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 appeared in Acton Free Press, 27 Aug 1885, p. 2     SUDDEN AND LAMENTED DEATH. Dr. W. H. MacDonald of Toronto, an old Acton Boy, Cut off in His Prime. BY SOME MYSTERIOUS CAUSE The news of the death of Dr. W. H. MacDonald, of Toronto, without any previous intimation of illness, last Thursday, came ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 27 Aug 1885, p. 2     Limehouse News. From our own correspondent. Mr. Geo. Grant died last Friday noon. He has been ailing for some time with that dreadful disease consumption. He was a man of stirling character, a good christian, a loving husband and a kind father. We all deeply sympathise ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 27 Aug 1885, p. 3     - We are pained to hear of the death of Mr. Elijah Cornell of Petrolea, for a number of years a resident of Acton, which occurred Tuesday. The poor fellow was kicked to death by a horse, while in the stall in his own stable....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 27 Aug 1885, p. 3     An Untimely Death. It was with pain and sorrow that we learned last week of the sudden death of our friend Mr. P. H. Gibbs of Oshawa, late editor of the Oshawa Vindicator, and previously engaged on the Guelph Herald staff, by inflammation of the bowels. Mr. Gibbs was an …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 10 Sep 1885, p. 2     DR. MACDONALD'S DEATH. Verdict "Deceased Came to His Death Through Some Cause Unknown." The inquest on the body of the late Dr. W. H. MacDonald of Toronto, formerly of Acton, was resumed on Monday evening, Coroner Johnson in the chair. Dr. W. H. Ellis testified that he, ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 17 Sep 1885, p. 3     Sad and Heavy Affliction. The friends in Acton and vicinity of Rev. T. L. Wilkinson and family will be pained to learn that they have just suffered a most severe visitation of sickness and death. About two weeks ago they moved to Parkdale, taking up their residence at 44 ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 17 Sep 1885, p. 3     Sad and Heavy Affliction. The friends in Acton and vicinity of Rev. T. L. Wilkinson and family will be pained to learn that they have just suffered a most severe visitation of sickness and death. About two weeks ago they moved to Parkdale, taking up their residence at 44 ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 17 Sep 1885, p. 3     Sad Fatal Accident. About eleven o'clock last Wednesday night Mr. Robert Michie, of Esquesing, was found in the Stewarttown pond beneath the N. & N. W. Railway bridge. His body was terribly bruised and mangled and, notwithstanding the earnest effort of Dr. Todd, the ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 24 Sep 1885, p. 3     A Simple But Fatal Accident. Mrs. Cooper an old lady residing with her son, Mr. W. Cooper, of the 5th line Esquesing, was engaged in letting down a pasture fence on Tuesday about noon when she accidently fell backwards, a rail falling heavily across her abdomen. Internal ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 24 Sep 1885, p. 3     Died From His Injuries. Mr. Daniel Abbott, carpenter at Everton, who was reported in the Rockwood correspondence of the FREE PRESS last week as having received serious injuries at a raising for a storehouse at Henry Hortop's mills, Everton, died on Monday at half past twelve. ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 1 Oct 1885, p. 3     - Rev. T. L. Wilkinson and family have during the past week again been called to say farewell to a loved one. Bertha, about fourteen years of age, passed away peacefully and triumphantly on Thursday. This is the third death in the family within three weeks....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 8 Oct 1885, p. 3     Sudden Death. Mrs. Thomas Worsnop died very suddenly yesterday morning. She had been ill for several weeks, but recovered sufficiently to be able to walk out last Sunday. On Monday she was attacked with inflammation, which terminated in her sudden demise....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 5 Nov 1885, p. 3     Death of One of Acton's Pioneers. On Saturday morning last a telegram was received by friends here announcing the death of Mr. Miller Hemstreet, at his residence in Cleveland, Ohio, at the extreme age of 85 years. The old residents of Acton will well remember Mr. Hemstreet. ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 12 Nov 1885, p. 3     Death of Another Pioneer. Another old settler, in the person of Neil Keith, Esq., of the second line, Esquesing, about three miles from Acton, passed away last Wednesday. Mr. Keith settled on the farm where he died between thirty-five and forty years ago. He leaves a wife ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 17 Sep 1885, p. 2     Limehouse Sparks. Last Monday Mr. S. Meredith's little boy, Isaac, was taken sick with inflammation. He suffered terribly during the week, till Friday evening between nine and ten o'clock when he passed away very peacefully. He was buried yesterday afternoon, a great number ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 3 Dec 1885, p. 3     Death of a Well-known Contractor. Mr. James Morrison, of Guelph, one of the oldest and best known public contractors in Canada, died suddenly Saturday morning at the age of 78 years. He constructed the International bridge at Buffalo, and many Canadian railway bridges and ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 17 Dec 1885, p. 3     Sad Fatal Accident. On Monday morning the sad intelligence was received by the friends of Mr. John McGill, who has for the past year or so been living in Cheyenne, Wyoming Ty., U.S., that he was "shot dead on Saturday night." No further particulars have been received. The ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 24 Dec 1885, p. 2     Limehouse Sparks. From our own Correspondent. A child of Mrs. Osborne, from Alton, was buried here last week. We hear they intend moving here in the spring if not earlier....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 24 Dec 1885, p. 3     John McGill's Death. The body of Mr. John McGill, whose unfortunate death in Cheyenne, Wyoming Ty., was announced in our last issue, arrived in Acton last Friday morning in charge of Mr. Dougall McCollum, his brother-in-law, after four days of weary travel. The funeral took ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 31 Dec 1885, p. 3     The Verdict - "Wilful Murder." We have received a copy of the Cheyenne Daily Tribune, containing a report of the coroner's inquest upon the murder of the late John McGill of this place. The verdict is as follow:- "We, the undersigned, coroner's jury, find that John McGill, ...