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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Tuesday, 29 May 1888

         A terrible accident occurred Tuesday morning,
       May 22d, on the Webster farm, one mile north of
       Scipio Center. JOHN P. CONITY, a boy about 13
       years old, was emplyed to roll a piece of land
       preparatory to sowing barley. He had gone a little
       more than once around the field when it was noticed
       that the team had stopped. His employer was working
       in the same field and thinking that perhaps the
       harness was out of order went to assist the boy
       and was horrified to find him under the roller.
       He was lying face downward with the roller across
       his shoulders and life was extinct. Just how it
       happened will never be known, but it is supposed
       that he was riding and somehow lost his balance,
       and as he was falling stopped the horses, but not
       in time to save his life. This sad casualty has
       cast a gloom over the entire community as the boy
       was unusually bright and active and was a general
       favorite in the neighborhood.
       
       **Possibly John P. Conaty, son of John and Emily,
         who died in 1888 at the age of 13 and is buried 
         in St. Bernard's Cemetery.
         
         
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