Coweta County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jones, Otis December 1880
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Candace (Teal) Gravelle http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00023.html#0005680 April 1, 2007, 5:48 pm

"The Carroll County Times"
Carrollton, Carroll Co., Georgia

NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, DECEMBER 24, 1880

From "The Newnan Herald" - - - - We are pained to hear of the sad death of Mr. 
Otis Jones, of Grantville. He was out hunting last Friday in company with some 
friends. Getting ready to start home they placed their guns in the buggy. For 
some reason Mr. Jones attempted to take his gun from under the seat when the 
hammer caught in some way, causing the discharge of the whole load in is body, 
as the muzzle was pointed toward him. The gun was loaded with No. 3 squirrel 
shot. the discharge entered his body just under the right arm, breaking two 
ribs and lacerating the flesh terribly. He was carried home as soon as 
possible and died about eight o'clock in the evening, less than two hours 
after 
reaching home. 

Mr. Jones was formerly a citizen of Atlanta and his remains were carried there 
for interment last Saturday. But yesterday, as it were, in the full vigor of 
manhood, he mingled with our citizens and presided over the late county 
convention. He was a man of much promise and his early demise is a sad event.


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