Edward Jeffries - shooting accident 1900
I recently learned of a shooting/hunting accident that killed my ggf, Edward Jeffries, on Thanksgiving Day 1900. It took place near Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois. The family was living in Herrick, IL at the time. From the scant amount of information I was given there was a trial that followed and a man by the name of John Linder (?) was involved. Is there a chance that anyone out there has information on this incident? My grandmother (Gertrude Jeffries Redburn Boyd)was 4 months old when her father was killed. She was given to her maternal grandparents (Redburn) to raise when her mother Stella was unable to deal with the death of her husband and abandon her daughter.