Washington County KS Archives Obituaries.....DIXON, Miss Pearl September 2, 1910 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jim Laird jlaird@bellsouth.net August 3, 2006, 7:18 pm The Washington Register Washington County Friday September 2, 1910 Body Found In Tank. Dead Body of Miss Pearl Dixon Of Near Barnes Found In Stock Water Tank. Barnes and Community Shocked. It is Believed That She had Stroke of Apoplexy and Fell Into Tank, Not a Suicide. The body of Miss Pearl DIXON, 18 years old, was found Monday night in a stock water tank on her father's farm. There was only three feet of water in the tank. Frank Dixon, the father, lives on a farm four miles north of Barnes. His wife was killed in a runaway accident a year ago. Since then Pearl has been her father's housekeeper and has cared for the younger children. Dixon was working Monday in the hay field some distance from home, and the daughter sent him his dinner by the younger children about 11 o'clock. Later in the day some of the neighbors tried to call Pearl on the telephone, but could get no response. Later in the evening, when Mr. Dixon returned from the hay field, he found the house carefully locked but the daughter was nowhere to be seen. A long search resulted in the finding of her body. The father immediately telephoned to Barnes for a doctor and the coroner was notified. Dr. A. J. WEISS of Barnes, examined the body soon after it was discovered. Miss Dixon was a good looking girl and stook high in the esteem of all the neighbors. It is not known that she had any trouble of any kind. The theory of suicide is not entertained by the friends of the family. It is thought that she had sat down on the edge of the tank and that she was stricken with apoplexy heart trouble, and fell back into the tank. ==== KS-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List ==== File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/washington/obits/d/dixon112ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ksfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb