This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crofoot-Carson-Davis Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kYQ.2ACIB/158 Message Board Post: Ira Davis Crofoot, born May 17, 1880 in Wilson, KS to James F. Crofoot (New York) and Ida E. Davis Crofoot (Ohio), husband of Eva Carson Crofoot of Russell, KS. Date of death: November 2, 1921 in Ellis County, city of Hays at St. Anthony's Hospital. Occupation: Owner of ice plant. Cause of death: Extensive injury in ice plant. Shock; sleeve of jacket caught by revolving shaft--completely pulling off his arm at elbow, fracturing four ribs on right side of his thorax, puncturing right lung. Place of death: at home in Russell, KS. Date of Burial: November 6, 1921 at Russell, Kansas. Father of nine children ages 8 weeks to 12 years old. (Gladys Patricia, James Carson, Sybil, Harry Davis, Mary, Dorothy, Jeanne, Margaret, Miriam)