Keokuk County, Iowa
Fuhs Drowning
August 24, 1885
A sad accident occurred at the home of
John Fuhs', a farmer living in German
twp., last Monday morning, in which they lost
their little child, by drowning. It seems that
its parents went out to attend to some affairs
about the place, leaving the child alone. When
they returned it was missing, and not finding it
around the immediate premises, alarmed the
neighbors, who turned out in large numbers to
help search. Its dead body was found the same
evening about a mile below the house in a
slough, and the presumption is that the child
started out to find its parents, and had fallen
into the water, and was carried away by the high
water, caused by the recent freshet. It was only
about 3 years old. The parents have the sympathy
of the community.
[the child's name was
Catherine Fuhs, daughter of John and
Eva (Reinig) Fuhs]
Keokuk County, Iowa, 27 Aug 1885 Newspaper
Article
Submitted by
Marthann Kohl-Fuhs
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