Butts County GaArchives Obituaries.....Harmon, Newton Joseph March 4, 1909 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julie Thomas jandjplus3@adelphia.net July 28, 2006, 3:05 pm Butts County Progress PROMINENT CITIZEN DIES. THE RESULT OF FRIGHT WHEN CHILD IS BITTEN BY DOG. Mr. N.J. Harmon Dies Thursday Night. Child Undergoing Treatment in Atlanta. Mr. N.J. Harmon, one of the best known men in the county, died Thursday night at 10 o'clock. Death was sudden and wad due to the rupture of a blood vessel, probably due to fright over the safety of his little girl, who was bitten in the afternoon by a dog supposed to have rabies. While playing in the yard Thursday afternoon, nine-year-old Mabel Harmon, was attacked by a dog belonging to Mr. J.B. Settle and was bitten on the leg just above the ankle. The dog was killed and was taken to the house to be identified. While coming up town from his house he stopped in front of Watkins' livery stable and while talking to a number of friends fell to the gound unconscious. Later he was removed to his home and medical attention was summoned. All efforts to revive him proved futile, and death came at 10 o'clock. Mr. Harmon, who was 55 years of age, was one of the leading citizens of Butts county. He had held a number of responsible positions, was former tax receiver of Butts county, taught school for some time and was editor of the Jackson Argus years ago, and later of the Jackson Record. Mr. Harmon was a man of education and ability and numbered his friends by the score. The funeral was held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the services being conducted by Rev. Robert Ban Deventer, pastor of the Baptist church. Internment was in the Jackson cemetery. The funeral was largely attended, showing the esteem in which the deceased was held. Mr. Harmon is survived by his widow, nine daughters, Mrs. Troy McClure and Mrs. Walter Jones of Jackson; Mrs. Hope McClure of Stark; Ina, Nina, Willie, Mabel, Emma and Lillie; two sons: Jim of Fitzgerald, and Judson. The little girl, bitten by a dog, was taken to Atlanta for treatment, after a physician had examined the dog's head and stated it had traces of hydrobhobia. Mrs. Walter Jones is with the little girl in Atlanta and will remain with her the full twenty-one days necessary for the treatment. The bite was a slight one - being a mere scratch. Additional Comments: Published in the Butts County Progress, Jackson, Georgia, Friday, March 12, 1909. N. Judson Harmon was my grandfather. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/butts/obits/h/harmon4980gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb