Posted By:	Vern Dander
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	Subject:	Death of FREDERICK MYERS in CA in 1861
	Post Date:	January 20, 2007 at 17:43:23
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	Forum:	Sacramento County, CA Genealogy Forum
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Am not related but may be of interest to someone who is. I have no further info but additional newspaper extracts may be found at URL: <http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php> Vern D ////////////////////////////////// Transcribed by Dee Sardoch; <deesar@frontiernet.net> ////////////////////////////////// Stockton Daily Argus Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA ************************* >>Friday, 19 Apr 1861<< DROWNED -- Frederick MYERS, a teamster from Sacramento, was drowned Wednesday 17th inst., together with 4 of his mules, a short distance from Norris' bridge. His team mired in crossing a slough, and in getting off to go to their rescue, the drier was entangled with them and drowned before assistance could reach him. The body has been recovered. The deceased leaves a wife to whom he was recently married.