Per the Trinity Lutheran Church (Springfield, Illinois) Baptism records, recorded at their daughter Barbara's Christening on July 4, 1852, Barbara and "John Dresendoerfer" were "from Baireuth, Bavaria, in Springfield about 18 months."
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The following is an excerpt from an article describing John Dressendorfer's death in the Springfield, Illinois, Daily State Journal, July 15, 1878.
"Fatally Sunstruck.
Coroner's Inquest in the Case, ...
Saturday afternoon about 3 o'clock, John Dressendorff, employed in haying on the farm of Hon. Geo. Judd, was sun-struck, and died within half an hour, before a physician who had been sent for could arrive. The deceased was 62 years of age, and lived near the corner of Cook and Fourteenth streets. He leaves a wife and a large family.
Coroner Bierce summoned a jury, of which Melvin Bell was foreman, and held an inquest over the remains.
Dr. Buck testified that he was sent for about half past five o'clock, Saturday afternoon, to go and see deceased, who had been suddenly taken sick while at work in the hay-field. He went immediately, and when he arrived at the gate of the field, some two miles south of the city, he was met by the parties who had been at work with deceased, and informed that he was dead.
Persons who were with Dressendorff, in the field, stated that he was overcome, as they supposed, with the heat. His limbs became 'jerky,' and he complained of sharp pains in the head.
He was a healthy man, and had not been sick a day for five years previously. The jury rendered a verdict that deceased came to his death from sun-stroke. ..."
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The following is an excerpt from an article describing John Dressendorfer's death in the Springfield, Illinois, Daily State Journal, July 15, 1878.
"Fatally Sunstruck.
Coroner's Inquest in the Case, ...
Saturday afternoon about 3 o'clock, John Dressendorff, employed in haying on the farm of Hon. Geo. Judd, was sun-struck, and died within half an hour, before a physician who had been sent for could arrive. The deceased was 62 years of age, and lived near the corner of Cook and Fourteenth streets. He leaves a wife and a large family.
Coroner Bierce summoned a jury, of which Melvin Bell was foreman, and held an inquest over the remains.
Dr. Buck testified that he was sent for about half past five o'clock, Saturday afternoon, to go and see deceased, who had been suddenly taken sick while at work in the hay-field. He went immediately, and when he arrived at the gate of the field, some two miles south of the city, he was met by the parties who had been at work with deceased, and informed that he was dead.
Persons who were with Dressendorff, in the field, stated that he was overcome, as they supposed, with the heat. His limbs became 'jerky,' and he complained of sharp pains in the head.
He was a healthy man, and had not been sick a day for five years previously. The jury rendered a verdict that deceased came to his death from sun-stroke. ..."
Per the Trinity Lutheran Church (Springfield, Illinois) Baptism records, recorded at their daughter Barbara's Christening on July 4, 1852, Barbara and "John Dresendoerfer" were "from Baireuth, Bavaria, in Springfield about 18 months."
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The following is an excerpt from an article describing John Dressendorfer's death in the Springfield, Illinois, Daily State Journal, July 15, 1878.
"Fatally Sunstruck.
Coroner's Inquest in the Case, ...
Saturday afternoon about 3 o'clock, John Dressendorff, employed in haying on the farm of Hon. Geo. Judd, was sun-struck, and died within half an hour, before a physician who had been sent for could arrive. The deceased was 62 years of age, and lived near the corner of Cook and Fourteenth streets. He leaves a wife and a large family.
Coroner Bierce summoned a jury, of which Melvin Bell was foreman, and held an inquest over the remains.
Dr. Buck testified that he was sent for about half past five o'clock, Saturday afternoon, to go and see deceased, who had been suddenly taken sick while at work in the hay-field. He went immediately, and when he arrived at the gate of the field, some two miles south of the city, he was met by the parties who had been at work with deceased, and informed that he was dead.
Persons who were with Dressendorff, in the field, stated that he was overcome, as they supposed, with the heat. His limbs became 'jerky,' and he complained of sharp pains in the head.
He was a healthy man, and had not been sick a day for five years previously. The jury rendered a verdict that deceased came to his death from sun-stroke. ..."
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The following is an excerpt from an article describing John Dressendorfer's death in the Springfield, Illinois, Daily State Journal, July 15, 1878.
"Fatally Sunstruck.
Coroner's Inquest in the Case, ...
Saturday afternoon about 3 o'clock, John Dressendorff, employed in haying on the farm of Hon. Geo. Judd, was sun-struck, and died within half an hour, before a physician who had been sent for could arrive. The deceased was 62 years of age, and lived near the corner of Cook and Fourteenth streets. He leaves a wife and a large family.
Coroner Bierce summoned a jury, of which Melvin Bell was foreman, and held an inquest over the remains.
Dr. Buck testified that he was sent for about half past five o'clock, Saturday afternoon, to go and see deceased, who had been suddenly taken sick while at work in the hay-field. He went immediately, and when he arrived at the gate of the field, some two miles south of the city, he was met by the parties who had been at work with deceased, and informed that he was dead.
Persons who were with Dressendorff, in the field, stated that he was overcome, as they supposed, with the heat. His limbs became 'jerky,' and he complained of sharp pains in the head.
He was a healthy man, and had not been sick a day for five years previously. The jury rendered a verdict that deceased came to his death from sun-stroke. ..."
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