Beaver County News | 1917-08-10 | Page 1 | Death of Life-Long Sufferer

DEATH OF LIFE-LONG SUFFERER Leonard Bingham, a young man about 29 years of age, died last Sat-urday Sat-urday at his home in Minersville. The young man had been a sufferer for twenty years, the result of an accident ac-cident in his early childhood. While with other boys' throwing stones into a tree to knock down some fruit one of the stones in falling struck him' on the head. The blow caused a partial paralysis if the brain. Though the best physicians were consulted and operations performed the unfortunate un-fortunate lad never recovered from the injury and was always dependent upon his relatives for every need. The funeral occurred Sunday and was largely attended, the family being be-ing one of the oldest and most highly high-ly respected of the community. Interment In-terment was made in the family plot at Minersville. It will be remembered remem-bered that the young man's father died last winter from injuries received re-ceived when thrown from a horse.