DEATH'S SUDDEN CALL
W.N. Davidson, An Old Resident of Pierce County, Found Dead
DEATH DUE TO HEART FAILURE
Found Lying Near the Wagon with "Gash Across Nose, Wound Probably Caused by Falling
News was received Thursday morning of the sudden death of Welcome N. Davidson, an old pioneer and respected citizen at Foster Precinct, at his farm northeast of the little village of Foster, the previous afternoon.
It seems that Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Davidson went out into his pasture with a load of manure for the purpose of banking the pump to the windmill. His body was found cold in death by his son, Lew, on the ground by the side of the wagon and team. His feet were wrapped about with the lines, his left hand pressed over his heart while the right was tightly clinched. A gash across his nose and the forehead slightly scratched is thought to be due to his falling to the ground. Death was due to heart failure, that being the verdict of Coroner Mayer of Osmond.
Deceased was about 65 years of age and had resided in this county for the past twenty-five years. He was always kind and genial in his every day life and had the respect of all who knew him. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his sudden taking away. Funeral services will be held at Foster this afternoon.
...Pierce County Call, Dec. 1904
Dropped Dead
Word came to W.A. and A.F. Strain of this city, Wednesday that their brother-in-law, W.N. Davidson, a ranchman near Foster, had died that afternoon.
Mr. Davidson had been hauling rubbish from the barn and Mrs. Davidson found him where he had been at work, quite dead with a gash in his face. His feet were entangled in the reins and his horses were caught in a barb wire fence.
He was about 65 years of age and was subject to rheumatism of the heart, which undoubtedly caused his sudden death. He left a wife and four children; two daughters, wives of James and Charles Hubbard of Creighton and two sons, Charles, who lives on a ranch in Cherry County, Nebr. and Lew, who had been living at home at Foster.
...The Creighton News 9 Dec 1904
Now, who actually found him, his son or his wife?
Charles E. Hubbard returned from Foster Sunday afternoon, where he was called to attend the burial of his wife's father, W.N. Davidson, the Pierce county ranchman, who died very suddenly of heart disease while at his work.
...The Creighton News 16 Dec 1904
Charles and James Hubbard and A.F. Strain attended the Davidson sale at Foster, Tuesday. They returned home Wednesday.
...The Creighton News 3 Feb 1905
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Welcome Nathaniel Davidson was born in Vermont to Lewis and Fannie Davidson in 1846. He married Augusta Ballou, Oct. 20, 1870. They settled in Glidden, Carroll County, Iowa, where their children were born, Lewis, Mae, Mattie and Charles. Soon after moving to Nebraska in 1883 his wife died. He married second to Elizabeth Jane Strain. Elizabeth Jane had been married three times before to a cousin, David Stain, Charles Chamberlain and Joel Darnell. After Welcome's death, she married Andrew Clark.
...Davidson & Ballou family files
W.N. Davidson, An Old Resident of Pierce County, Found Dead
DEATH DUE TO HEART FAILURE
Found Lying Near the Wagon with "Gash Across Nose, Wound Probably Caused by Falling
News was received Thursday morning of the sudden death of Welcome N. Davidson, an old pioneer and respected citizen at Foster Precinct, at his farm northeast of the little village of Foster, the previous afternoon.
It seems that Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Davidson went out into his pasture with a load of manure for the purpose of banking the pump to the windmill. His body was found cold in death by his son, Lew, on the ground by the side of the wagon and team. His feet were wrapped about with the lines, his left hand pressed over his heart while the right was tightly clinched. A gash across his nose and the forehead slightly scratched is thought to be due to his falling to the ground. Death was due to heart failure, that being the verdict of Coroner Mayer of Osmond.
Deceased was about 65 years of age and had resided in this county for the past twenty-five years. He was always kind and genial in his every day life and had the respect of all who knew him. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his sudden taking away. Funeral services will be held at Foster this afternoon.
...Pierce County Call, Dec. 1904
Dropped Dead
Word came to W.A. and A.F. Strain of this city, Wednesday that their brother-in-law, W.N. Davidson, a ranchman near Foster, had died that afternoon.
Mr. Davidson had been hauling rubbish from the barn and Mrs. Davidson found him where he had been at work, quite dead with a gash in his face. His feet were entangled in the reins and his horses were caught in a barb wire fence.
He was about 65 years of age and was subject to rheumatism of the heart, which undoubtedly caused his sudden death. He left a wife and four children; two daughters, wives of James and Charles Hubbard of Creighton and two sons, Charles, who lives on a ranch in Cherry County, Nebr. and Lew, who had been living at home at Foster.
...The Creighton News 9 Dec 1904
Now, who actually found him, his son or his wife?
Charles E. Hubbard returned from Foster Sunday afternoon, where he was called to attend the burial of his wife's father, W.N. Davidson, the Pierce county ranchman, who died very suddenly of heart disease while at his work.
...The Creighton News 16 Dec 1904
Charles and James Hubbard and A.F. Strain attended the Davidson sale at Foster, Tuesday. They returned home Wednesday.
...The Creighton News 3 Feb 1905
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Welcome Nathaniel Davidson was born in Vermont to Lewis and Fannie Davidson in 1846. He married Augusta Ballou, Oct. 20, 1870. They settled in Glidden, Carroll County, Iowa, where their children were born, Lewis, Mae, Mattie and Charles. Soon after moving to Nebraska in 1883 his wife died. He married second to Elizabeth Jane Strain. Elizabeth Jane had been married three times before to a cousin, David Stain, Charles Chamberlain and Joel Darnell. After Welcome's death, she married Andrew Clark.
...Davidson & Ballou family files
DEATH'S SUDDEN CALL
W.N. Davidson, An Old Resident of Pierce County, Found Dead
DEATH DUE TO HEART FAILURE
Found Lying Near the Wagon with "Gash Across Nose, Wound Probably Caused by Falling
News was received Thursday morning of the sudden death of Welcome N. Davidson, an old pioneer and respected citizen at Foster Precinct, at his farm northeast of the little village of Foster, the previous afternoon.
It seems that Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Davidson went out into his pasture with a load of manure for the purpose of banking the pump to the windmill. His body was found cold in death by his son, Lew, on the ground by the side of the wagon and team. His feet were wrapped about with the lines, his left hand pressed over his heart while the right was tightly clinched. A gash across his nose and the forehead slightly scratched is thought to be due to his falling to the ground. Death was due to heart failure, that being the verdict of Coroner Mayer of Osmond.
Deceased was about 65 years of age and had resided in this county for the past twenty-five years. He was always kind and genial in his every day life and had the respect of all who knew him. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his sudden taking away. Funeral services will be held at Foster this afternoon.
...Pierce County Call, Dec. 1904
Dropped Dead
Word came to W.A. and A.F. Strain of this city, Wednesday that their brother-in-law, W.N. Davidson, a ranchman near Foster, had died that afternoon.
Mr. Davidson had been hauling rubbish from the barn and Mrs. Davidson found him where he had been at work, quite dead with a gash in his face. His feet were entangled in the reins and his horses were caught in a barb wire fence.
He was about 65 years of age and was subject to rheumatism of the heart, which undoubtedly caused his sudden death. He left a wife and four children; two daughters, wives of James and Charles Hubbard of Creighton and two sons, Charles, who lives on a ranch in Cherry County, Nebr. and Lew, who had been living at home at Foster.
...The Creighton News 9 Dec 1904
Now, who actually found him, his son or his wife?
Charles E. Hubbard returned from Foster Sunday afternoon, where he was called to attend the burial of his wife's father, W.N. Davidson, the Pierce county ranchman, who died very suddenly of heart disease while at his work.
...The Creighton News 16 Dec 1904
Charles and James Hubbard and A.F. Strain attended the Davidson sale at Foster, Tuesday. They returned home Wednesday.
...The Creighton News 3 Feb 1905
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Welcome Nathaniel Davidson was born in Vermont to Lewis and Fannie Davidson in 1846. He married Augusta Ballou, Oct. 20, 1870. They settled in Glidden, Carroll County, Iowa, where their children were born, Lewis, Mae, Mattie and Charles. Soon after moving to Nebraska in 1883 his wife died. He married second to Elizabeth Jane Strain. Elizabeth Jane had been married three times before to a cousin, David Stain, Charles Chamberlain and Joel Darnell. After Welcome's death, she married Andrew Clark.
...Davidson & Ballou family files
W.N. Davidson, An Old Resident of Pierce County, Found Dead
DEATH DUE TO HEART FAILURE
Found Lying Near the Wagon with "Gash Across Nose, Wound Probably Caused by Falling
News was received Thursday morning of the sudden death of Welcome N. Davidson, an old pioneer and respected citizen at Foster Precinct, at his farm northeast of the little village of Foster, the previous afternoon.
It seems that Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Davidson went out into his pasture with a load of manure for the purpose of banking the pump to the windmill. His body was found cold in death by his son, Lew, on the ground by the side of the wagon and team. His feet were wrapped about with the lines, his left hand pressed over his heart while the right was tightly clinched. A gash across his nose and the forehead slightly scratched is thought to be due to his falling to the ground. Death was due to heart failure, that being the verdict of Coroner Mayer of Osmond.
Deceased was about 65 years of age and had resided in this county for the past twenty-five years. He was always kind and genial in his every day life and had the respect of all who knew him. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his sudden taking away. Funeral services will be held at Foster this afternoon.
...Pierce County Call, Dec. 1904
Dropped Dead
Word came to W.A. and A.F. Strain of this city, Wednesday that their brother-in-law, W.N. Davidson, a ranchman near Foster, had died that afternoon.
Mr. Davidson had been hauling rubbish from the barn and Mrs. Davidson found him where he had been at work, quite dead with a gash in his face. His feet were entangled in the reins and his horses were caught in a barb wire fence.
He was about 65 years of age and was subject to rheumatism of the heart, which undoubtedly caused his sudden death. He left a wife and four children; two daughters, wives of James and Charles Hubbard of Creighton and two sons, Charles, who lives on a ranch in Cherry County, Nebr. and Lew, who had been living at home at Foster.
...The Creighton News 9 Dec 1904
Now, who actually found him, his son or his wife?
Charles E. Hubbard returned from Foster Sunday afternoon, where he was called to attend the burial of his wife's father, W.N. Davidson, the Pierce county ranchman, who died very suddenly of heart disease while at his work.
...The Creighton News 16 Dec 1904
Charles and James Hubbard and A.F. Strain attended the Davidson sale at Foster, Tuesday. They returned home Wednesday.
...The Creighton News 3 Feb 1905
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Welcome Nathaniel Davidson was born in Vermont to Lewis and Fannie Davidson in 1846. He married Augusta Ballou, Oct. 20, 1870. They settled in Glidden, Carroll County, Iowa, where their children were born, Lewis, Mae, Mattie and Charles. Soon after moving to Nebraska in 1883 his wife died. He married second to Elizabeth Jane Strain. Elizabeth Jane had been married three times before to a cousin, David Stain, Charles Chamberlain and Joel Darnell. After Welcome's death, she married Andrew Clark.
...Davidson & Ballou family files
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