Person:Aaron Dresbach (1)

birth parents: William Dresbach and Elizabeth Jones

Obituary: Killed by a Falling Tree Last Saturday morning, Aaron Dresbach, living about one mile and a half from Kingston, went to the woods to chop some wood, and not returning at the time expected, his wife went in the afternoon to where he had been at work, found him pinned to the ground by a tree that had fallen upon him, life being entirely extinct. It seems that he had chopped one tree off, and in falling it had lodged on another. This tree he also chopped down, and in the confusion of the falling of the two trees, it is thought that he was unable to escape, and was caught by one of them and thrown to the ground, the tree falling across his chest and neck, life being crushed out of him almost instantly. He was a son of William Dresbach, of Green township, Ross county. His wife is left with several small children.

Aaron Dresbach died 24 Dec 1881, not 1882.

Ross Co. Estate Records for Aaron Dresbach begin in January, 1882, with the appointment of William Pyle as Administrator. There is a receipt for the coffin, shroud, use of his hearse, and 1 Large Stone for Grave, as well as 100# Cement from John A. King, Undertaker, of Kingston, for $68.00 dated 26 Dec 1881. There is also a receipt for $5.00 for digging the grave, from Leroy May and a receipt for $3.20 for "Brick for Grave" from Lewis Montgomery - referred to as Grave Vault in the final estate settlement paperwork.

1. ↑ Ross, Ohio, United States. Probates, in Estate Record for Aaron Dresbach dated January 1882.
2.   Aaron Dresbach, in Find A Grave.