Jacob Hurst

Woodstock Sentinel, 12 Dec 1872, page 5 col4
 
"Jacob Hurst, night watchman, at the Brewery, was kill (ed) on Saturday night last, by being buried under a bin of malt, which broke through the floor above him. ? (unreadable) Conklin summoned a Jury on Sunday morning, who after hearing the testimony in the case, returned the following verdict.
    "We, the undersigned, Jurors, sworn to enquire of the death of Jacob Hurst, on oath, do find that he came to his death by suffocation, produced by the floor falling on him, at the Brewery, in Woodstock, on the 7th day of Dec 1872, and being covered up with malt.  We do not find that blame is to be attached to anyone, on account of negligence.  signed by the Jury.
     Our citizens will remember Hurst as the person who created such a sensation, a few years ago, his house being reported as haunted.  He was about 55 yrs of age, and leaves a wife and 5 children to mourn his untimely end."

  Jacob Hurst was born abt 1816/17 in France.  He, his wife Margaret and son Jacob are first found in the 1860 Greenwood Township, McHenry County census with daughter Margaret 4 b. IL, unreadable daughter 2 b. IL, Infant (Caroline) 2 months b. IL.  In 186? they had another daughter Josephine.