This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Schumann Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CGC.2ACI/752 Message Board Post: Omro Weekly Journal - Omro, Wi February 11, 1897 Fred Schumann, a well known and respected farmer of the town of Winchester is dead, the result of an accident that happended Jan., 20. While driving from Dale to his home the horses became frightened and he was thrown from the buggy to the frozen earth. He landed on his head, cutting it a terrible manner. When discovered the injured man was unconscious, and he remained in that condition until Tuesday when death relieved him of his sufferings. The deceased was a well to do farmer and highly respected by all who knew him. A wife and four children, two sons and two daughters, survive. The funeral will be held Friday from the German Lutheran church of which he was a member---Oshkosh Northwestern.