TOTTEN, Thomas B.
Date of death: 6 Sep 1900 – Morgan County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, September 14, 1900,
Volume XLI Number 11, page 6 column 3
COUNTY NEWS
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BARGERSVILLE.
A very sad accident occurred last week. Thos. Totten and family were camping on White River below Waverly and with them was his niece, Mary Totten, daughter of Calvin Totten. Some of the younger members of the party went into the water when Mary went beyond her depth. Her Uncle Tom went to her rescue and both were drowned. Their funeral was preached at Bargersville church Saturday morning, after which they were followed to their last resting place by a number of relatives and friends.
Link to Thomas B. Totten’s grave
Note: Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899–2011, Harrison Township, Morgan County, Certificate and Record of Death, page 282 records that Thomas B. Totten died at about 3 o’clock p. m. on 6 Sep 1900 in Morgan County from asphyxia, aged fifty-five years, eleven months and no days. He was male, white, married and a carpenter, born in New Jersey to Freeman Totten and Jane Little, both born in New Jersey. The informant was John Totten. Thomas was buried in Bargersville on 8 Sep 1900, Covert & Covert, undertaker.
Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson