Telfair-Dodge-Wilcox County GaArchives Obituaries.....Pickren, William N. April 9, 1898
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DODGE COUNTY NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, Volume II., 1893-1907, By Tad Evans, Page 692, Friday, April 15, 1898.
DODGE COUNTY
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
Volume II.,
1893-1907
By: Tad Evans

Page 692
Friday, April 15, 1898

A STRANGE DEATH.

Mr. W. N. Pickren, a thriving farmer in this county, met his death Saturday in 
a peculiar manner.  Report says that he had been to the town of Rhine, and in 
sight of his house, returning home, he shot himself in the thigh severing an 
artery.  He was holding a jug of whiskey in the other hand at the time of the 
shot, and the mule, frightened at the report, jumped, throwing Mr. Pickren to 
the ground, breaking his neck.

The wife saw the mule throw her husband and hastening to the scene found him 
dead.  It is not known if he intended to kill himself.



Additional Comments:
Compiler Notes: I look at the 1898 Calendar.  It stated he met his death on 
Saturday. Saturday would have been 9 April 1898.  The Dodge County Cemetery 
Book list his death date as 4 April 1898 and that would be on a Monday.  I 
believe the date on his grave is in error. The date above is the way it should 
have been listed on his grave. It is recorded as Saturday,  April 9,1898. To 
match the Obituary.

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