Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer on 27 Jul 1848 p2: "DISTRESSING ACCIDENT---A Most distressing and heart rending scene occurred in Rumford on the 4th. A party of young lads went into the Androscoggin River, near Rumford Ferry to bathe. The water being very deep near the sand bar, and the wind blowing hard at the time, Charles Wood, aged fourteen years, son of the late Phineas Wood, Esq., Daniel M. Hinkson, aged seventeen, and George Hinkson, aged fifteen years, only sons of Judith Hinkson, were all drowned. After a long search by a large party of the citizens of Rumford, their bodies were recovered. Their funerals were attended at the same time at the Centre Meeting House. The sermon was preached by Rev. Joseph Lufkin, from Jeremiah 1:16,17. The lost boys were buried in one grave. [Oxford Democrat]"
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Contributor: Cemetery Hopper (46953331)
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer on 27 Jul 1848 p2: "DISTRESSING ACCIDENT---A Most distressing and heart rending scene occurred in Rumford on the 4th. A party of young lads went into the Androscoggin River, near Rumford Ferry to bathe. The water being very deep near the sand bar, and the wind blowing hard at the time, Charles Wood, aged fourteen years, son of the late Phineas Wood, Esq., Daniel M. Hinkson, aged seventeen, and George Hinkson, aged fifteen years, only sons of Judith Hinkson, were all drowned. After a long search by a large party of the citizens of Rumford, their bodies were recovered. Their funerals were attended at the same time at the Centre Meeting House. The sermon was preached by Rev. Joseph Lufkin, from Jeremiah 1:16,17. The lost boys were buried in one grave. [Oxford Democrat]"
Contributor: Cemetery Hopper (46953331)
Contributor: Cemetery Hopper (46953331)
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