This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harwood, Bishop, Tomz, Roth Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XEC.2ACE/1634 Message Board Post: From the Adams County Times, Adams/Friendship, Adams County Wisconsin. Friday, December 18, 1942 George W. Harwood is Killed when struck by Car DIES OF INJURIES IN HOSPITAL HERE TUESDAY MORNING Another life was added to Adams county's traffic casaulty list Tuesday morning when George W. Harwood, 63, Friendship, was fatally injured while on his way to work at the North Wester railroad yards here. Harwood was struck by an automobile driven by Will Green, Big Flats, while crossing Highway 13 a short distance norht of the Adams-Friendship High schol, and just opposite the home of John Wincell about 7:30 a.m. He suffered a fractured skull and other injuries as he was hurtled over the right fender o fthe machine and against the windshield post. Death came about 15 minutes after he was taken to the Adams-Friendship hospital. the death was called accidental by Coroner Robert W. Roseberry and no inquest will be held. Green told Sheriff S. R. Stone that he sounded the horn and applied the brakes when he observed Harwood crossing the street in the path of his car. Apparently there were no witnesses to the accident. Le Roy Drew, first on the scene, reported it to Sheriff Stone. Green claimed that Harwood failed to heed his warning and as the car skidded on the icy pavement the driver attempted to avoid striking the man by swinging to the left. Green was driving south to Adams to begin work at that William Anderson garage and reported that visibility on that dark and snowy morning was poor. It is believed Harwood was crossing the highway to take advantage of a short-cut through the west section of the city to the yards. The victim was born in Tachan, Poland, on March 20, 1879. He was married to Miss Eva Bishop in Chicago 37 years ago. Mr. Harwood is survived by his wife and six children, Rudolph, Gustav, Mrs. Anna Tomz, Helen, Mrs. Mary Roth, and Genevieve, all of Chicago. Mr. Harwood would have been eligible for retirement from the railroad here next year. Funeral services will be held at St. Joseph's Catholic church in Adams at 9 o'clock Friday morning, December 18. I am in need of info about other Harwoods in Adams county. Anyone researching the Harwood line(s). Thankyou Robert Schieber [email protected]