Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1898 — Accidental Death at Mt. Ayr. [ARTICLE]

Accidental Death at Mt. Ayr.

Morocco Courier. Jacob Lewis, an aged farmer living south east of Mt. Ayr, fell from a load of wood, which he was unloading there Wednesday evening for Mr. Akers, and broke his neck. It appears that while he was in the act of throwing a stick of wood off of the wagon the one on which he was standing rolled, throwing him backward with the result above stated. He was seventyfive years old and had lived in that locality for the past twentyfive years. He leaves a wife and two sons at home, his older children being married.