Henry County GaArchives Obituaries.....Smith, Mr. Joseph December 1892
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The Henry County Weekly, December 9, 1892
Killed By a Train
     A very sad and unfortunate accident was the killing of Mr. JOSEPH SMITH by 
a passenger train, at Locust Grove, last Friday evening.
     Mr. Smith, so we have been informed, had started out to feed some hogs he 
had in a lot across the railroad, and it being rather cool at that hour in the 
morning had his head covered with a wrap. Not thinking of the train, and the 
wrap excluding all sounds of its approach, he stopped on the track just long 
enough to be struck by the pilot of the approaching engine and hurled into the 
air a considerable distance, breaking his neck in the fall.
     Coroner Coker was summoned at once, and held an inquest over the remains. 
The verdict of the jury was that his death was the result of negligence on the 
part of the fireman and engineer.
     Mr. Smith was one of Henry’s oldest and best citizens, being in his 74th 
year at the time of his death; was for many years a staunch member of the 
Baptist Church and was highly respected by all with whom he came in contact. He 
was the father of Rev. R. F. Smith, of Locust Grove, to whom the sympathy of 
his numerous friends is extended in his bereavement.


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