bank. Herbert, Portia, and Ollie, Rawlins, Wyoming while his step mother (Stella May Newcomb Hyland) and three half sisters: Neva, Gail and Maggie reside at Desoto, Kansas. His mother and father died some years ago. A fact no doubt accounting, in part for the tender relation of the whole family.
Mr. Hyland obtained his education in district schools and the State Normal at Emporia. He taught a number of years. In the spring of 1906 he was married to Miss Anna Gressman it being the first wedding ceremony performed in this county by Rev. J. W. R. Clardy, who also preached his funeral. They were happily mated and very successful in farming. He with other members of his family and his old neighbor O. G. Lobaugh bought the Alspaugih Jones and Stanton interest in the Hollenberg State Bank.
He was chosen cashier May 1st. of this year and had answered his first call for a statement, which was going on to the press at the hour of his final call from his maker.
He was clerk of the Woodman Camp at Hollenberg at the time of his death. Civil and social offices had been filled by him with fidelity.
He united with the Washington Methodist Episcopal church in Aug. 1902. Sober judgment and honest conversation characterized his life. Reasonable and peaceable; kind and affectionate he made a full place in the memory of his family and friends. His wife and little boy Farrel Lawrence are the objects of the loving sympathy of the people of the communities touched by the bereavement.
The funeral of Mr. Hoxie was held from the Hollenberg M. E. church Friday. Rev. Veach preaching from the words, "Be ye Also Ready."
Mr. Hyland's funeral was held from the residence of his brother James R. The same text, being selected by coincident. The Woodman of Hollenberg and Washington attended in a body, and an attendance of 250 men is probably right. The Washington Banks were closed, the officers attended the service. Music was rendered by the mixed quartet: Messrs F. A. Weidenheimer and T. J. Raplee, Mrs. F. C. McNitt and Miss Goldie Stribbling. Numerous and beautiful floral tributes decked the casket. The remains were interred in the Washington cemetery under the auspices of the Woodmen.
From "Carnegie Hero Fund Commission", By Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, Published by The Commission, 1911, Page 103:
Marion A. Hyland, aged thirty, bank cashier, died attempting to save Guy R. Henderson, aged twenty-one, barber, and Reuben D. Hoxie, aged sixteen, schoolboy, from drowning, Hollenberg, Kan., June 23, 1910. Hyland went to the assistance of Henderson and Hoxie, who were struggling together in deep water in the Little Blue River, and was grabbed by Hoxie, and both were drowned. Henderson reached shore after getting free from Hoxie.
MARION A. HYLAND
Marion A. Hyland was born in Grant Township, Washington county Kansas Dec. 8, 1880, 29 years, 6 months and 16 days before his death which occurred in the Little Blue near Hollenberg Thursday evening June 23, 1910.
It appears that he went swimming with a number of young men. A Mr. Hoxie tried to swim on his back, but in turning became strangled; in trying to right himself got worse, involving a Mr. Henderson who was trying to help him. A younger brother of Mr. Henderson became alarmed at the struggle, called Mr. Hyland's attention to the drowning men. Hastening to them, he made possible the saving of Mr. Henderson but sank with Mr. Hoxie to his death.
The alarm was given to the community and while the doctor, parents and friends were caring for Mr. Henderson who was in a critical condition, arrangements were made to recover the bodies of Mr. Hyland and Mr. Hoxie from the river.
They were found where they went down, and brought up by Mr. Talcott, a diver. The bodies had been in the water for an hour and could not be revived. This lamentable accident is lightened by the conduct of the young men and boys in the group, who did all they could to save them.
Mr. Hyland's friends feel that his part in the affair was wholly in keeping with his honorable record. Mr. J. R. Hyland accompanied by Messrs Matthews and Wertenberger went to Hollenberg returning with the body that night. Mrs. Hyland, at the time, was visiting at her father's west of Washington.
Mr. Hyland was the third child of Herbert and Sarah I. (Sarah Isabelle Metzker) Hyland. The other children being James R., the present county attorney, Miss Rheua, Kansas City, Mrs. Belle Carlson, Morrowville, Ralph, cashier of the Morrowville Bank. Herbert, Portia, and Ollie, Rawlins, Wyoming while his step mother (Stella May Newcomb Hyland) and three half sisters: Neva, Gail and Maggie reside at Desoto, Kansas. His mother and father died some years ago. A fact no doubt accounting, in part for the tender relation of the whole family.
Mr. Hyland obtained his education in district schools and the State Normal at Emporia. He taught a number of years. In the spring of 1906 he was married to Miss Anna Gressman it being the first wedding ceremony performed in this county by Rev. J. W. R. Clardy, who also preached his funeral. They were happily mated and very successful in farming. He with other members of his family and his old neighbor O. G. Lobaugh bought the Alspaugih Jones and Stanton interest in the Hollenberg State Bank.
He was chosen cashier May 1st. of this year and had answered his first call for a statement, which was going on to the press at the hour of his final call from his maker.
He was clerk of the Woodman Camp at Hollenberg at the time of his death. Civil and social offices had been filled by him with fidelity.
He united with the Washington Methodist Episcopal church in Aug. 1902. Sober judgment and honest conversation characterized his life. Reasonable and peaceable; kind and affectionate he made a full place in the memory of his family and friends. His wife and little boy Farrel Lawrence are the objects of the loving sympathy of the people of the communities touched by the bereavement.
The funeral of Mr. Hoxie was held from the Hollenberg M. E. church Friday. Rev. Veach preaching from the words, "Be ye Also Ready."
Mr. Hyland's funeral was held from the residence of his brother James R. The same text, being selected by coincident. The Woodman of Hollenberg and Washington attended in a body, and an attendance of 250 men is probably right. The Washington Banks were closed, the officers attended the service. Music was rendered by the mixed quartet: Messrs F. A. Weidenheimer and T. J. Raplee, Mrs. F. C. McNitt and Miss Goldie Stribbling. Numerous and beautiful floral tributes decked the casket. The remains were interred in the Washington cemetery under the auspices of the Woodmen.
From "Carnegie Hero Fund Commission", By Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, Published by The Commission, 1911, Page 103:
Marion A. Hyland, aged thirty, bank cashier, died attempting to save Guy R. Henderson, aged twenty-one, barber, and Reuben D. Hoxie, aged sixteen, schoolboy, from drowning, Hollenberg, Kan., June 23, 1910. Hyland went to the assistance of Henderson and Hoxie, who were struggling together in deep water in the Little Blue River, and was grabbed by Hoxie, and both were drowned. Henderson reached shore after getting free from Hoxie.
From newspaper article printed June 24, 1910:
MARION A. HYLAND
Marion A. Hyland was born in Grant Township, Washington county Kansas Dec. 8, 1880, 29 years, 6 months and 16 days before his death which occurred in the Little Blue near Hollenberg Thursday evening June 23, 1910.
It appears that he went swimming with a number of young men. A Mr. Hoxie tried to swim on his back, but in turning became strangled; in trying to right himself got worse, involving a Mr. Henderson who was trying to help him. A younger brother of Mr. Henderson became alarmed at the struggle, called Mr. Hyland's attention to the drowning men. Hastening to them, he made possible the saving of Mr. Henderson but sank with Mr. Hoxie to his death.
The alarm was given to the community and while the doctor, parents and friends were caring for Mr. Henderson who was in a critical condition, arrangements were made to recover the bodies of Mr. Hyland and Mr. Hoxie from the river.
They were found where they went down, and brought up by Mr. Talcott, a diver. The bodies had been in the water for an hour and could not be revived. This lamentable accident is lightened by the conduct of the young men and boys in the group, who did all they could to save them.
Mr. Hyland's friends feel that his part in the affair was wholly in keeping with his honorable record. Mr. J. R. Hyland accompanied by Messrs Matthews and Wertenberger went to Hollenberg returning with the body that night. Mrs. Hyland, at the time, was visiting at her father's west of Washington.
Mr. Hyland was the third child of Herbert and Sarah I. (Sarah Isabelle Metzker) Hyland. The other children being James R., the present county attorney, Miss Rheua, Kansas City, Mrs. Belle Carlson, Morrowville, Ralph, cashier of the Morrowville Bank. Herbert, Portia, and Ollie, Rawlins, Wyoming while his step mother (Stella May Newcomb Hyland) and three half sisters: Neva, Gail and Maggie reside at Desoto, Kansas. His mother and father died some years ago. A fact no doubt accounting, in part for the tender relation of the whole family.
Mr. Hyland obtained his education in district schools and the State Normal at Emporia. He taught a number of years. In the spring of 1906 he was married to Miss Anna Gressman it being the first wedding ceremony performed in this county by Rev. J. W. R. Clardy, who also preached his funeral. They were happily mated and very successful in farming. He with other members of his family and his old neighbor O. G. Lobaugh bought the Alspaugih Jones and Stanton interest in the Hollenberg State Bank.
He was chosen cashier May 1st. of this year and had answered his first call for a statement, which was going on to the press at the hour of his final call from his maker.
He was clerk of the Woodman Camp at Hollenberg at the time of his death. Civil and social offices had been filled by him with fidelity.
He united with the Washington Methodist Episcopal church in Aug. 1902. Sober judgment and honest conversation characterized his life. Reasonable and peaceable; kind and affectionate he made a full place in the memory of his family and friends. His wife and little boy Farrel Lawrence are the objects of the loving sympathy of the people of the communities touched by the bereavement.
The funeral of Mr. Hoxie was held from the Hollenberg M. E. church Friday. Rev. Veach preaching from the words, "Be ye Also Ready."
Mr. Hyland's funeral was held from the residence of his brother James R. The same text, being selected by coincident. The Woodman of Hollenberg and Washington attended in a body, and an attendance of 250 men is probably right. The Washington Banks were closed, the officers attended the service. Music was rendered by the mixed quartet: Messrs F. A. Weidenheimer and T. J. Raplee, Mrs. F. C. McNitt and Miss Goldie Stribbling. Numerous and beautiful floral tributes decked the casket. The remains were interred in the Washington cemetery under the auspices of the Woodmen.
From "Carnegie Hero Fund Commission", By Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, Published by The Commission, 1911, Page 103:
Marion A. Hyland, aged thirty, bank cashier, died attempting to save Guy R. Henderson, aged twenty-one, barber, and Reuben D. Hoxie, aged sixteen, schoolboy, from drowning, Hollenberg, Kan., June 23, 1910. Hyland went to the assistance of Henderson and Hoxie, who were struggling together in deep water in the Little Blue River, and was grabbed by Hoxie, and both were drowned. Henderson reached shore after getting free from Hoxie.
MARION A. HYLAND
Marion A. Hyland was born in Grant Township, Washington county Kansas Dec. 8, 1880, 29 years, 6 months and 16 days before his death which occurred in the Little Blue near Hollenberg Thursday evening June 23, 1910.
It appears that he went swimming with a number of young men. A Mr. Hoxie tried to swim on his back, but in turning became strangled; in trying to right himself got worse, involving a Mr. Henderson who was trying to help him. A younger brother of Mr. Henderson became alarmed at the struggle, called Mr. Hyland's attention to the drowning men. Hastening to them, he made possible the saving of Mr. Henderson but sank with Mr. Hoxie to his death.
The alarm was given to the community and while the doctor, parents and friends were caring for Mr. Henderson who was in a critical condition, arrangements were made to recover the bodies of Mr. Hyland and Mr. Hoxie from the river.
They were found where they went down, and brought up by Mr. Talcott, a diver. The bodies had been in the water for an hour and could not be revived. This lamentable accident is lightened by the conduct of the young men and boys in the group, who did all they could to save them.
Mr. Hyland's friends feel that his part in the affair was wholly in keeping with his honorable record. Mr. J. R. Hyland accompanied by Messrs Matthews and Wertenberger went to Hollenberg returning with the body that night. Mrs. Hyland, at the time, was visiting at her father's west of Washington.
Mr. Hyland was the third child of Herbert and Sarah I. (Sarah Isabelle Metzker) Hyland. The other children being James R., the present county attorney, Miss Rheua, Kansas City, Mrs. Belle Carlson, Morrowville, Ralph, cashier of the Morrowville Bank. Herbert, Portia, and Ollie, Rawlins, Wyoming while his step mother (Stella May Newcomb Hyland) and three half sisters: Neva, Gail and Maggie reside at Desoto, Kansas. His mother and father died some years ago. A fact no doubt accounting, in part for the tender relation of the whole family.
Mr. Hyland obtained his education in district schools and the State Normal at Emporia. He taught a number of years. In the spring of 1906 he was married to Miss Anna Gressman it being the first wedding ceremony performed in this county by Rev. J. W. R. Clardy, who also preached his funeral. They were happily mated and very successful in farming. He with other members of his family and his old neighbor O. G. Lobaugh bought the Alspaugih Jones and Stanton interest in the Hollenberg State Bank.
He was chosen cashier May 1st. of this year and had answered his first call for a statement, which was going on to the press at the hour of his final call from his maker.
He was clerk of the Woodman Camp at Hollenberg at the time of his death. Civil and social offices had been filled by him with fidelity.
He united with the Washington Methodist Episcopal church in Aug. 1902. Sober judgment and honest conversation characterized his life. Reasonable and peaceable; kind and affectionate he made a full place in the memory of his family and friends. His wife and little boy Farrel Lawrence are the objects of the loving sympathy of the people of the communities touched by the bereavement.
The funeral of Mr. Hoxie was held from the Hollenberg M. E. church Friday. Rev. Veach preaching from the words, "Be ye Also Ready."
Mr. Hyland's funeral was held from the residence of his brother James R. The same text, being selected by coincident. The Woodman of Hollenberg and Washington attended in a body, and an attendance of 250 men is probably right. The Washington Banks were closed, the officers attended the service. Music was rendered by the mixed quartet: Messrs F. A. Weidenheimer and T. J. Raplee, Mrs. F. C. McNitt and Miss Goldie Stribbling. Numerous and beautiful floral tributes decked the casket. The remains were interred in the Washington cemetery under the auspices of the Woodmen.
From "Carnegie Hero Fund Commission", By Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, Published by The Commission, 1911, Page 103:
Marion A. Hyland, aged thirty, bank cashier, died attempting to save Guy R. Henderson, aged twenty-one, barber, and Reuben D. Hoxie, aged sixteen, schoolboy, from drowning, Hollenberg, Kan., June 23, 1910. Hyland went to the assistance of Henderson and Hoxie, who were struggling together in deep water in the Little Blue River, and was grabbed by Hoxie, and both were drowned. Henderson reached shore after getting free from Hoxie.
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