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Subject: JESSUP, Frank A. (Frankie): News Item on Death (d. 2 August 1881 from Fort Hill Interment Record)
Date: 13 Oct 2004 00:20:25 -0600

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Surnames: Jessup, Burns, Gardner, Sabin, Harter, Daningburg, Jones, Attridge
Classification: Death

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"DROWNED IN ROCHESTER. Frankie Jessup's Lifeless Body Found Floating in the Erie Canal. The Rochester Herald of this morning contained the following account of a drowning accident yesterday in that city. 'Last evening, about five o'clock, Frankie Jessup, aged six years, son of Alva M. Jessup of 18 Bolivar Street, wandered off to the canal in company with two young companions, Thomas Burns and Charles Gardner, who soon returned home. At the Smith Street bridge the other two separated, and young Jessup was last seen walking along the edge of the towpath. When the lad named Burns returned for his companion, he discovered the latter's hat floating on the water. He hurried home but did not for some time, owing to fright, make known what had happened. Officer Harter was at last notified and telephoned for Coroner Daningburg, who was unable to answer the call by reason of sickness. Some attempt to drag the canal was made by private persons but without success until half past ten o'!
clock, when Henry Attridge recovered the body. Coroner Jones was notified and will hold an inquest today.' Little Frankie was the only son of Alvah and Julia Jessup, formerly of this city, now of Rochester, where Mr. Jessup is in the employ of Sartwell Hough, & Co., shoe manufacturers. Frankie was a bright and intelligent child, the idol of his parents and the joy of the household. The sad intelligence of his death came over the wires this morning to his grandfather, Major S. A. Sabin, of this city. The remains will be brought to Auburn for the interment to-morrow, arriving here on the 11:05 Central Hudson train. The deceased was about six years of age."
--undated newspaper clipping, presumably from an Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY newspaper

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