Samuel Shinn (1908–1909)

Earlier disappearance

A September 1908 report said Shinn had been missing for two days. He declined David Sooy’s offer of a carriage ride home and had recently wandered as far as Magnolia before being returned.

Death

Shinn left home lightly dressed on Friday morning, January 1, 1909. Searchers found him near Mount Holly Cemetery, reportedly close to his daughter’s grave. Contemporary reporting attributed his death to freezing. This resolves the source collection’s misleading 1908 date: the earlier wandering occurred in 1908, but Shinn died in January 1909.