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P. M. McPherson person

born: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)id: p_p-m-mcpherson_43f91e

also known as: P. M. McPerson, McPherson, McPerson

Probable 70%
Summary:  A camper on Whitewater who encountered a bear and sprained his ankle while fleeing.
Completeness: 90/100 Grade A
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Claims (9)

injured

sprained ankle
cited from source of one of the main prongs of Whitewater… (1891)
source of one of the main prongs of Whitewater in order to see the fine spring at its head and taste its pure cool water, while making his way through the dense bushes and undergrowth, he heard the well known grunt of a surprised bear. Bruin…

lived_at

camp on Whitewater
cited from J. J. Bell and family and P. M. McPerson (1891) · +1 more
. He has been peculiarly un- fortunate in respect to broken limbs, as he had one of his legs broken on two different occasions a few years ago and for want of a surgeon set the fractured limb himself and with a degree of success that som…
cited from J. J. Bell and family and P. M. McPerson (1891)
J. J. Bell and family and P. M. McPerson are in camp on Whitewater opposite Mr. Bush’s residence. They are all having a splendid time and living off the fat land. Hunting and fishing is their chief amusement, the writer being tired, hungry an…
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-08-14 (1891)
. He has been peculiarly un- fortunate in respect to broken limbs, as he had one of his legs broken on two different occasions a few years ago and for want of a surgeon set the fractured limb himself and with a degree of success that som…

suspected

cited from source of one of the main prongs of Whitewater… (1891)
source of one of the main prongs of Whitewater in order to see the fine spring at its head and taste its pure cool water, while making his way through the dense bushes and undergrowth, he heard the well known grunt of a surprised bear. Bruin…

visited

cited from source of one of the main prongs of Whitewater… (1891)
source of one of the main prongs of Whitewater in order to see the fine spring at its head and taste its pure cool water, while making his way through the dense bushes and undergrowth, he heard the well known grunt of a surprised bear. Bruin…

witnessed

a scare
cited from J. J. Bell and family and P. M. McPerson (1891)
J. J. Bell and family and P. M. McPerson are in camp on Whitewater opposite Mr. Bush’s residence. They are all having a splendid time and living off the fat land. Hunting and fishing is their chief amusement, the writer being tired, hungry an…
bear
cited from source of one of the main prongs of Whitewater… (1891)
source of one of the main prongs of Whitewater in order to see the fine spring at its head and taste its pure cool water, while making his way through the dense bushes and undergrowth, he heard the well known grunt of a surprised bear. Bruin…
bear encounter1891-08-21
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-08-14 (1891)
o say that my hunger and thirst was satisfactorily appeased. Mr. McPherson is a genial fellow in camp. He told me he received a scare the second day he was in camp that turned a large number of hairs on his head gray. By invitation of M…

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