Dubuque Democratic Herald – July 7, 1865
Said Case of Drowning – Two said cases of drowning were reported yesterday that will send grief and mourning to once happy and contented homes. James Powers, a young man of an excellent reputation employed in Hitchcock & Avery Julien House, livery stable, met his fate in a sudden and unexpected manner. About half past six o’clock, yesterday morning, he took two horses back to the slough back, of the Dubuque City Mills, for the purpose of swimming about in the water as was his usual custom to do, riding one horse and leading the other. After getting in the water it appears that the horse that he was leading pulled him from the horse he was riding, when, being unable to swim sank to the bottom, while the animals came ashore. Some attempt was made to rescue him by workmen nearby, but instead of rising to the surface as drowning men usually do, he remained at the bottom until life was extinct, and the body was recovered about a half an hour afterwards, and conveyed to his parents back of the Graffort House. He was 26 years old and respected for his many fine qualities of head and heart. His brother tends bar at the Julien House.
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Dubuque Democratic Herald – July 7, 1865
DIED
POWERS – In this city at 6 ½ A. M. on Thursday, July 6th, James Powers, aged 26 years. Funeral from the residence of his father, on Locust between 2nd and Third Streets, at 2 ½ o’clock this afternoon. Friends of the family are invited to attend.
Said Case of Drowning – Two said cases of drowning were reported yesterday that will send grief and mourning to once happy and contented homes. James Powers, a young man of an excellent reputation employed in Hitchcock & Avery Julien House, livery stable, met his fate in a sudden and unexpected manner. About half past six o’clock, yesterday morning, he took two horses back to the slough back, of the Dubuque City Mills, for the purpose of swimming about in the water as was his usual custom to do, riding one horse and leading the other. After getting in the water it appears that the horse that he was leading pulled him from the horse he was riding, when, being unable to swim sank to the bottom, while the animals came ashore. Some attempt was made to rescue him by workmen nearby, but instead of rising to the surface as drowning men usually do, he remained at the bottom until life was extinct, and the body was recovered about a half an hour afterwards, and conveyed to his parents back of the Graffort House. He was 26 years old and respected for his many fine qualities of head and heart. His brother tends bar at the Julien House.
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Dubuque Democratic Herald – July 7, 1865
DIED
POWERS – In this city at 6 ½ A. M. on Thursday, July 6th, James Powers, aged 26 years. Funeral from the residence of his father, on Locust between 2nd and Third Streets, at 2 ½ o’clock this afternoon. Friends of the family are invited to attend.
Dubuque Democratic Herald – July 7, 1865
Said Case of Drowning – Two said cases of drowning were reported yesterday that will send grief and mourning to once happy and contented homes. James Powers, a young man of an excellent reputation employed in Hitchcock & Avery Julien House, livery stable, met his fate in a sudden and unexpected manner. About half past six o’clock, yesterday morning, he took two horses back to the slough back, of the Dubuque City Mills, for the purpose of swimming about in the water as was his usual custom to do, riding one horse and leading the other. After getting in the water it appears that the horse that he was leading pulled him from the horse he was riding, when, being unable to swim sank to the bottom, while the animals came ashore. Some attempt was made to rescue him by workmen nearby, but instead of rising to the surface as drowning men usually do, he remained at the bottom until life was extinct, and the body was recovered about a half an hour afterwards, and conveyed to his parents back of the Graffort House. He was 26 years old and respected for his many fine qualities of head and heart. His brother tends bar at the Julien House.
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Dubuque Democratic Herald – July 7, 1865
DIED
POWERS – In this city at 6 ½ A. M. on Thursday, July 6th, James Powers, aged 26 years. Funeral from the residence of his father, on Locust between 2nd and Third Streets, at 2 ½ o’clock this afternoon. Friends of the family are invited to attend.
Said Case of Drowning – Two said cases of drowning were reported yesterday that will send grief and mourning to once happy and contented homes. James Powers, a young man of an excellent reputation employed in Hitchcock & Avery Julien House, livery stable, met his fate in a sudden and unexpected manner. About half past six o’clock, yesterday morning, he took two horses back to the slough back, of the Dubuque City Mills, for the purpose of swimming about in the water as was his usual custom to do, riding one horse and leading the other. After getting in the water it appears that the horse that he was leading pulled him from the horse he was riding, when, being unable to swim sank to the bottom, while the animals came ashore. Some attempt was made to rescue him by workmen nearby, but instead of rising to the surface as drowning men usually do, he remained at the bottom until life was extinct, and the body was recovered about a half an hour afterwards, and conveyed to his parents back of the Graffort House. He was 26 years old and respected for his many fine qualities of head and heart. His brother tends bar at the Julien House.
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Dubuque Democratic Herald – July 7, 1865
DIED
POWERS – In this city at 6 ½ A. M. on Thursday, July 6th, James Powers, aged 26 years. Funeral from the residence of his father, on Locust between 2nd and Third Streets, at 2 ½ o’clock this afternoon. Friends of the family are invited to attend.
Inscription
Native of County Limerick, Parish of Kilherty, Ire.
“May His soul rest in peace. Amen”
Age 28 years
Erected By William Power
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