The Kansas Historical SocietyMicrofilm Roll O111 The Onaga Herald February 4, 1909 Accidentally Killed. A shocking accident occurred Monday morning, January 25th, on the Thompson farm at Adams Peak, 5 ½ miles southeast of Olsburg, when John Thompson accidentally shot off the entire top of his head while attempting to go through a barbed wire fence. He took his gun and started to hunt rabbits. An hour later his wife went to look for him to answer a telephone call from a neighbor. She found him hanging over the wire fence, still alive but unconscious. She hastened to the phone and summoned neighbors and Dr. Lauck. The latter drove out from Olsburg, a distance of 5 ½ miles, in 25 minutes, but the unfortunate man was dead upon his arrival. John Sherman Thompson, was born near Soldier, Kan., Nov. 23, 1862; died near Olsburg, Kan., Jan. 25, 1909, aged 46 years, 2 months and 2 days. He was married to Miss Mary E. Bundy at Topeka, Kan., in 1888. Deceased was the eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Thompson. He is survived by his aged mother, his devoted wife, two sons, Charlie and Loran; six daughters, Mrs. Mabel Munson, Ina, Caroline, Martha, Virgil and Annie Thompson. Deceased was a beneficiary member of Olsburg M. W. A. camp No. 7017, six members of which acted as pall bearers at the funeral which occurred Thursday afternoon, Jan. 28, at Soldier, Kan. Rev. J. Wykert, a boyhood friend of deceased, preached a beautiful sermon in the Methodist church. A choir sang appropriate hymns. Interment was made in the Soldier cemetery. About 30 members of the Soldier Woodmen camp and their degree team in uniform attended the funeral and marched to the cemetery. Tuesday afternoon Rev. Thos. L. Kluttz of the Olsburg Methodist church, preached a short sermon at the Thompson farm home southeast of Olsburg, at which scores of neighbors and friends attended. The relatives accompanied the body to Soldier Wednesday morning. Hundreds of friends in and near Olsburg, Fostoria and Soldier deplore the sad accident and extend heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved ones.-Gazette.