I had previously posted 12 years ago regarding the untimely death of Otto Bert Knutson. Those posts can be found here and here. I found another article about the incident that led to his death on page 1 of the August 3, 1895 edition of the Ogle County Press.
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This is the first time I'd encountered anything that included the name of the person that caused Otto's death. A traveling man named 'Crall'. Unfortunately the article did not include the first name or residence of Mr. Crall.
While the July 31, 1895 edition of the Rochelle Herald reported that internment would take place at the Norwegian Cemetery near Lee, I later discovered his funeral took place at the First Lutheran Church in Lee county, Illinois. Based upon the other listings in the church records, the burial appears to have taken place at Lawnridge Cemetery, Rochelle, Ogle county, Illinois.
Below is a copy of the parish funeral record.
Otto's entry is listed as #6 on the church record. His father's name Andreas Knutson, followed by an indecipherable word and what looks like 'Arthur'. The date of death, July 23, 1895 matches the newspaper reports. The next column indicates the burial took place on July 24, 1895. The column following burial date is age at time of death which is 14 3/4 which matches Otto's age; he was born November 4, 1880. I found it interesting that Otto went by the name of Arthur as I've never encountered it before though very few documents exist for Otto Bert Knutson.
Otto Bert Knutson was the son of Elizabeth (Finnestad) and Ole Andreas Knutson and the grandson of Mari (Iversdatter Nord-Skaar) and Ole (Olson) Finnestad Sr. His memorial can be viewed here.
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