Sierra County Obituaries

FRANK BEAN

Submitted by Brad Sharpe

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Mountain Messenger � February 16, 1895 

Accidental Death � The Justice of the Peace of Strawberry Valley Township 
has reported to the Coroner of Yuba county in regard to the accidental death 
of Frank Bean, of Scales, on February 2d: � I hereby notify you of the death 
of Frank Bean , youngest son of Philander Bean, of Scales Diggings, who 
accidentally shot himself with a rifle while hunting at Slate Range on Feb. 2d. 
� He was out with two other boys who heard he shot when he was killed. They 
went to a camp and as he did not arrive they became alarmed and went in the 
direction where they had heard the shot. They traced him by the blood stains 
where he had slid on the hard crust down the side of the hill until the body 
was stopped by a tree. � An examination showed that the bullet had passed 
through the collar bone and he was dead when found. The deceased was a steady 
boy, loved by all who knew him and will be mourned by his bereaved parents and 
the community in which he resided.