
“A four-year old daughter1 of Mr. Silver2, son-in-law of Mr. Reynolds3 who recently bought the WJ Shannon4 farm at Mt. Joy died from ptomaine poisoning caused from eating canned beef at their home in West Virginia last week just as the family was ready to move to Ohio.”
“The remains were brought to Mt. Joy Friday for burial.”5
- Ursula Irene “Ursie” Silvers was approximately 1 years of age at her death as noted on her headstone and supported by the year of birth on the 1910 US Census.
- John Calvin Silvers
- James Alexander Reynolds
- William John Shannon
- Died of poison. (1910, September 12). Portsmouth Daily Times, p. 11.