Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2026 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== USGenNet Data Repository Notice: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ============================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ============================================================================= Detroit Free Press Tuesday, 29 March, 1870 Ionia County The Portland Advertiser says that JOHN FROST, living three miles east of the village, while loading straw on a sleigh on Saturday, was impaled upon one of the stakes by the sudden starting of the cattle. In attempting to extricate himself, the stake broke off, lacerating and tearing his body in a fearful manner. Transcriber's Note: JOHN FROST died from his injury and is found on the 1870 Census Mortality Schedule of Ionia county, MI. ===============================================================================