Thursday, June 23, 2011

Kittson Family Graves

Willie Kittson
Willie Kittson, age 19, was stabbed to death in 1881 by two Canadian-born cousins who are known in local history as the McDonald Boys. This is Willie's grave in Riverside Cemetary, Menominee, Michigan, USA.










John D. Kittson

John Kittson, the father of Willie Kittson and his brothers Norman and George, died in 1872 from the after effects of the Peshtigo fire.




Margaret Kittson

Norman Kittson







Margaret Kittson was an American Indian woman of the Menomini tribe.











Norman Kittson was stabbed in the fight with the McDonald Boys which killed his brother Willie. According to the newspapers he was not expected to survive, but he lived many years afterward, dying in 1926.
Kittson family graves









A view of all four Kittson graves. They are located on row I in the cemetery.

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