Frank Brown
| Date of Interment or Death | 02/26/1924 |
|---|---|
| Location | Old Fairview |
| Section | A |
| Block-Lot-Grave | 15-5-1s |
Obituary
BLOW ON HEAD BY FALLING TREE IS FATAL Frank Brown Succumbs to Injuries Received While Felling Tree With Axe at Taylor Farm Frank, Brown, twenty-nine years of age, employed as a farm had at the farm of Allen Taylor and Chas. Telander
for the past eight years, died at St. Francis hospital Saturday morning from a cerebral hemorrhage, resulting from an accident on February 8.
Brown had gone into the grove that morning with an axe to cut down a large ash tree- the last one of a number which had been picked to be worked into firewood. He was an experienced man with an axe, and how the accident occurred is unknown. Some time later he staggered into the house with blood streaming over his face and exclaiming to Mr. Taylor, “I’v been terribly hurt.” He was brought to Wahpeton immediately, where a physician’s examination showed that there was a sever scalp wound, possibly a third of the scalp being torn from the skull; and there were certain internal injuries to the bones of the neck or spine, the nature of which could not be fully determined. Brown himself could say only that he did not know how the accident occurred. It was plain however that the tree falling struck him on the head.
He was cared for at the farm for a few days, and later was taken to the hospital, where every effort was made to help him. The blown on head however had been too violent, and death resulted.
Frank Brown was an Englishman, born at Keysoe Row, England. He was born and raised a neighbor of Hugh Hawkins, a young man who met sudden death by falling from a load of straw while employed at the Richland county poor farm several years ago. The two men, however, were not acquainted until after coming to America. He came to this country in March, 1914, and on March 16, 1914, went to work for Sam James on his farm near Wahpeton. He worked for Mr. James until the fall of 1915, then spent the winter working at the Ford farm, and in March, 1916, went to work for Taylor & Telander on their farm near the city. He has been with them ever since, except for one summer spent in Canada and was highly esteemed by them as an honest and faithful man, whom they could trust and rely upon.
Brown has no relatives in America. His parents and several brothers and sisters reside in England. He was a quiet fellow, of good habits, and often attended the Methodist church in Wahpeton. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the Methodist church followed by interment in Fairview cemetery.
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Location
Old Fairview is located on the southern half of the cemetery grounds.