My 3rd great-grandfather James A. Anders, Jr. died on this day in 1900 in Walker County, Texas [1]. He was buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Montgomery County, Texas [1]. (Note: The book "Montgomery County, Texas Cemeteries Volume 1" mistakenly lists this person as buried in Scott's Ridge Cemetery. Burial in Mount Pleasant Cemetery was confirmed on 24 Nov 2004.)
Today also marks a very sad anniversary in the Erickson family. On this day in 1934 my grandaunt Olive Irene Erickson drowned in Lake Michigan while ice skating with her fiancé Einor Olson [3, 4]. They ventured out at night on the frozen lake and did not realize they had reached the open water shipping lanes. They apparently skated right off the end of the ice without even a hesitation.
References
[1] Mt. Pleasant Community Scrapbook, Cemetery and Church, Montgomery County, Texas, 1870-1979. Page 66.
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