Graham and his younger brother Stephen both drowned in the Snake River near Egin, Idaho. They share a headstone, along with their parents.
SOURCE: Davis County Clipper, Aug 8, 1895:
DROWNED WHILE FISHING
Graham and Stephen Coltrin in a Slough in Egin, Idaho
"The following sad telegram, received on Tuesday morning last by the U.P. agent at Woods Cross: "E.E. Peebes, find Hyrum Grant and tell him that Graham and Steve were drowned last night and have him tell Hellen (Perkins) to prepare clothes. Will be down on the first train." Louisa Coltrin
The sad intelligence suddenly spread through the town and the people wondered how the accident might have occurred but absolutely nothing could be learned until the following morning at 9 o'clock when the southbound passenger train pulled in with the bodies on board, their mother, sister and uncle Gilbert Winegar accompanying them.
As has been stated in the Clipper, Mrs. Coltrin and her family, with the exception of her son Harvey, went north on the excursion that left here on the 23rd of July. She went as far north as Market Lake, Idaho, the nearest railroad station for Egin where her parents and several of her brothers reside. It was in this town where they were visiting when the accident occurred, the details of which are as follows: Mrs. Coltrin, her daughter Lois and others had gone to another settlement or at least away from home for the day, the two boys remaining with their grandparents. They resolved to go fishing that day and started off for a slough about a mile and a half distant, taking with them a lunch evidently intending to be gone the greater part of the day.
The sun was fast approaching the western horizon when the grandfather began to think the boys should be putting in their appearance, they failing to do so caused him to go in search of them. From five o'clock until eight he looked in vain for them, at that hour being joined by his son Gilbert and others, who had returned home, who kept up the search until about 10 or 11 o'clock when Steve's clothing were found upon the banks of the pond and soon afterwards, by the aid of a lantern, his being undressed and consequently white, he too was discovered on his hands and knees with his eyes turned skyward on the sand in the bottom of the pond a short distance from the bank, the water being about five feet deep and as clear as crystal. His uncle Gilbert took hold of his companion's hand (they two being the ones who found the body) and locking his feet about the corpse brought it to the shore at the second attempt having failed to do so the first attempt.
Two or three hours passed before Graham could be found although his body lay not far distant from Steve's, however, in a place where the water was about fifteen feet deep there being an abrupt jump off in the bottom of the slough between the two boys. The greater depth of the water was not the only thing that made it more difficult to find him than his brother but his leaving his clothing on made him much less conspicuous, the rays of the lantern not being reflected.
At least he was found and the unfortunate boys were carried to their grandfather's house by members of the then large crowd of searchers who had gathered to tender their services in the …last? (word not legible) arriving at the house a little after 2 o'clock in the morning.
The bodies were both placed into a box which was covered and lined with canvas and packed with ice and taken twenty-six miles by team to Market Lake where they were taken on board of the train at 11 o'clock Tuesday night, arriving here at the hour heretofore stated. Another brother of Mrs. Coltrin's expected to come down to attend the funeral, but on arriving at Market Lake got a telegram stating for him to hurry home as his wife was at the point of death.
It is supposed that Steve was in swimming, and the water being very cold, took the cramp and that Graham was on the bank fishing and attempted to rescue him but shared the same fate. Both boys' shoes were standing side by side with the socks neatly tucked in them on the bank. It is supposed that Graham had also been swimming but had come out and dressed himself with the exception of putting on his shoes and gone back to fishing. His fish pole lay straight back from the bank as if thrown back in a hurry.
At the depot at Woods Cross, about twenty vehicles and a large crowd of people awaited their arrival. Joseph Argyle, Jr. drove the buggy that contained the dead bodies and the other vehicles followed in line up to Mrs. Coltrin's residence.
The funeral takes place at 2 p.m. today in the West Bountiful meeting house.
It was just three years ago this month that Ether Coltrin met with an accident that resulted in his death and it was the same month that a younger child had died quite a number of years ago.
Graham and Steve were respectively fourteen and twelve years of age.
The heartfelt sympathy of the whole community is extended to the bereaved family."
SOURCE: Davis County Clipper, Aug 8, 1895:
DROWNED WHILE FISHING
Graham and Stephen Coltrin in a Slough in Egin, Idaho
"The following sad telegram, received on Tuesday morning last by the U.P. agent at Woods Cross: "E.E. Peebes, find Hyrum Grant and tell him that Graham and Steve were drowned last night and have him tell Hellen (Perkins) to prepare clothes. Will be down on the first train." Louisa Coltrin
The sad intelligence suddenly spread through the town and the people wondered how the accident might have occurred but absolutely nothing could be learned until the following morning at 9 o'clock when the southbound passenger train pulled in with the bodies on board, their mother, sister and uncle Gilbert Winegar accompanying them.
As has been stated in the Clipper, Mrs. Coltrin and her family, with the exception of her son Harvey, went north on the excursion that left here on the 23rd of July. She went as far north as Market Lake, Idaho, the nearest railroad station for Egin where her parents and several of her brothers reside. It was in this town where they were visiting when the accident occurred, the details of which are as follows: Mrs. Coltrin, her daughter Lois and others had gone to another settlement or at least away from home for the day, the two boys remaining with their grandparents. They resolved to go fishing that day and started off for a slough about a mile and a half distant, taking with them a lunch evidently intending to be gone the greater part of the day.
The sun was fast approaching the western horizon when the grandfather began to think the boys should be putting in their appearance, they failing to do so caused him to go in search of them. From five o'clock until eight he looked in vain for them, at that hour being joined by his son Gilbert and others, who had returned home, who kept up the search until about 10 or 11 o'clock when Steve's clothing were found upon the banks of the pond and soon afterwards, by the aid of a lantern, his being undressed and consequently white, he too was discovered on his hands and knees with his eyes turned skyward on the sand in the bottom of the pond a short distance from the bank, the water being about five feet deep and as clear as crystal. His uncle Gilbert took hold of his companion's hand (they two being the ones who found the body) and locking his feet about the corpse brought it to the shore at the second attempt having failed to do so the first attempt.
Two or three hours passed before Graham could be found although his body lay not far distant from Steve's, however, in a place where the water was about fifteen feet deep there being an abrupt jump off in the bottom of the slough between the two boys. The greater depth of the water was not the only thing that made it more difficult to find him than his brother but his leaving his clothing on made him much less conspicuous, the rays of the lantern not being reflected.
At least he was found and the unfortunate boys were carried to their grandfather's house by members of the then large crowd of searchers who had gathered to tender their services in the …last? (word not legible) arriving at the house a little after 2 o'clock in the morning.
The bodies were both placed into a box which was covered and lined with canvas and packed with ice and taken twenty-six miles by team to Market Lake where they were taken on board of the train at 11 o'clock Tuesday night, arriving here at the hour heretofore stated. Another brother of Mrs. Coltrin's expected to come down to attend the funeral, but on arriving at Market Lake got a telegram stating for him to hurry home as his wife was at the point of death.
It is supposed that Steve was in swimming, and the water being very cold, took the cramp and that Graham was on the bank fishing and attempted to rescue him but shared the same fate. Both boys' shoes were standing side by side with the socks neatly tucked in them on the bank. It is supposed that Graham had also been swimming but had come out and dressed himself with the exception of putting on his shoes and gone back to fishing. His fish pole lay straight back from the bank as if thrown back in a hurry.
At the depot at Woods Cross, about twenty vehicles and a large crowd of people awaited their arrival. Joseph Argyle, Jr. drove the buggy that contained the dead bodies and the other vehicles followed in line up to Mrs. Coltrin's residence.
The funeral takes place at 2 p.m. today in the West Bountiful meeting house.
It was just three years ago this month that Ether Coltrin met with an accident that resulted in his death and it was the same month that a younger child had died quite a number of years ago.
Graham and Steve were respectively fourteen and twelve years of age.
The heartfelt sympathy of the whole community is extended to the bereaved family."
Graham and his younger brother Stephen both drowned in the Snake River near Egin, Idaho. They share a headstone, along with their parents.
SOURCE: Davis County Clipper, Aug 8, 1895:
DROWNED WHILE FISHING
Graham and Stephen Coltrin in a Slough in Egin, Idaho
"The following sad telegram, received on Tuesday morning last by the U.P. agent at Woods Cross: "E.E. Peebes, find Hyrum Grant and tell him that Graham and Steve were drowned last night and have him tell Hellen (Perkins) to prepare clothes. Will be down on the first train." Louisa Coltrin
The sad intelligence suddenly spread through the town and the people wondered how the accident might have occurred but absolutely nothing could be learned until the following morning at 9 o'clock when the southbound passenger train pulled in with the bodies on board, their mother, sister and uncle Gilbert Winegar accompanying them.
As has been stated in the Clipper, Mrs. Coltrin and her family, with the exception of her son Harvey, went north on the excursion that left here on the 23rd of July. She went as far north as Market Lake, Idaho, the nearest railroad station for Egin where her parents and several of her brothers reside. It was in this town where they were visiting when the accident occurred, the details of which are as follows: Mrs. Coltrin, her daughter Lois and others had gone to another settlement or at least away from home for the day, the two boys remaining with their grandparents. They resolved to go fishing that day and started off for a slough about a mile and a half distant, taking with them a lunch evidently intending to be gone the greater part of the day.
The sun was fast approaching the western horizon when the grandfather began to think the boys should be putting in their appearance, they failing to do so caused him to go in search of them. From five o'clock until eight he looked in vain for them, at that hour being joined by his son Gilbert and others, who had returned home, who kept up the search until about 10 or 11 o'clock when Steve's clothing were found upon the banks of the pond and soon afterwards, by the aid of a lantern, his being undressed and consequently white, he too was discovered on his hands and knees with his eyes turned skyward on the sand in the bottom of the pond a short distance from the bank, the water being about five feet deep and as clear as crystal. His uncle Gilbert took hold of his companion's hand (they two being the ones who found the body) and locking his feet about the corpse brought it to the shore at the second attempt having failed to do so the first attempt.
Two or three hours passed before Graham could be found although his body lay not far distant from Steve's, however, in a place where the water was about fifteen feet deep there being an abrupt jump off in the bottom of the slough between the two boys. The greater depth of the water was not the only thing that made it more difficult to find him than his brother but his leaving his clothing on made him much less conspicuous, the rays of the lantern not being reflected.
At least he was found and the unfortunate boys were carried to their grandfather's house by members of the then large crowd of searchers who had gathered to tender their services in the …last? (word not legible) arriving at the house a little after 2 o'clock in the morning.
The bodies were both placed into a box which was covered and lined with canvas and packed with ice and taken twenty-six miles by team to Market Lake where they were taken on board of the train at 11 o'clock Tuesday night, arriving here at the hour heretofore stated. Another brother of Mrs. Coltrin's expected to come down to attend the funeral, but on arriving at Market Lake got a telegram stating for him to hurry home as his wife was at the point of death.
It is supposed that Steve was in swimming, and the water being very cold, took the cramp and that Graham was on the bank fishing and attempted to rescue him but shared the same fate. Both boys' shoes were standing side by side with the socks neatly tucked in them on the bank. It is supposed that Graham had also been swimming but had come out and dressed himself with the exception of putting on his shoes and gone back to fishing. His fish pole lay straight back from the bank as if thrown back in a hurry.
At the depot at Woods Cross, about twenty vehicles and a large crowd of people awaited their arrival. Joseph Argyle, Jr. drove the buggy that contained the dead bodies and the other vehicles followed in line up to Mrs. Coltrin's residence.
The funeral takes place at 2 p.m. today in the West Bountiful meeting house.
It was just three years ago this month that Ether Coltrin met with an accident that resulted in his death and it was the same month that a younger child had died quite a number of years ago.
Graham and Steve were respectively fourteen and twelve years of age.
The heartfelt sympathy of the whole community is extended to the bereaved family."
SOURCE: Davis County Clipper, Aug 8, 1895:
DROWNED WHILE FISHING
Graham and Stephen Coltrin in a Slough in Egin, Idaho
"The following sad telegram, received on Tuesday morning last by the U.P. agent at Woods Cross: "E.E. Peebes, find Hyrum Grant and tell him that Graham and Steve were drowned last night and have him tell Hellen (Perkins) to prepare clothes. Will be down on the first train." Louisa Coltrin
The sad intelligence suddenly spread through the town and the people wondered how the accident might have occurred but absolutely nothing could be learned until the following morning at 9 o'clock when the southbound passenger train pulled in with the bodies on board, their mother, sister and uncle Gilbert Winegar accompanying them.
As has been stated in the Clipper, Mrs. Coltrin and her family, with the exception of her son Harvey, went north on the excursion that left here on the 23rd of July. She went as far north as Market Lake, Idaho, the nearest railroad station for Egin where her parents and several of her brothers reside. It was in this town where they were visiting when the accident occurred, the details of which are as follows: Mrs. Coltrin, her daughter Lois and others had gone to another settlement or at least away from home for the day, the two boys remaining with their grandparents. They resolved to go fishing that day and started off for a slough about a mile and a half distant, taking with them a lunch evidently intending to be gone the greater part of the day.
The sun was fast approaching the western horizon when the grandfather began to think the boys should be putting in their appearance, they failing to do so caused him to go in search of them. From five o'clock until eight he looked in vain for them, at that hour being joined by his son Gilbert and others, who had returned home, who kept up the search until about 10 or 11 o'clock when Steve's clothing were found upon the banks of the pond and soon afterwards, by the aid of a lantern, his being undressed and consequently white, he too was discovered on his hands and knees with his eyes turned skyward on the sand in the bottom of the pond a short distance from the bank, the water being about five feet deep and as clear as crystal. His uncle Gilbert took hold of his companion's hand (they two being the ones who found the body) and locking his feet about the corpse brought it to the shore at the second attempt having failed to do so the first attempt.
Two or three hours passed before Graham could be found although his body lay not far distant from Steve's, however, in a place where the water was about fifteen feet deep there being an abrupt jump off in the bottom of the slough between the two boys. The greater depth of the water was not the only thing that made it more difficult to find him than his brother but his leaving his clothing on made him much less conspicuous, the rays of the lantern not being reflected.
At least he was found and the unfortunate boys were carried to their grandfather's house by members of the then large crowd of searchers who had gathered to tender their services in the …last? (word not legible) arriving at the house a little after 2 o'clock in the morning.
The bodies were both placed into a box which was covered and lined with canvas and packed with ice and taken twenty-six miles by team to Market Lake where they were taken on board of the train at 11 o'clock Tuesday night, arriving here at the hour heretofore stated. Another brother of Mrs. Coltrin's expected to come down to attend the funeral, but on arriving at Market Lake got a telegram stating for him to hurry home as his wife was at the point of death.
It is supposed that Steve was in swimming, and the water being very cold, took the cramp and that Graham was on the bank fishing and attempted to rescue him but shared the same fate. Both boys' shoes were standing side by side with the socks neatly tucked in them on the bank. It is supposed that Graham had also been swimming but had come out and dressed himself with the exception of putting on his shoes and gone back to fishing. His fish pole lay straight back from the bank as if thrown back in a hurry.
At the depot at Woods Cross, about twenty vehicles and a large crowd of people awaited their arrival. Joseph Argyle, Jr. drove the buggy that contained the dead bodies and the other vehicles followed in line up to Mrs. Coltrin's residence.
The funeral takes place at 2 p.m. today in the West Bountiful meeting house.
It was just three years ago this month that Ether Coltrin met with an accident that resulted in his death and it was the same month that a younger child had died quite a number of years ago.
Graham and Steve were respectively fourteen and twelve years of age.
The heartfelt sympathy of the whole community is extended to the bereaved family."
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