Obituary

Gooch, Infant - Jan. 14, 1904 to Jan. 20, 1905. "The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gooch, who resided on the old Newman farm south of town, met death in a peculiar and distressing manner last Friday. The child was drowned in a common candy bucket which contained only about 4 inches of water. It seems the mother had left the kitchen in which there were 3 small children and after an absence of only a few minutes returned, and on missing the baby, asked the other children where the baby had gone. They were frightened, but pointed to the bucket where the little one's feet were protruding. She at once rescued the baby and attempted to bring it back to life but to no avail. The child, a baby only a few months of age had evidently toppled over into the bucket and helpless to cry or extricate himself had drowned in this seemingly incredible manner. The funeral was held at the family home Saturday and the body was buried at Hillside." (The Sedgwick Pantagraph, January 26, 1905. Copy provided by Patti Unruh).