This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CIESIELSKI, GRACZYKOWSKI, TETZLOFF, SHULFER Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/2243.2794.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Mrs Mary CIESIELSKI article printed in the Stevens Point Daily Journal Sept 29, 1920 ATTACK BY BULL FATAL TO WOMAN Aged Resident of Buena Vista Dies Following Injuries Inflicted By Animal HEAD WOUND IS FATAL Was Able To Walk To House After being Hurt, But Lived Only Hour An attack by a bull at 6:30 o'clock Tuesday evening caused a wound that resulted in the death of Mrs Mary CIESIELSKI, 70 years old, of Buena Vista an hour later. Mrs CIESIELSKI went to the barnyard to milk some cows about six o'clock. She milked one cow and while taking the milk to the house a bull broke through the fence and came into the lot where the cows were kept. When Mrs CIESIELSKI returned to milk another cow, the bull attacked her and knocked her down. Her head struck the corner of the barn and a gash several inches long was cut. Boy Drives Off Bull A boy about 14 years old, who is employed on the farm, witnessed the attack and drove the bull away with a pitch fork. With the assistance of the boy, Mrs CIESIELSKI was able to walk into the house. A physician was immediately called, but before he arrived Mrs CIESIELSKI had died. It is thought that death was the result of an injury to the brain, as the gash was niether deep enough nor the loss of blood great enough to cause death under ordinary circumstances. Mrs CIESIELSKI was born in German Poland. She came to this country with her husband *4 years ago and for 19 years had lived in Dunkirk,(CHAUTAUQUA CO) NY, after which they moved to the farm in Buena Vista, where they have resided for 26 years. Leaves A Family The deceased is survived by her husband, *John CIESELSKI, and four children, Mrs Felix TETZLOFF of the Town of Hull, Mrs. Alex SHULFER of the Town of Grant and Edward and Lawrence CIESIELSKI, both of Buena Vista. Contributors Notes: *4 years should be 24 years. *John should be listed as Jakob/Jacob CIESIELSKI. Mary (nee GRACZYKOWSKI) CIESIELSKI was an aunt of my G-grandfather, Joseph L. Graczykowski. The CIESIELSKI farm was the first place Joseph L called home in WI. He lived with his aunt & uncle for a few years upon arriving (from Dunkirk, NY), in 1896+/-. The CIESIELSKI's/GRACZYKOWSKI's came from Wegrowiec, Poznan, Prussia, in 1876. The CIESIELSKI family still retains the farmstead in Buena Vista. This was posted on a message board for Portage Co WI by Steve GRACZYKOWSKI polonia-skee@juno.com if still a valid address posted 5 yrs ago