Very incomplete list!
Note: see also the page on death from
horses and horsedrawn vehicles.
in chronological order
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Burroughs Abbott (1830-1906) —
of Le
Sueur County, Minn.; Kandiyohi
County, Minn.; Columbia, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Franklin
County, Ind., November
8, 1830.
Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1859-60, 1859-60, 1870 (District
16 1859-60, 1859-60, District 6 1870); member of South
Dakota state senate 33rd District, 1891-92.
Died, from being kicked by a horse, in Eugene, Lane
County, Ore., December
4, 1906 (age 76 years, 26
days).
Interment at Eugene Pioneer Cemetery, Eugene, Ore.
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John William Messer Appleton (1832-1913) —
also known as John W. M. Appleton —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Union, Monroe
County, W.Va.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 1,
1832.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant
General of West Virginia, 1897-1901.
Killed by a mad bull, in Union, Monroe
County, W.Va., October
26, 1913 (age 81 years, 208
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jeremiah Haralson (1846-c.1916) —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born near Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., April 1,
1846.
Republican. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1870; member of Alabama
state senate, 1872; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Alabama, 1872
(alternate), 1876;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1875-77.
African
ancestry.
Killed by wild animals near Denver (unknown
county), Colo., about 1916 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Paul Clarke (1880-1920) —
also known as J. Paul Clarke —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Crown Point, Essex
County, N.Y., October
7, 1880.
Republican. Snake
handler; taxidermist;
postmaster at West
Palm Beach, Fla., 1910-13; a prankster, he often left snakes in
post office boxes and mailbags, to scare people.
Bitten by a harlequin or coral snake, and died nineteen hours
later, in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., December
25, 1920 (age 40 years, 79
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Elmer Severson (1922-1999) —
of Montana.
Born in Anoka, Anoka
County, Minn., May 3,
1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1977-79; member of Montana
state senate, 1979-90.
Suffered spinal cord injuries when he "lost a tussle with a
cow," and died as a result, in a hospital
at Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., July 19,
1999 (age 77 years, 77
days).
Cremated.
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