Jabez C Hopkins b 1828 d 1860 Claiborne Co., Tennessee Washington Twp., Appanoose Co., Iowa S/O Adams & Nancy E. Guess,Hopkins. Married to Nancy Jane Childress, 25 Jan 1851,Davis Co.,Iowa = Melancholy Catastrophe - Mr. Jabez Hopkins, of Fox River township, Davis
county, was killed by lightening on Sunday morning week. The bolt descended
upon the roof of his house, and parted, one portion coming down the chimney
to the fire-place, near which Mr. Hopkins at that moment was. The fluid
struck him on the head, burning his hair, face and clothing, in a shocking
manner. A metallic handle knife in his pocket was melted to a running fluid
and the steel blade was also melted so as to be ardly recognized. The
leather of one of his boots on his feet was burnt to a crisped mass of coal.
The fluid then passed to the earth, tearing up the hearth and floor. The
other section of the bolt passed down one of the rafters to near the eaves,
when it entered a flue and followed the stove pipe to a stove in the room
below, melting the door and other parts of the stove. In its passae to the
earth it left no perceptible track beneath the stove. The family, who were
in the house, were all struck senseless, but soon recovered. A dog which
had taken shelter from the storm beneath the floor of the house was found
dead, although no marks of the effects of the lightning were found on its
body.
U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885
about Jabez C Hopkins
Name: Jabez C Hopkins
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Place of Birth: Tennessee
Estimated birth year: abt 1816
Age: 44
Month of Death: May
Cause Of Death: Lightning
Census Year: 1860
Census Location: (City, County, State)
Fox River, Davis, Iowa
Line: 2
Roll: A1156_55
county, was killed by lightening on Sunday morning week. The bolt descended
upon the roof of his house, and parted, one portion coming down the chimney
to the fire-place, near which Mr. Hopkins at that moment was. The fluid
struck him on the head, burning his hair, face and clothing, in a shocking
manner. A metallic handle knife in his pocket was melted to a running fluid
and the steel blade was also melted so as to be ardly recognized. The
leather of one of his boots on his feet was burnt to a crisped mass of coal.
The fluid then passed to the earth, tearing up the hearth and floor. The
other section of the bolt passed down one of the rafters to near the eaves,
when it entered a flue and followed the stove pipe to a stove in the room
below, melting the door and other parts of the stove. In its passae to the
earth it left no perceptible track beneath the stove. The family, who were
in the house, were all struck senseless, but soon recovered. A dog which
had taken shelter from the storm beneath the floor of the house was found
dead, although no marks of the effects of the lightning were found on its
body.
U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885
about Jabez C Hopkins
Name: Jabez C Hopkins
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Place of Birth: Tennessee
Estimated birth year: abt 1816
Age: 44
Month of Death: May
Cause Of Death: Lightning
Census Year: 1860
Census Location: (City, County, State)
Fox River, Davis, Iowa
Line: 2
Roll: A1156_55
Jabez C Hopkins b 1828 d 1860 Claiborne Co., Tennessee Washington Twp., Appanoose Co., Iowa S/O Adams & Nancy E. Guess,Hopkins. Married to Nancy Jane Childress, 25 Jan 1851,Davis Co.,Iowa = Melancholy Catastrophe - Mr. Jabez Hopkins, of Fox River township, Davis
county, was killed by lightening on Sunday morning week. The bolt descended
upon the roof of his house, and parted, one portion coming down the chimney
to the fire-place, near which Mr. Hopkins at that moment was. The fluid
struck him on the head, burning his hair, face and clothing, in a shocking
manner. A metallic handle knife in his pocket was melted to a running fluid
and the steel blade was also melted so as to be ardly recognized. The
leather of one of his boots on his feet was burnt to a crisped mass of coal.
The fluid then passed to the earth, tearing up the hearth and floor. The
other section of the bolt passed down one of the rafters to near the eaves,
when it entered a flue and followed the stove pipe to a stove in the room
below, melting the door and other parts of the stove. In its passae to the
earth it left no perceptible track beneath the stove. The family, who were
in the house, were all struck senseless, but soon recovered. A dog which
had taken shelter from the storm beneath the floor of the house was found
dead, although no marks of the effects of the lightning were found on its
body.
U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885
about Jabez C Hopkins
Name: Jabez C Hopkins
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Place of Birth: Tennessee
Estimated birth year: abt 1816
Age: 44
Month of Death: May
Cause Of Death: Lightning
Census Year: 1860
Census Location: (City, County, State)
Fox River, Davis, Iowa
Line: 2
Roll: A1156_55
county, was killed by lightening on Sunday morning week. The bolt descended
upon the roof of his house, and parted, one portion coming down the chimney
to the fire-place, near which Mr. Hopkins at that moment was. The fluid
struck him on the head, burning his hair, face and clothing, in a shocking
manner. A metallic handle knife in his pocket was melted to a running fluid
and the steel blade was also melted so as to be ardly recognized. The
leather of one of his boots on his feet was burnt to a crisped mass of coal.
The fluid then passed to the earth, tearing up the hearth and floor. The
other section of the bolt passed down one of the rafters to near the eaves,
when it entered a flue and followed the stove pipe to a stove in the room
below, melting the door and other parts of the stove. In its passae to the
earth it left no perceptible track beneath the stove. The family, who were
in the house, were all struck senseless, but soon recovered. A dog which
had taken shelter from the storm beneath the floor of the house was found
dead, although no marks of the effects of the lightning were found on its
body.
U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885
about Jabez C Hopkins
Name: Jabez C Hopkins
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Place of Birth: Tennessee
Estimated birth year: abt 1816
Age: 44
Month of Death: May
Cause Of Death: Lightning
Census Year: 1860
Census Location: (City, County, State)
Fox River, Davis, Iowa
Line: 2
Roll: A1156_55
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