Marshall County AlArchives News.....Hugh Runyan found dead September 19, 1889
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Thomas Bodine tbbodine@otelco.net February 27, 2009, 4:35 pm

The Guntersville Democrat September 19, 1889
From the Guntersville, Alabama Democrat September 19, 1889.
Hugh Runyan found dead. On Wednesday afternoon, a young man named Bob Woody, 
living near New Hope, employed by Arnts Bros., in getting out logs, found the 
dead and partly decomposed body of Hugh Runyan, a well known citizen of the 
Baker's Chapel neighborhood. The people of Deposit, Cottonville and Manchester 
were notified and a jury of inquest was empaneled. The body was resting on the 
knee and face and from the posture it was evident that Mr. Runyan had fallen 
forward and died without a struggle, presumably from heart disease.
 The deceased had left home on Monday morning at an early hour, and crossing 
the river in a skiff, had gone to a point just below Deposit on the Manchester 
side, where he was engaged in preparing logs for rafting to Decatur.
 It seems that he must have died suddenly on Monday afternoon as the body was 
in an advanced stage of decomposition.
 The jury of inquest were, Esq. P. Allen, acting as coroner, W. T. Edmonds, F. 
M. Maroney, W. I. Scott, T. A. Clark, Wm. Brown and Tip Davis. Dr. W. G. Able 
made the examination and no wounds or other evidence of violence were found.
 After the examination the body was carried to his home and buried in the old 
Roden graveyard.
 Mr. Runyan was a hardworking peaceful citizen who had no enemies. He leaves a 
wife, and one son, 14 years old.
 The Farmer's Alliance will perform the rites of a public service over his 
grave at three o'clock next Saturday, Sept 21, meeting at one o'clock at 
Baker's Chapel and forming into a line will march to Roden graveyard to pay 
the last sad rites to the departed.

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/marshall/newspapers/hughruny1598gnw.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/

File size: 2.2 Kb