Person:Frederick McConnell (1)

2 ADDR 3 _NAME Lakewood Cemetary

Boy Accidently Shoots Self Fred McConnell aged fourteen, accidentally killed Wednesday morning Community Shocked Occurred at home near city - Boy was favorite at school and at home. As the result of the accidental discharge of a loaded revolver, Fred, the fourteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McConnell who reside on their farm below thecampground near this city, lies dead at the undertaking rooms of A. G. Fitschen. The accident occurred in the home about eight o'clock Wednesday morning, andthe exact details will probably never be known. The boy had gone to his roombefore starting to work [in] the field that morning and upon hearing the gun report the parents went to the room to [find] he had taken the revolver which [was] 32 calibre and while [at] the same it accidentally discharged, the bullet passing through the head. The parents rushed the boy to the hospital here but he had expired before the hospital was reached. Fred, who was an exceptionallybright boy had just passed his eighth grade in school and was most popular among his school mates and very bright in his studies. He was building high hopesand aspirations on his high school career, but those are now cut off by his untimely demise. He was the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. McConnell and was born inNorth Dakota Dec. 30, 1904 and had resided with his parents in this city and vicinity for the past five or six years. The distracted parents and brothers andsisters there are three brothers and four sisters, have the sympathy of all intheir sudden bereavement. The funeral services will be held in the Fitschen chapel Friday afternoon and the interment will be made in the Lakeville Cemetery. Dr. Albert Wilson of the Congregational Church will officiate at the funeral.

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Accidental Shooting Sad accident at Wm. J. McConnellhome Wednesday. A sad affair took place at the Wm. J. McConnell home Wednesdaymorning when their son Fred, accidentally shot himself with a revolver. The father and mother and son had been planning that morning how things were to beconducted on the farm when Fred entered High School this fall and the boy had his clothes all planned out and all arrangements were completed that morning andall were in good spirits and a happy frame of mind. After breakfast, Fred went upstairs to change some of his clothing preparatory to going to the field tohelp his father hoe beans. A short time after a shot was heard, and when members of the family rushed upstairs they found Fred on the floor in a dieing condition. Mr. McConnell immediately hitched up a team and started to take the boyto town but he passed away before they arrived in town. Just how the accidentoccurred will never be known. That it was accidental is certain. He evidentlyhad been handling the gun because the cartridges were laid out on the bed as well as cleaning tools. The McConnells reside in the town of Lake [City] near the Camp grounds. Fred was born in Hannah, N. D. December 30, 1904 and is survived by the corrowing [sic] father and mother and the following brothers and sisters: Forest now in France with the A. E. F., Gordon, Glenn, Clara, Iva, Gene[sic], and Karl. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon two-thirty from the home, Rev. Wilson officiating. The family have the deep sympathy of the entire community in their hour of sore bereavement. It is indeed a hard blow to them and has caused heart wounds that time alone can heal.

Hannah Moon (USGENWEB) July 31, 1908

The youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McConnell, while playing with a washing machine last Friday accidentally got one finger caught inthe cogs and nearly severed it. Dr. Law dressed the wound and has hopes of saving the finger.

Suicide? Shot himself in early teens.

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