This story belongs to me, two family stories passed down were that George was drunk and fell off a bar stool, and the other he was drunk and fell from a tree. His death certificate says cause of death "tramatism from fall, accidental on walk" George was married to Sophia ZIEGLEMEYER, it was not passed down that the two were divorced, much less married and divorced 2x. I suspect the reason for the second marriage may have been my grandfather, in the 1910 census, Sophia lists that she is divorced and my grandfather was born 1912.......I will be looking for the dates of the marriages and divorces *wink* Interesting that the paper reports that he was just tired and fell asleep, then fell, I wonder if that was the "nice" way to say passed out :o) Poor guy!! Linda in MO On Mar 14, 2005, at 8:36 PM, Linda Reichert wrote: > ~ Falls Off Table Breaks Neck ~ > George HERZOG, who formerly resided near Maxville, fell from a table, > on which he was sitting, in Wm. LUDEMAN’s saloon at Imperial or West > Kimmswick on last Monday and broke his neck. Mr. HERZOG was not under > the influence of liquor at the time of the fall which resulted in his > instant death but must have been tired and fell asleep with the tragic > result noted. He was divorced from his wife who lives on the farm > formerly owned by him near Maxville. He was twice married to and twice > divorced by Mrs. HERZOG.