This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mechan Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/8517 Message Board Post: Dallas Morning News, 28 Jan 1900, p. 10 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Drowned in Little River Cameron, Tex., 27 Jan – Frank Mechan was drowned in the Little River near Lilac Thursday and his body has not been recovered. His team and wagon in which he was traveling was lost in the stream. = = = = = Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan 1900, p. 8 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Driver and Team Drowned Cameron, Tex., 27 Jan – Mr. Frank Mechan, a farmer living in the Ad Hall neighborhood, drove his team into Little River at Mormon crossing, Thursday at a place he had frequently used before and he and his team were drowned and most of the wagon lost. The place was until recently a sandbar and Mr. Mechan was familiar with it, but the recent rains had filled the banks and washed out the sand, so when he drove in the team and the wagon went under and he could not get them out. One mule and the wheels of the wagon have been found, but Mr. Mechan’s body is yet in the water. He was a thriving farmer, living about ten miles from Cameron and leaves a wife and children. = = = = = Dallas Morning News, 05, Feb 1900, p. 4 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Body Not Recovered Cameron, Milam Co., Tex., 03, Feb – The body of Frank Mechan has not yet been found, although he was drowned more than a week ago, as reported in Sunday’s News. At the time of his death he was suffering from a wound on the face given him by a kick from a mule the previous day. Before he drove into the river some men who work at a sawmill near the bridge urged him not to do so, but he said his team and wagon got muddy in a bog hole the previous day and he wanted to wash them off and no persuasion could prevent him driving into the stream that caused his death.