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Below are the names extracted from it. - LIST OF DEAD: Brama / Barna, _____ - Metamora Bennett, Thomas (Mrs) - Dryden Bishop, Thomas - North Oxford Bishop, Thomas - Metamora Bremeyer, M. - Thomas Crane, Mrs. - North Oxford Crane, ______ - North Oxford Davidson, Libbie - Oakwood Davidson, Ida - Oakwood (dau. of Wm. & Elizabeth/Libbie) Davis, baby - Oakwood Davison, William (Mrs) - Oakwood (shown elsewhere as Davidson, Libbie?) Eaton, Emily - Oakwood Eaton, T. C. (Mrs) - Ortonville Fifield, 7 yr old daughter of Charles - Oakwood Fifield, Ed. - Oakwood Fifield, Edward - Ortonville Fifield, Eugenia - Oakwood Fifield, Jessie May - Oakwood Hicks, Charles A. - Thomas Hicks, Elroy - Thomas Howe, Ed (Mrs.) - Oakwood Howe, Eddie - Oakwood Howe, Mina - Oakwood Howe, Nellie - Oakwood Howe, Orrin - Oakwood (2yr old baby) Johnson, Josiah (Mrs) - Ortonville Kitchen, Abraham / Abram - Ortonville Kitchen, William (Mrs) - Ortonville Laidlaw, Claire E. - infant son of Frank - North Oxford (*3 wks old) Malburg, Joseph - Fairgrove Milkey / Milkie, John - Ortonville Mitchell, Claude - Ortonville (6yrs - son of Wm.) Mithell, J. - Ortonville (baby son of Wm.) Mitchell, Mrs. William - Ortonville Pettibone, Andrew - North Oxford (also listed at Thomas) Porritt, John C. - Ortonville Porritt, Joseph (Mrs) - Ortonville Porritt, Louis / Lewis (Mrs) - Ortonville Pretchyplace, C. M. (Rev) - Thomas Quick, Abram - Ortonville Quick, Glen - Ortonville (6yr old son of Abram) Quick, Myrtle - Ortonville (4yr old dau. of Abram) Quick, Ross - Ortonville (baby son of Abram) Quick, Henry (Mrs.) - Ortonville (mother of Abram) Rame, Sol - North Oxford Slate, Oscar (Mrs) - North Oxford - age 35 Smiley, Joseph - Thornville Smiley, Mack - Thornville Stuart, Susan - Oakwood (transcriber note: Smedley, Joseph Sr. & Jr. listed. Duplicates for Smiley) Van Wagoner, Mrs. - Thomas Wells, Mrs. - Oakwood Wilkins, P. F. - Ortonville Wilkins, Prescott - Ortonville Wolverton, E. A. (Mrs) - Oakwood Wolverton, N. R. (Mrs) - Oakwood - LIST OF INJURED: ______, Joe employed by Dr. Suitur - Thomas Allen, Will - North Oxford Allen, Will (Mrs) - North Oxford Althouse, David - Thomas Althouse, William - Thomas Arnold, Miss - North Oxford Bennett, Thomas - Thornville (* also listed North Oxford) Besse, George - North Oxford Bessey, Mr. & Mrs. - North Oxford Bradley, Charles - Thomas Brush, James - Oakwood Carr, Will - Thomas Chapman, Nelson - Oakwood Clark, John - Oakwood Copeman, R. (Mrs) - Thomas Copeman, Sidney (Mrs) - Thomas -recovery very doubtful Copland, Nelson (Mrs) - Oakwood Crossley, Horace (Mrs) - Ortonville Davison, Kate (Mrs.)- Oakwood (*also seen as Davidson) Davidson, son of Kate - Oakwood - may die Davidson, son of Kate - Oakwood - may die Davison, Wesley - Oakwood Eaton, T. C. - Ortonville Fifield, Ed. (Mrs) - Oakwood Fifield, George - Oakwood -critical condition Francis, Mrs. - Oakwood Francis, child - Oakwood (*listed as ch. of Mrs. above) Francis, child - Oakwood (*listed as ch. of Mrs. above) Francis, Harvey - Oakwood Granger, Oscar - Ortonville - recovery doubtful Green, Mrs. - Oakwood Hibbler, George - Thomas - (*later reported dead) Hicks, Leroy - Thomas Johnson, baby - Ortonville Johnson, Frank - Thomas Johnson, Joshua (Mrs) - Ortonville Johnson, Myron A. - Thomas Kent, _____, 10 yr old son of R. - Ortonville Kent, John - Oakwood Kidder, Amy - Thomas - probably fatal Kidder, A. M. (Mrs) - Thomas Kidder, M. I. - Thomas Kidder, M. I. (Mrs) - Thomas Kitchen, William - Ortonville Knapp, T. B. - Thomas (*may be same as T.P) Knapp, T. P. - Thomas Laflamboy, Elmer - Ortonville Laflamboy, Henry C. - Ortonville Laidlaw, Frank (Mrs) - North Oxford Madison, Archie - Metamora Mathewson, Neil - North Oxford Mathison, Archie - North Oxford Milkie, John - Ortonville Mitchell, Don - Ortonville Mitchell, William - Ortonville - recovery doubtful Peters, John - Thornville (* also listed at North Oxford) Pettibone, A. (Mrs)- North Oxford Porritt, Joseph - Ortonville - will probably die Porritt, Louis - Ortonville Prost, John (Mrs.) - Ortonville Quick, Abram (Mrs) - Ortonville - recovery doubtful (*later says will recover) Quick, Henry - Ortonville Reed, Abram - Thomas Slade, Oscar - North Oxford (*duplicate for SLATE?) Slate, baby - North Oxford Slate, Oscar - North Oxford Smiley, Mrs. Joseph Sr. - Thornville - may die (* also listed as Smedley) Smith, Sylvester - Oakwood Smith, Sylvester (Mrs) - Oakwood Smith, child - Oakwood (*listed as ch. of Sylvester) Smith, child - Oakwood (*listed as ch. of Sylvester) Tinsey, Anna (Mrs) - Oakwood (of Pontiac) Wells, Sylvester - Ortonville Westby, Benjamin - Ortonville (+ wife & 2 children) - Ortonville Whipple, John (Mrs) - Ortonville Woodruff, Archie - Ortonville Woodruff, Arthur - Ortonville