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Emil Honegger[1]
1865 - 1908 (~ 42 years)
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Name Emil Honegger Born Jun 1865 Zürich, Switzerland 
[1] Address:
Rueti
Gender Male _AMTID 190111275502:1030:113173531
Died 1908 Wing, Livingston, Illinois, United States [1, 2] Address:
Main Street
Notes - EMIL HONEGGER 1865 - 1908
LIFE CRUSHED OUT
EMIL HONEGGER, HI LIVES ON HIS FATHER’S FARM, SOUTH OF WING, MET WITH A S
UDDEN AND TERRIBLE DEATH ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN A M
OST UNEXPECTED MANNER. HE WAS ENGAGED IN HAULING CORN FOR MR. TYLER AND W
AS DRIVING ALONG THE MAIN STREET IN WING WHEN THE FRONT WHEELS OF THE W
AGON DROPPED DOWN IN A LITTLE DITCH OR WASHED OUT PLACE ACROSS THE ROAD
. THE JOLT CAUSED MR. HONEGGER, WHO IS THOUGHT TO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP, T
O FALL OFF AND THE WHEELS OF THE HEAVILY LADEN WAGON PASSED OVER HIS BR
EAST, INJURING HIM SO THAT HE DIED IN A FEW MINUTES.
CORONER SLYDER HELD AN INQUEST OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH. THE FOLLOWING GENTL
EMEN COMPOSED THE JURY: W. W. GRAY, J. H. GIBB, A. E. NICHOLS, ROBERT V
OGELSINGER, F. KULMAN, CHAS. C. HOLLOWAY.
EMIL HONEGGER WAS BORN IN RUETI, CANTON ZURICH, IN JUNE, 1865, CAME TO A
MERICA WITH HIS PARENTS IN THE SPRING OF 1867. THEY LOCATED IN PLEASANT R
IDGE TOWNSHIP, WHERE THEY HAVE RESIDED SINCE. HE WAS MARRIED TO BREZILL
A SCHMIDT IN APRIL, 1892. FOUR CHILDREN WERE BORN TO THEM, TWO BOYS AND T
WO GIRLS, WHO WITH THE BEREAVED WIDOW SURVIVE HIM. THE FUNERAL WAS HELD F
ROM THE GERMAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT 1:00 O’CLOCK.
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FELL TO HIS DEATH
EMIL HONEGGER, A WELL KNOWN FARMER LIVING NEAR WING, MET DEATH MONDAY A
FTERNOON WHILE HAULING CORN TO MARKET.
NO ONE, EXCEPT A SMALL CHILD, SAW MR. HONEGGER MEET HIS DEATH BUT THE G
ENERAL SUPPOSITION IS THAT HE WENT TO SLEEP AND FELL FROM THE WAGON. TH
E WHEELS OF THE LOADED WAGON PASSED OVER THE UNFORTUNATE MAN, CRUSHING S
EVERAL RIBS AND INJURING HIS SPINE, THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED WITHIN THE VI
LLAGE OF WING AND NOT MORE THAN TEN MINUTES ELAPSED UNTIL ASSISTANCE RE
ACHED MR. HONEGGER BUT HE LIVED BUT A FEW MOMENTS.
CORONER SLYDER WAS NOTIFIED AND HELD AN INQUEST THE SAME EVENING WITH T
HE FOLLOWING JURY: W. W. GRAY, J. E. GIBB, A. E. NICHOLS, ROBT. VOGELSI
NGER, F. KUHLMAN AND CHAS. HOLLOWAY. THE VERDICT GAVE HIS DEATH AS ACCI
DENTAL.
DECEASED LEAVES A WIFE AND SEVERAL CHILDREN, WAS HIGHLY RESPECTED AND H
IS UNTIMELY DEATH IS REGRETTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
Person ID I92024 Megan's Big Tree Last Modified 31 Dec 1969
Father Jacob Honegger, b. 8 Mar 1832, Switzerland
, d. 1920, Forrest, Livingston, Illinois, United States
(Age 87 years) Mother Magdalene Meyer, b. Aug 1830, Zürich, Switzerland
, d. Abt Mar 1910 (Age ~ 79 years) Married Switzerland [1] Family ID F33834 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Priscilla Schmidt, b. 9 Jul 1877, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States
, d. 10 Aug 1926, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States
(Age 49 years) Married Apr 1892 [1] Married 1901 [2, 3]
Children 1. Emil Honegger 2. Lydia Honegger 3. Persida V. Honegger, b. 4 Feb 1903, Forrest, Livingston, Illinois, United States , d. 10 Apr 1987, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States
(Age 84 years)4. William Emil Honegger, b. 26 Oct 1904, Pleasant Ridge, Livingston, Illinois, United States , d. 1 Mar 1978, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States
(Age 73 years)Last Modified 17 Jun 2022 Family ID F33843 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Died - Address:
Main Street - 1908 - Wing, Livingston, Illinois, United States
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