Individual Details

Census (family)

7 58 68 Burrack Diederick TW 85 RN 3 SE 15 LOC NW SW 27 M M Farmer Germany F F Alien
8 Burrack Mary 23 F M Keeping House Germany F F
9 Burrack Meta 1 F Jones Co. F F
10 Burrack George 19 M S Laborer Germany F F (brother)

Census (family)

27 140 140 Burrack Dedrick 37 M M Germany F F Farmer Lutheran
28 Burrack Mary 33 F M " " " "
29 Burrack Mattie 11 F S Iowa Jones " " "
30 Burrack Grace 9 F " " " " "
31 Burrack Rate 7 F " " " " "
1 Burrack Lizzie 5 F S Iowa Jones F F Lutheran
2 Burrack Emma 2 F " " " " "
3 Burrack Mary 0 F " " " " "

Death

MONTICELLO EXPRESS....PAGE 5....FEBRUARY 21, 1895
A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT
Diedrich Burrack of This Town Killed Yesterday Morning by a Windmill Gearing
  Mr. Diederich Burrack was killed yesterday morning, at 9:30 o'clock on his farm, three miles northeast of Monticello by the line shaft which connects a windmill with a feed grinder.
 His wife entered the mill house and found her husband hanging upon the shaft which was revolving at great speed.  She tried to stop the big sixteen foot windmill but was unable to do so.  She then called for Ben Behrends, who was across the road, and he hurriedly stopped the mill.
 The sight that met their eyes when they went to the relief of the unfortunate man was one calculated to craze the wife, his face and head were badly bruised and battered; nearly all of the bones of his body were broken.  The flesh was torn from his forearm.  The shaft which turns with a speed of 400 revolutions per minute has a horizontal position about five feet above the floor and runs parallel with the outside wall and only about two and a half feet from it.
  It is supposed that the man's coat sleeve was caught by the shaft, at the point where a belt attaches to a pulley and that being unable to free himself, his whole body was sent spinning about the rod, and that his head and body struck the side of the building with terrific force.  It is more than likely that the first blow or two produced unconsciousness, if not death.
  The neighbors were called, and they tenderly carried the broken remains into the house where the grief of the widow and her six little girls, under eleven years of age moved the stoutest to tears of sympathy.
 Mr. Henry Tutken was dispatched to Monticello to ascertain whether an inquest would be necessary, and where he was informed that such a proceeding was not contemplated where the cause of death is known.
  Mr. Burrack had lived about eight years on the farm which he owned.  It is frequently spoken of as the "John White farm," because of its former ownership.  The deceased was between 35 and 40 years of age, and was known as a hardworking, citizen of excellent repute.  The widow is a sister of Henry and Hayo Hoyen of Wayne Township.

Burial

Burrack
Diedrick
6
4 W
06/13/1857
02/20/1895