Killed in the Woods
Cookport Man Was Struck by a Falling Limb While at Work
Ira Pitman, a well-known woodsman, of Cookport, met an untimely end, on Saturday, June 17, while working in the woods near St. Mary's, Cameron county, by being struck by a falling limb. The accident occured about 4 o'clock in the afternoon and death was almost instantaneous.
The remains were brought to Cherrytree on Wednesday evening and interment was made at Uniontown on Thursday. The deceased was a young man of exceptionally good habits and leaves an estate of $1700. He was single and leaves a few distant relatives. He was well-known in the northeastern part of the county and leaves a wide circle of friends.
Indiana Evening Gazette, Indiana, PA, Saturday, June 24, 1911, P 1
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PA Death Certificate 54512, 1911
Ira Pitman
Died of broken neck due to tree fall
Birth - June 10, 1875
Death - June 10, 1911 - wrong?
Burial - 6/13/1911
Father - Have Dugle, PA
Mother Sadie Paliele, PA
Informant - LaBarr (Undertaker), Emporium
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Conflict on death date between Obit & DC
Killed in the Woods
Cookport Man Was Struck by a Falling Limb While at Work
Ira Pitman, a well-known woodsman, of Cookport, met an untimely end, on Saturday, June 17, while working in the woods near St. Mary's, Cameron county, by being struck by a falling limb. The accident occured about 4 o'clock in the afternoon and death was almost instantaneous.
The remains were brought to Cherrytree on Wednesday evening and interment was made at Uniontown on Thursday. The deceased was a young man of exceptionally good habits and leaves an estate of $1700. He was single and leaves a few distant relatives. He was well-known in the northeastern part of the county and leaves a wide circle of friends.
Indiana Evening Gazette, Indiana, PA, Saturday, June 24, 1911, P 1
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PA Death Certificate 54512, 1911
Ira Pitman
Died of broken neck due to tree fall
Birth - June 10, 1875
Death - June 10, 1911 - wrong?
Burial - 6/13/1911
Father - Have Dugle, PA
Mother Sadie Paliele, PA
Informant - LaBarr (Undertaker), Emporium
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Conflict on death date between Obit & DC
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