El Dorado County Obituaries

Anna Arvidson Irish

Submitted by Mark Irish 29 Jan 2008

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Placerville Mountain Democrat; April 21, 1900; Page 6, Column 2

The Saddest of Accidents
 
The lamented death of Mrs. C. F. Irish at her home near Georgetown last Monday 
morning was the result of a fearful accident the previous evening.  Returning 
from town with her husband who was driving a young horse, when near their home 
the animal took fright on a bridge over the side of which they were thrown upon 
a pile of rough and angular rocks.  Mrs. Irish being on the side of the upset 
was most fearfully injured.  Her left arm was broken in two pieces and her face 
and head lacerated almost beyond recognition.  Although his fall was broken by 
some brush, the husband was also badly, but not dangerously bruised and stunned.
 
But quickly realizing what had happened and that his wife was fatally injured, 
he hastened for help by which she was soon removed to her home not far from the 
scene of the accident.  Drs. Hickman of Georgetown and McLean of Placerville 
were summoned and every assistance rendered, but the unfortunate woman never 
recovered consciousness and died at 9 o’clock the next morning.
 
Mrs. Irish was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Arvidson of this city and sister 
of Mrs. Lena Etzel and Miss Jennie Arvidson.  She also leaves two brothers, 
Harry and Charles, and three motherless sons, the oldest of whom is about eleven 
years of age.  As Miss Anna Arvidson she was a well known and high-grade teacher 
in the public schools of this city and county.  The shadow that casts its gloom 
over Georgetown has saddened many hearts and homes.  The funeral Wednesday was 
conducted by Rev. Edw. P. F. Dearborn and was attended by many people from 
Placerville.
 
(Anna was my great grandmother.  She was married to Charles F. Irish.  My 
grandfather, Rolon T. Irish, was about 6 ˝ when his mother died.)