- Dates
- 1984-08-11 – 1984-08-14
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilycommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The September 1984 Beaver Beacon reported the August 11 drowning death of 14-year-old John William West Bennett on Beaver Island and published his family obituary and a poem he wrote about the island.
Evidence limits
The newspaper account is preserved as a source-bounded obituary, not as a replacement for civil, medical, coroner, or cemetery records.
Sources
- Reports that 14-year-old John Bennett of Grandview died by drowning on Beaver Island August 11, with August 14 services, family survivors, and a poem printed at the family's request. It is a published obituary, not a civil death certificate, coroner's file, or cemetery record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1984-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fifteen-page September issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1984-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The provisional memorial list includes John Bennett with an August 1984 swimming accident, broadly corroborating the September obituary's report of his drowning on Beaver Island. The list is explicitly incomplete and subject to corrections; it is not an independent civil or coroner record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1984-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nineteen-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the memorial-list reference.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1984-11_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “John William West Bennett dies on Beaver Island, 1984”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/john-william-west-bennett-death-1984/, accessed [date], citing John William West Bennett obituary, Beaver Beacon, September 1984. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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