Posted on: Venango Co. Pa Obituaries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/VenangoObits/491 Surname: Adams, Griffin ------------------------- Obit Abstract Venango Spectator October 20, 1887 Mrs. Raymond Adams, of Frenchcreek Township, near Polk Borough, met with a terrible death last Monday. She had gone to the barn for eggs and while gathering them in the hay loft she slipped and fell to the barn floor. Leaning against the side of the hay mow was a pitchfork, prongs down, but the handle of the fork had been broken, leaving a sharp point at the end. Upon this fork-handle the unfortunate woman struck in her descent the sharp end entering her abdomen to the depth of 15 inches. Unaided and alone she pulled the fork handle out of the wound, laid it beside her, and was found dead shortly after. Mrs. Adams was about 55 years of age. Her maiden name was Rebecca Griffin and she was a daughter of the late Isaac Griffin and a sister of Floyd and M. P. Griffin of this city.