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James Monroe “Jimmy” Kissner

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James Monroe “Jimmy” Kissner

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
16 Aug 1949 (aged 6)
Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Green, Summit County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
2nd row from eastern border
Memorial ID
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"FIRST FATALITIES
Polio Kills Area Man, Akron Boy
Victim's Family Quarantined
A 6-year-old Akron boy and a Uhrichsville man today became the year's first polio victims at Children's hospital. James Kissner, of 283 Fuller st., and Henry Daniel Curtiss, 39, of Uhrichville, died Monday night. Both had entered the hospital last Wednesday. James, who attended Robinson school, has two brothers, Allan, 8, and Richard, 3, and a sister Anita, 1, all of whom are now in quarantine at home. The father, Paul Kissner, works at Goodyear..."
Akron {OH} Beacon Journal, Tuesday, August 16, 1949, p. 1
"FIRST FATALITIES
Polio Kills Area Man, Akron Boy
Victim's Family Quarantined
A 6-year-old Akron boy and a Uhrichsville man today became the year's first polio victims at Children's hospital. James Kissner, of 283 Fuller st., and Henry Daniel Curtiss, 39, of Uhrichville, died Monday night. Both had entered the hospital last Wednesday. James, who attended Robinson school, has two brothers, Allan, 8, and Richard, 3, and a sister Anita, 1, all of whom are now in quarantine at home. The father, Paul Kissner, works at Goodyear..."
Akron {OH} Beacon Journal, Tuesday, August 16, 1949, p. 1


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