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Daisy Hammitt

circa 1882 (computed from age at death) – 1885

Died 1885 in Des Moines, aged three — killed in a playing accident; from the Emmetsburg Democrat of 20 May 1885

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Obituary

Date of death

1885

Date of birth

circa 1882 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

three years old

Place of death

killed in Des Moines

Inscription transcription

Emmetsburg Democrat, Wednesday, May 20, 1885

Little Daisy Hammitt, was killed in Des Moines by an accident that was peculiarly distressing. Two little girls were out playing, when Daisy was accidentally struck on the head with something in the hands of the other little girl, the blow cutting through the hair and scalp. She lingered a couple of days when death came to her relief. She was only three years old.

One of several death reports from a single column of the Emmetsburg Democrat of May 20, 1885; each death from that column is filed as its own record in this archive. No exact death date is stated — she 'lingered a couple of days' after the accident — so the death is recorded as 1885 from the issue date. The newspaper's state is not stated in the notice (the Emmetsburg Democrat was published in Iowa, but the notice itself does not say so).

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Source & citation

Source type
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Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-07-06
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Citation: Death report of Daisy Hammitt, aged three years, killed in an accident at Des Moines, from the Emmetsburg Democrat, Wednesday, May 20, 1885. Preserved in the Ancestors at Rest archive. (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/obituaries/hammitt-daisy-1885/ : accessed [your access date]).

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