Cass I'Banic Hoppes ⁴

   Cause of his death was Kicked in the chest by horse..⁶

  General Notes:

Article as it appeared in the December 9, 1915 issue of the Alma Signal:

Kicked by Horse
Cas Hoppes, a well known farmer living nine miles southeast of Alta Vista, was killed Sunday about noon by being kicked in the head and chest by a horse.
Mr. Hoppes was about 22 years old and is survived by a widow and one child. The funeral was held Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock at Beman and was conducted by Rev. Briggs of Alta Vista. Interment was in the Beman cemetery.


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  Research Notes:

Kansas Death Certificate Registered No. 38
Died 1145 a.m. 5 Dec 1915
Death certificate shows birth date as 1888 but based upon birth dates of other siblings I believe the correct date to be 1887. --RAH

  Medical Notes:

From Death Certificate:
"Kick of horse, crushing right lung and rupturing of pulmonary artery"

Cass married Pearl Dove Swenson, daughter of Peter F Swenson and Violetta Ann Swain, on 1 Jan 1913 in Council Grove, Morris, Kansas, USA. (Pearl Dove Swenson was born on 4 Aug 1896 in , Geary, Kansas, U.S.A, died on 3 Jul 1973 in Topeka, , Kansas, USA and was buried in Beman, Morris, Kansas, USA.)