Abbreviations used
Date May 11 1855
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Religious Intelligencer
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
drowned North Branch, Oromocto (Sunbury Co.) 26th ult., Samuel eldest s/o Joseph SMITH, Blissville, age 21. While engaged in stream driving with his father and two other persons and in passing lumber over a fall, he was thrown in by his handspike and the current swept him between a ledge of rocks and a body of logs. His funeral was attended on the Sabbath. He was baptized at age 10 by Elder Cronkhite. (see original)