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Ralph W. Armstrong

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Ralph W. Armstrong

Birth
Death
25 Nov 1897 (aged 16)
Jackson County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Holton, Jackson County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 5 (east), Lot 3, Block 1
Memorial ID
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Ralph W. Armstrong was born Nov. 9, 1882, and died from injuries received at school, Nov. 25, 1897, after most severe suffering. While playing blackman at school he and Charley Zutt a schoolmate, ran against each other, the knee of his associate striking him in the abdomen with such force to cause an internal rupture of some of the vital organs.... The parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Armstrong .... the burial took place at the Holton cemetery.
Denison. November 29, 1897. The sad accident which resulted in the death of Ralph Armstrong, brings to mind the death of one of John Duff's boys a few years ago, while playing on the ice,- and also that of a pupil at Philo school house who met death by colliding with a schoolmate....
The Holton Recorder, December 2, 1897.
Ralph W. Armstrong was born Nov. 9, 1882, and died from injuries received at school, Nov. 25, 1897, after most severe suffering. While playing blackman at school he and Charley Zutt a schoolmate, ran against each other, the knee of his associate striking him in the abdomen with such force to cause an internal rupture of some of the vital organs.... The parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Armstrong .... the burial took place at the Holton cemetery.
Denison. November 29, 1897. The sad accident which resulted in the death of Ralph Armstrong, brings to mind the death of one of John Duff's boys a few years ago, while playing on the ice,- and also that of a pupil at Philo school house who met death by colliding with a schoolmate....
The Holton Recorder, December 2, 1897.


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