Plainfield Sun, Plainfield, Waushara County, Wisconsin - Friday November 27, 1891
Mrs. W. J. (Celia) DeVoe
SAD DEATH OF MRS. W. J. DEVOE
An accident most terrible and shocking occurred at the residence of W. J. Devoe, at Eagle River, Oneida Co., Wis., Friday Nov. 20, 1891, at 10:40 a.m., by which Mrs. DeVoe lost her life. In the room were Mr. and Mrs. DeVoe, P. Richmond and Benj. W. Applebee, the latter cleaning and loading a 44 caliber Winchester rifle. As Mrs. DeVoe, who was busy with her household duties, passed from one part of the room to the stove, she passed directly in front of the gun, young Applebee being at that moment as he thought, carefully lowering the hammer onto a cap. The hammer fell and the bullet entered her right side just below the ribs and was extracted below the left arm-pit. She was immediately placed on the bed and the wound examined, but nothing could be done for her-life was extinct. A coroner's jury was immediately summoned from Eagle, whose decision was that she came to her death by an accidental shot from a gun in the hands of B. W. Applebee.
Celia Hamlin was the daughter of W. A. and Mary Hamlin, of Wautoma, and was born in the town of Mt. Morris, Feb. 13, 1852, and was 39 years old, at the time of her death. Was married to W. J. DeVoe, at Mt. Morris, Sept. 30, 1880, and moved to Stevens Point, where they lived until May 1886, when they removed to Plainfield and resided here until the 17th of June last, when they moved to the town of Eagle River, Oneida Co., where they took a homestead and have since resided. The remains were brought here Tuesday, for burial, Rev. Alderman preaching the sermon. Mrs. DeVoe leaves two sons, eight and ten years of age, to grow without a mother's love and guidance. Besides her husband and parents she has five sisters and one brother to mourn her sudden and early departure. She was a woman whose life was, the greater part of it, passed at home, caring for the interests of her family. A good wife and mother, a pleasant and accommodating neighbor and a woman respected by all. The sudden and terrible manner of her death has caused a shock to husband and family, which time alone can lessen.
Mrs. W. J. (Celia) DeVoe
SAD DEATH OF MRS. W. J. DEVOE
An accident most terrible and shocking occurred at the residence of W. J. Devoe, at Eagle River, Oneida Co., Wis., Friday Nov. 20, 1891, at 10:40 a.m., by which Mrs. DeVoe lost her life. In the room were Mr. and Mrs. DeVoe, P. Richmond and Benj. W. Applebee, the latter cleaning and loading a 44 caliber Winchester rifle. As Mrs. DeVoe, who was busy with her household duties, passed from one part of the room to the stove, she passed directly in front of the gun, young Applebee being at that moment as he thought, carefully lowering the hammer onto a cap. The hammer fell and the bullet entered her right side just below the ribs and was extracted below the left arm-pit. She was immediately placed on the bed and the wound examined, but nothing could be done for her-life was extinct. A coroner's jury was immediately summoned from Eagle, whose decision was that she came to her death by an accidental shot from a gun in the hands of B. W. Applebee.
Celia Hamlin was the daughter of W. A. and Mary Hamlin, of Wautoma, and was born in the town of Mt. Morris, Feb. 13, 1852, and was 39 years old, at the time of her death. Was married to W. J. DeVoe, at Mt. Morris, Sept. 30, 1880, and moved to Stevens Point, where they lived until May 1886, when they removed to Plainfield and resided here until the 17th of June last, when they moved to the town of Eagle River, Oneida Co., where they took a homestead and have since resided. The remains were brought here Tuesday, for burial, Rev. Alderman preaching the sermon. Mrs. DeVoe leaves two sons, eight and ten years of age, to grow without a mother's love and guidance. Besides her husband and parents she has five sisters and one brother to mourn her sudden and early departure. She was a woman whose life was, the greater part of it, passed at home, caring for the interests of her family. A good wife and mother, a pleasant and accommodating neighbor and a woman respected by all. The sudden and terrible manner of her death has caused a shock to husband and family, which time alone can lessen.
Plainfield Sun, Plainfield, Waushara County, Wisconsin - Friday November 27, 1891
Mrs. W. J. (Celia) DeVoe
SAD DEATH OF MRS. W. J. DEVOE
An accident most terrible and shocking occurred at the residence of W. J. Devoe, at Eagle River, Oneida Co., Wis., Friday Nov. 20, 1891, at 10:40 a.m., by which Mrs. DeVoe lost her life. In the room were Mr. and Mrs. DeVoe, P. Richmond and Benj. W. Applebee, the latter cleaning and loading a 44 caliber Winchester rifle. As Mrs. DeVoe, who was busy with her household duties, passed from one part of the room to the stove, she passed directly in front of the gun, young Applebee being at that moment as he thought, carefully lowering the hammer onto a cap. The hammer fell and the bullet entered her right side just below the ribs and was extracted below the left arm-pit. She was immediately placed on the bed and the wound examined, but nothing could be done for her-life was extinct. A coroner's jury was immediately summoned from Eagle, whose decision was that she came to her death by an accidental shot from a gun in the hands of B. W. Applebee.
Celia Hamlin was the daughter of W. A. and Mary Hamlin, of Wautoma, and was born in the town of Mt. Morris, Feb. 13, 1852, and was 39 years old, at the time of her death. Was married to W. J. DeVoe, at Mt. Morris, Sept. 30, 1880, and moved to Stevens Point, where they lived until May 1886, when they removed to Plainfield and resided here until the 17th of June last, when they moved to the town of Eagle River, Oneida Co., where they took a homestead and have since resided. The remains were brought here Tuesday, for burial, Rev. Alderman preaching the sermon. Mrs. DeVoe leaves two sons, eight and ten years of age, to grow without a mother's love and guidance. Besides her husband and parents she has five sisters and one brother to mourn her sudden and early departure. She was a woman whose life was, the greater part of it, passed at home, caring for the interests of her family. A good wife and mother, a pleasant and accommodating neighbor and a woman respected by all. The sudden and terrible manner of her death has caused a shock to husband and family, which time alone can lessen.
Mrs. W. J. (Celia) DeVoe
SAD DEATH OF MRS. W. J. DEVOE
An accident most terrible and shocking occurred at the residence of W. J. Devoe, at Eagle River, Oneida Co., Wis., Friday Nov. 20, 1891, at 10:40 a.m., by which Mrs. DeVoe lost her life. In the room were Mr. and Mrs. DeVoe, P. Richmond and Benj. W. Applebee, the latter cleaning and loading a 44 caliber Winchester rifle. As Mrs. DeVoe, who was busy with her household duties, passed from one part of the room to the stove, she passed directly in front of the gun, young Applebee being at that moment as he thought, carefully lowering the hammer onto a cap. The hammer fell and the bullet entered her right side just below the ribs and was extracted below the left arm-pit. She was immediately placed on the bed and the wound examined, but nothing could be done for her-life was extinct. A coroner's jury was immediately summoned from Eagle, whose decision was that she came to her death by an accidental shot from a gun in the hands of B. W. Applebee.
Celia Hamlin was the daughter of W. A. and Mary Hamlin, of Wautoma, and was born in the town of Mt. Morris, Feb. 13, 1852, and was 39 years old, at the time of her death. Was married to W. J. DeVoe, at Mt. Morris, Sept. 30, 1880, and moved to Stevens Point, where they lived until May 1886, when they removed to Plainfield and resided here until the 17th of June last, when they moved to the town of Eagle River, Oneida Co., where they took a homestead and have since resided. The remains were brought here Tuesday, for burial, Rev. Alderman preaching the sermon. Mrs. DeVoe leaves two sons, eight and ten years of age, to grow without a mother's love and guidance. Besides her husband and parents she has five sisters and one brother to mourn her sudden and early departure. She was a woman whose life was, the greater part of it, passed at home, caring for the interests of her family. A good wife and mother, a pleasant and accommodating neighbor and a woman respected by all. The sudden and terrible manner of her death has caused a shock to husband and family, which time alone can lessen.
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