Elbert County GaArchives Obituaries.....Bell, Enoch July 1, 1876
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Elberton Newspaper
  We are pained to record one of the most shocking deaths that we have ever, in
our career as a journalist, had to publish - the death of one of our most
prominent citizens by a thunderbolt. On Saturday afternoon last, at about 2
o'clock, Mr. Enoch Bell was preparing to shoe his horse at the blacksmith shop
on his premises, in which he was assisted by Mr. George Bolton. Mr. Bell was
standing near a tree to which the horse was hitched, and near him was standing
Mr. Bolton with a drawing knife in his hands. The lightning struck the tree and
passed down striking Mr. Bell and also the horse. He fell and the horse also
fell with his neck across Mr. Bell's feet. The electric fluid also struck the
drawing knife in Mr. Bolton's hands, blistering both hands and stunning him. A
negro, who was in the shop, ran to the house, about seventy five yards distant,
for help, which he obtained. The body of Mr. Bell was immediately taken to the
house and after a full test, life was found to be extinct. The horse was also
killed but Mr. Bolton was only stunned and was recovering from his shock when
the party came for Mr. Bell's body. It is thought the lightning struck Mr. Bell
on the side of the face and passed down as far as his chest. He was buried on
Sunday last. Enoch Bell was one of Elbert's most prominent citizens, a man of
wide influence, largely known all over this section of country, and highly
respected wherever known. He leaves a large and interesting family to mourn his
loss. He was in his 59th year, of strong constitution, and looked as though life
had many years in store for him yet.

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