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Edith Woolman

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Birth	:	28 Feb 1908 Columbiana County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	29 Jul 1923 Columbiana County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery, Little Falls, Morrison County, USA
Coordinate	:	46.0752296, -94.3305206
Description	:	Edith Woolman, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Woolman was drowned at Eagleton Glens, south of Salem, at 7 p.m. Sunday, when she stepped into a deep hole while wading in the supposedly shallow water near the bank of the stream. The girl, who did not know how to swim, had been wading in the waist-deep water for over an hour near the dam west of the glens. The girl's parents were sitting on the bank talking to her when she stepped back to allow a swimmer to pass in front of her, uttered a terrified scream and... Read More	Edith Woolman, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Woolman was drowned at Eagleton Glens, south of Salem, at 7 p.m. Sunday, when she stepped into a deep hole while wading in the supposedly shallow water near the bank of the stream. The girl, who did not know how to swim, had been wading in the waist-deep water for over an hour near the dam west of the glens. The girl's parents were sitting on the bank talking to her when she stepped back to allow a swimmer to pass in front of her, uttered a terrified scream and sank in a deep hole. She never came to the surface. Miss Woolman's family and friends, thinking that she would soon come up did not begin to worry until several minutes passed. Yelling at bathers farther up the stream, several friends of the girl jumped in the water near the spot where the girl was last seen. After some search the lifeless body of the drowned girl was found in a deep mud hole. It is believed that she went down feet first so quickly that she was unable to get out of the mire of the bottom. Unable to swim the girl became so terrified that she swallowed water and drowned before she could extricate herself. Rescuers worked nearly an hour but all efforts to revive her failed. A physician who was called pronounced her dead. Surviving are her parents, two sisters, Mrs. Emily Pollard, Youngstown and Jessie A. Woolman, Winona; two brothers, Russell, Winona and Addison, Los Angeles, Calif.; four half sisters, Florence, Jessie and Mildred DeWeese, Winona and Margaret DeWeese, West Chester, Pa.; and four half brothers, Carl and Thomas DeWeese, West Chester, Pa., and James and Joseph DeWeese, Winona. Funeral service will be at the Wilbur Friends meeting house at Winona at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Interment will be at Winona cemetary. ~~The Salem News, Salem, OH 30 July 1923~~ Among those who attended the funeral of Miss Edith Woolman, school girl who was drowned at Eagleton's glens last Sunday were a number of her former boarding school companions, in addition to a host of other friends and relatives. Some of those from a distance are: Arthur Binns and daughter, Cleveland; Jane Meyers, Ambrose Meyers, Edith Pickett, Jessie Edgerton, Beulah Patten, Mrs. Mary Anna Hall and Wilford Hall and family of Barnesville; Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Bailey and Edith Brack, of Colerain; Alfred Whinnery, Mabel Whinnery, Dorothy Steer, Alice and Mabel Thomas, Edith Smith and Elwood Whinnery, all of Harrisville and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Parker of near Philadelphia, Pa. ~~Salem News, Salem, OH 1 Aug 1923~~ NOTE: The obit states her parents were watching. Edith's mother, Anna Whinery Woolman, died in 1915. Her father, Edward married Mary Binns DeWeese circa 1918.

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Edith Woolman's memorial is located at: Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery, Little Falls, Morrison County, USA.
When did Edith Woolman death?
Edith Woolman death on 29 Jul 1923 in Columbiana County, Ohio, USA
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Latitude: 46.0752296
Longitude: -94.3305206

Family Members:

Parent

Edward J Woolman

(1869 - 1946)

Anna W Whinery Woolman

(1868 - 1915)

Siblings

Addison Mahlon Woolman

(1894 - 1970)

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