Day in the Life
Journal Entry
May 10, 1860 ~ Thursday
10 I planted melons this morning. I perchased of Samuel Richards
a work called the route From Liverpool to Great Salt Lake City
Illustrated price $9. I was informed that Jesse Johnson son in law
of Samuel Snider, was killed on Tuesday May 8, 1860 by an upright
saw Fram He shut down the gate with the crank up while stooping
down to look to see if somthing was not loose the crank droped, the
upper part of the saw Frame caught his head & mashed it he was
buried on the 9th. Marion J. Shelton arived today From the
Moquitches I spent the day in the office
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Johnson, Jesse
1820-1860
1 mention
Shelton, Marion G.
1833-1886
3 mentions
Snider, Samuel Comstock Snyder
1808-1866
9 mentions
Richards, Samuel Whitney
9 Aug 1824 - 26 Nov 1909
109 mentions
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