Alva Smith, known to many friends by the name of “Buck” Smith, was accidentally killed while working in the woods on the Harry Ramshaw place near Oak Hill Tuesday morning, by a tree that he was chopping down falling on him. For many years Mr. Smith has lived alone in Oak Hill where he operated a harness and shoe repair shop, and did odd jobs around the village. He was a son of the late George Smith and was about 60 years of age. He leaves a number of brothers and sisters. The body was brought to the undertaking rooms of H.R. Johnson & Son in Brimfield where an inquest was held yesterday morning by Coroner Elliott, the facts of his death being as above stated.
The funeral service will be held this afternoon at the M.E. church in Brimfield at two o’clock.
The Brimfield News, November 26, 1925.
Transcribed and submitted by Ethel.
Name: George Albert Smith
Birth Date: 9 Nov 1867
Birth Place: Brimfield, Ill
Death Date: 24 Nov 1925
Death Place: Rosefield, Peoria, Illinois
Burial Date: 25 Nov 1925
Cemetery Name: Brimfield Cemetery
Death Age: 58
Occupation: Laborer
Race: White
Marital status: S
Gender: Male
Residence: Rosefield Township, Ill
Father Name: George Smith
Father Birth Place: Penn
Mother Name: Bettie Heaton
Mother Birth Place: England
Comments: 2m in this place
FHL Film Number: 1504011
Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths
The funeral service will be held this afternoon at the M.E. church in Brimfield at two o’clock.
The Brimfield News, November 26, 1925.
Transcribed and submitted by Ethel.
Name: George Albert Smith
Birth Date: 9 Nov 1867
Birth Place: Brimfield, Ill
Death Date: 24 Nov 1925
Death Place: Rosefield, Peoria, Illinois
Burial Date: 25 Nov 1925
Cemetery Name: Brimfield Cemetery
Death Age: 58
Occupation: Laborer
Race: White
Marital status: S
Gender: Male
Residence: Rosefield Township, Ill
Father Name: George Smith
Father Birth Place: Penn
Mother Name: Bettie Heaton
Mother Birth Place: England
Comments: 2m in this place
FHL Film Number: 1504011
Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths
Alva Smith, known to many friends by the name of “Buck” Smith, was accidentally killed while working in the woods on the Harry Ramshaw place near Oak Hill Tuesday morning, by a tree that he was chopping down falling on him. For many years Mr. Smith has lived alone in Oak Hill where he operated a harness and shoe repair shop, and did odd jobs around the village. He was a son of the late George Smith and was about 60 years of age. He leaves a number of brothers and sisters. The body was brought to the undertaking rooms of H.R. Johnson & Son in Brimfield where an inquest was held yesterday morning by Coroner Elliott, the facts of his death being as above stated.
The funeral service will be held this afternoon at the M.E. church in Brimfield at two o’clock.
The Brimfield News, November 26, 1925.
Transcribed and submitted by Ethel.
Name: George Albert Smith
Birth Date: 9 Nov 1867
Birth Place: Brimfield, Ill
Death Date: 24 Nov 1925
Death Place: Rosefield, Peoria, Illinois
Burial Date: 25 Nov 1925
Cemetery Name: Brimfield Cemetery
Death Age: 58
Occupation: Laborer
Race: White
Marital status: S
Gender: Male
Residence: Rosefield Township, Ill
Father Name: George Smith
Father Birth Place: Penn
Mother Name: Bettie Heaton
Mother Birth Place: England
Comments: 2m in this place
FHL Film Number: 1504011
Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths
The funeral service will be held this afternoon at the M.E. church in Brimfield at two o’clock.
The Brimfield News, November 26, 1925.
Transcribed and submitted by Ethel.
Name: George Albert Smith
Birth Date: 9 Nov 1867
Birth Place: Brimfield, Ill
Death Date: 24 Nov 1925
Death Place: Rosefield, Peoria, Illinois
Burial Date: 25 Nov 1925
Cemetery Name: Brimfield Cemetery
Death Age: 58
Occupation: Laborer
Race: White
Marital status: S
Gender: Male
Residence: Rosefield Township, Ill
Father Name: George Smith
Father Birth Place: Penn
Mother Name: Bettie Heaton
Mother Birth Place: England
Comments: 2m in this place
FHL Film Number: 1504011
Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths
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