| Name |
Truman, Simon |
| Birth |
Abt 1815 |
- dies at the age of 70 in 1885
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| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Between 1835 and 1885 |
Elkland, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA  |
| famous bear hunter, claimed to have killed over 200 bears. |
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Lanny Nunn?A History of Elkland PA area.
Admin · March 15 · 2020
Nov. 27 1885
Killed by a Bear
Simon Truman, of near Elkland, is dead, at the age of 70. He was a famous bear hunter and often asserted that he has killed over two hundred bears. He was driving along a road with a companion when the horses scared at two trained bears, turned short around and threw both men out. Truman struck on a sharp knot on a log, breaking three ribs, pushing the broken pieces into his lungs. He said to the physician, "This will settle me. I don't mind dying, but it's the thought that after escaping from the wild bears for fifty years I am killed through tame bears, chained and muzzled; that worries me.
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| Accident |
Abt 27 Nov 1885 |
Elkland, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA |
| age 70. "Killed by a bear"- Famous bear hunter killed when tame, muzzled bears startled horses, throwing him & companion from wagon, broken ribs pierced lungs, killing him- irony, tamed, muzzled bears causing death of famous bear hunter. |
- 20200317HAv-
Lanny Nunn?A History of Elkland PA area.
Admin · March 15 · 2020
Nov. 27 1885
Killed by a Bear
Simon Truman, of near Elkland, is dead, at the age of 70. He was a famous bear hunter and often asserted that he has killed over two hundred bears. He was driving along a road with a companion when the horses scared at two trained bears, turned short around and threw both men out. Truman struck on a sharp knot on a log, breaking three ribs, pushing the broken pieces into his lungs. He said to the physician, "This will settle me. I don't mind dying, but it's the thought that after escaping from the wild bears for fifty years I am killed through tame bears, chained and muzzled; that worries me.
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Kathy Melko
Oh my!
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Jennifer Folen Shaffer
Even with his dying breath he finds humor in his situation... Awesome!!! Where'd that type of attitude go?
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20200317HAv-
Lanny Nunn?A History of Elkland PA area.
Admin · March 15 · 2020
Nov. 27 1885
Killed by a Bear
Simon Truman, of near Elkland, is dead, at the age of 70. He was a famous bear hunter and often asserted that he has killed over two hundred bears. He was driving along a road with a companion when the horses scared at two trained… |
| Death |
Abt 27 Nov 1885 |
Elkland, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA |
- 20200317HAv-
Lanny Nunn?A History of Elkland PA area.
Admin · March 15 · 2020
Nov. 27 1885
Killed by a Bear
Simon Truman, of near Elkland, is dead, at the age of 70. He was a famous bear hunter and often asserted that he has killed over two hundred bears. He was driving along a road with a companion when the horses scared at two trained bears, turned short around and threw both men out. Truman struck on a sharp knot on a log, breaking three ribs, pushing the broken pieces into his lungs. He said to the physician, "This will settle me. I don't mind dying, but it's the thought that after escaping from the wild bears for fifty years I am killed through tame bears, chained and muzzled; that worries me.
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Kathy Melko
Oh my!
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Jennifer Folen Shaffer
Even with his dying breath he finds humor in his situation... Awesome!!! Where'd that type of attitude go?
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- age 70. "Killed by a bear"- Famous bear hunter killed in accident, broken ribs piercing lungs: I don't mind dying, but it's the thought that after escaping from the wild bears for 50 yrs I am killed through tame bears, chained & muzzled; that worries me."
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Truman, Simon killed_bears 18851127 news FB200315LNElk
20200317HAv-
Lanny Nunn?A History of Elkland PA area.
Admin · March 15 · 2020
Nov. 27 1885
Killed by a Bear
Simon Truman, of near Elkland, is dead, at the age of 70. He was a famous bear hunter and often asserted that he has killed over two hundred bears. He was driving along a road with a companion when the horses scared at two trained… |
| Person ID |
I77523 |
WETZEL-SPRING |
Abt 1815 - Abt 1885 (70 years)
