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Charles H Torrance

Birth	:	30 Jun 1867 Milwaukie, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA
Death	:	20 Mar 1921 American Falls, Power County, Idaho, USA
Burial	:	Colfax Cemetery, Colfax, Whitman County, USA
Coordinate	:	46.8891983, -117.3494034
Plot	:	Block 3, Lot 12, Grave 4
Description	:	American Falls Press (American Falls, Idaho) - 9 August 1934 - page 6: "Twenty Years Ago in American Falls - C.H. Torrance has accepted a position with the Oneida Milling and Elevator company, and from this time will be on the job to greet the wheat haulers at the concrete elevator. Mr. Torrance has been in the grain business here for several years and is one of the best known men in the business." [Originally written in August 1914.] ----- Salt Lake Tribune - 19 March 1921 - page 20: IDAHO GUN MAN BELIEVED SANE - Farmer Who Shot Four Men on Thursday... Read More	American Falls Press (American Falls, Idaho) - 9 August 1934 - page 6: "Twenty Years Ago in American Falls - C.H. Torrance has accepted a position with the Oneida Milling and Elevator company, and from this time will be on the job to greet the wheat haulers at the concrete elevator. Mr. Torrance has been in the grain business here for several years and is one of the best known men in the business." [Originally written in August 1914.] ----- Salt Lake Tribune - 19 March 1921 - page 20: IDAHO GUN MAN BELIEVED SANE - Farmer Who Shot Four Men on Thursday Is Thought Entirely Normal - Loses Arm as Result of Posse's Fire; One of His Victims May Die. American Falls, Idaho, March 18 -- Deputy Sheriff C.H. Torrance, who was shot seven times with buckshot by W.H. Ball, a Pauline farmer, near the latter's cabin last evening, is said to have an even chance for recovery. He was operated on today. One ball pierced his stomach and another his lung. Ball, who forced J.E. Bolling, another Pauline farmer, to drive him into Pocatello following the siege at Ball's cabin, is in a weakened condition from loss of blood, it was reported late today. He was shot in the arm, the main artery being severed. He appeared at the hospital at 3 o'clock this morning and an arm was amputated. Bannock county police officials interviewed Ball and declared they did not believe him to be insane. He refused at first to talk about the shooting, in which he laid four possemen low with his deadly fire, but later sait that he had been in a little shooting scrape... WOUNDED MEN ARE IN POCATELLO HOSPITAL Pocatello, Idaho, March 18 -- Considerable excitement was caused in the sheriff's office here when a call for a posse came last night to run down W.H. Ball, a Pauline farmer, who shot his neighbor, E.G. Brandt. The posse was led by Sheriff Mabey and the cabin was stormed and burned, but Ball was not found. Ball is in the St. Anthony hospital, where he was operated on this morning. His left arm was amputated, as it was badly shattered in the elbow. Deputy Sheriff Charles Torrance of American Falls, John Kajawalls and another man from Pauline are in the same hospital all wounded in the first attack on Ball's cabin. Torrance is seriously wounded in the stomach and is in the worst condition..." ----- Idaho Falls Daily Post - 21 March 1921 - Front Page: TRY TO SAVE LIFE OF MAN SO HE MAY FACE CHARES OF MURDER Pocatello, Ida - March 21 - Deputy Sheriff C.H. Torrance lies dead at American Falls, and his alleged slayer, W.H. Ball, in a hospital here with one of his arms amputated and waiting for a blood transfusion so that his life may be saved and that he may face a charge of murder. Digital Collections BYU Harold B. Lee Library Cemetery Record, "Charles H. Torrance; 1867-1921," Colfax Cemetery, District No. 6, Whitman County, Washington; Tombstone Inscriptions: Whitman County, Washington, Volume III; Eastern Washington Genealogical Society; pages 138-139.

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Charles H Torrance's memorial is located at: Colfax Cemetery, Colfax, Whitman County, USA.
When did Charles H Torrance death?
Charles H Torrance death on 20 Mar 1921 in American Falls, Power County, Idaho, USA
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Latitude: 46.8891983
Longitude: -117.3494034

Family Members:

Parent

William Sinclair Torrance

(1822 - 1902)

Mary Jane Whitcomb Torrance

(1832 - 1915)

Siblings

Edgar Albian Torrance

(1850 - 1922)

Eunice Irene Torrance Dimond

(1853 - 1879)

Kate Ella Torrance Rock

(1855 - 1935)

Carrie Ellen Torrance Patton

(1859 - 1932)

Hettie Fairchild Torrance Stilson

(1860 - 1940)

William Grant Torrance

(1862 - 1945)

Oliver Archie Torrance

(1874 - 1898)

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