----Source: NEILLSVILLE REPUBLICAN PRESS 12/12/1873

Johnson, Jessie (? - 1873)

Mr. Jessie Johnson, a resident of the Town of Grant, Clark County, living near Rexars corners, met with a very sad and sudden death last Monday morning. He was engaged in cutting down a tree. For some reason the tree did not fall until he had cut it off, or nearly off. All of a sudden, the tree commenced falling and striking a limb projecting from another tree, the butt was thrown upward and around, striking him full in the face, breaking his neck and killing him instantly.

Mr. Johnson was a middle aged man and leaves a wife and several children.