Whapeles, Son - Drown 1913

WHAPELES

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 9/12/2020 at 21:44:36

Source: Cresco Plain Dealer June 27, 1913, P-2, C-3

After an all night search Charles Whapeles found the body of his son, who was drowned in the Mississippi at Keokuk. The boy could not swim, but was paddling about on a log. He was found in twenty-seven feet of water.