Only son of Isaiah & Jane E (Gates) Blood record by Cornelius Durkee - 1878
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Morning Courier & New York Enquirer, NY, Wedn 22 Sep 1847
A son of Mr. Isaiah Blood, of Blood's Hollow [Bloodville a hamlet in the Town of Milton], near Ballston [Ballston Spa], was drowned a few days past. Note: Mr. Blood owned a large axe and scythe factory here and had a substantial home which abutted a swift moving creek. - by Bill Preston
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Daily Saratoga Republican, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Tues. Sept. 14, 1847
Melancholly Event at Blood’s Hollow—-A truly said accident occurred at Blood’s Hollow [a/k/a Bloodville], in Milton yesterday [13 Sep]. William Clarance, an interesting and only son Isaiah Blood, Esq., supervisor of that town, 5 years of age, was drowned in the dam of his father’s scythe works. At the time of the accident the little fellow was in company with an other boy of his own age, who was so overcome by the disappearance of his companion in the water, that he was incapable of communicating the fact. An hour and a half elapsed before the recovery of the body. [the scythe works was in back of the residence and down hill at the creek]
Transcribed by Bill Preston
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Morning Courier & New York Enquirer, NY, Wedn 22 Sep 1847
A son of Mr. Isaiah Blood, of Blood's Hollow [Bloodville a hamlet in the Town of Milton], near Ballston [Ballston Spa], was drowned a few days past. Note: Mr. Blood owned a large axe and scythe factory here and had a substantial home which abutted a swift moving creek. - by Bill Preston
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Daily Saratoga Republican, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Tues. Sept. 14, 1847
Melancholly Event at Blood’s Hollow—-A truly said accident occurred at Blood’s Hollow [a/k/a Bloodville], in Milton yesterday [13 Sep]. William Clarance, an interesting and only son Isaiah Blood, Esq., supervisor of that town, 5 years of age, was drowned in the dam of his father’s scythe works. At the time of the accident the little fellow was in company with an other boy of his own age, who was so overcome by the disappearance of his companion in the water, that he was incapable of communicating the fact. An hour and a half elapsed before the recovery of the body. [the scythe works was in back of the residence and down hill at the creek]
Transcribed by Bill Preston
Only son of Isaiah & Jane E (Gates) Blood record by Cornelius Durkee - 1878
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Morning Courier & New York Enquirer, NY, Wedn 22 Sep 1847
A son of Mr. Isaiah Blood, of Blood's Hollow [Bloodville a hamlet in the Town of Milton], near Ballston [Ballston Spa], was drowned a few days past. Note: Mr. Blood owned a large axe and scythe factory here and had a substantial home which abutted a swift moving creek. - by Bill Preston
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Daily Saratoga Republican, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Tues. Sept. 14, 1847
Melancholly Event at Blood’s Hollow—-A truly said accident occurred at Blood’s Hollow [a/k/a Bloodville], in Milton yesterday [13 Sep]. William Clarance, an interesting and only son Isaiah Blood, Esq., supervisor of that town, 5 years of age, was drowned in the dam of his father’s scythe works. At the time of the accident the little fellow was in company with an other boy of his own age, who was so overcome by the disappearance of his companion in the water, that he was incapable of communicating the fact. An hour and a half elapsed before the recovery of the body. [the scythe works was in back of the residence and down hill at the creek]
Transcribed by Bill Preston
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Morning Courier & New York Enquirer, NY, Wedn 22 Sep 1847
A son of Mr. Isaiah Blood, of Blood's Hollow [Bloodville a hamlet in the Town of Milton], near Ballston [Ballston Spa], was drowned a few days past. Note: Mr. Blood owned a large axe and scythe factory here and had a substantial home which abutted a swift moving creek. - by Bill Preston
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Daily Saratoga Republican, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Tues. Sept. 14, 1847
Melancholly Event at Blood’s Hollow—-A truly said accident occurred at Blood’s Hollow [a/k/a Bloodville], in Milton yesterday [13 Sep]. William Clarance, an interesting and only son Isaiah Blood, Esq., supervisor of that town, 5 years of age, was drowned in the dam of his father’s scythe works. At the time of the accident the little fellow was in company with an other boy of his own age, who was so overcome by the disappearance of his companion in the water, that he was incapable of communicating the fact. An hour and a half elapsed before the recovery of the body. [the scythe works was in back of the residence and down hill at the creek]
Transcribed by Bill Preston
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