Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2024 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/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Lansing State Journal Tuesday, 31 May, 1859 Burned to Death - The Pontiac Jacksonian states that miss LYDIA ANN, daughter of ALONZO VAN WAGONER, Esq., of Oxford, in this county, was burned to death at the residence of her grandfather, JOSEPH VAN SYCKLE, in the township of Independence, from her clothes taking fire; she was lying near the fire asleep. She lived but a few hours after the accident. ===========================================================================