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George Neis

Birth	:	27 Jan 1884 Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	27 Feb 1903 Van Buren County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Purdom Cemetery, Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.7275009, -91.9753036
Plot	:	Section 1, Row 71
Description	:	News Article and Obituary from Van Buren County Genealogical Society Obituary Book G, pages 247-248, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, Iowa. ".... George Neis was born in Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa, January 27, 1884, and departed this life February 27, 1903, at the age of 19 years and 1 month. He was a good steady boy in every sense in the home and out of it, respected by all who knew him. He was practically raised in the mill and was acquainted with all the details of the business. He was unassuming and tended strictly to business. He was... Read More	News Article and Obituary from Van Buren County Genealogical Society Obituary Book G, pages 247-248, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, Iowa. ".... George Neis was born in Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa, January 27, 1884, and departed this life February 27, 1903, at the age of 19 years and 1 month. He was a good steady boy in every sense in the home and out of it, respected by all who knew him. He was practically raised in the mill and was acquainted with all the details of the business. He was unassuming and tended strictly to business. He was his father's helper and confident, his favorite child. As he was with his father in life so he is also in death. The entire community feels the loss it has sustained in the death of this father and son and united in extending their sympathy to the sorrowing wife and mother, the sons and daughters, the brothers and sisters. May God bless and comfort them." Newspaper Article: "AWFUL EXPLOSION - MR. NEIS AND SON ARE KILLED One of the most appalling and frightful disaster in the history of our town occurred Friday last. A muffled sound as if a heavy body had fallen to the earth, a sudden jarring of doors and windows, a cloud of steam at the flour mill east of the main part of town, a telephone message in two or three minutes that the boiler had blown up, that help was needed and to bring doctors, is the story in outline of the most lamentable accident. Mr. Neis, the proprietor of the mill, and George, his 19 year old son, were fatally injured, the former living perhaps 20 minutes and the latter two hours or thereabout. The mill which is a four story stone structure was built to be run by water power. When steam was substituted a frame addition was erected as an engine house, and it was this structure which was demolished. The Explosion The boiler was literally torn to pieces - the dome and a part of the upper side were thrown out on the ice nearly a third way across the river. Other parts were hurled in other directions a distance of 100-200 yards and possibly farther. The bulkhead was not found. The engine house was leveled to the earth, the smokestack fell and the roof was crushed in. All of the windows were broken. The cause of the explosion is unknown but it is thought that the accident was due to the boiler being old and brittle. The mill was built in 1862 and was bought by Mr. Neis in about 1890."

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Where is George Neis's memorial?
George Neis's memorial is located at: Purdom Cemetery, Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA.
When did George Neis death?
George Neis death on 27 Feb 1903 in Van Buren County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.7275009
Longitude: -91.9753036

Family Members:

Parent

Anton Ulrich Neis

(1841 - 1903)

Siblings

(unknow - unknow)

James Logan Neis

(1882 - 1958)

Dr Carl Francis Neis

(1892 - 1961)

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