Obit: David Sumpter Rinehart, Lincoln Parish, LA
Submitted by: Dorothy Rinehart Taylor, 111 Racove Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291
  

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DAVID SUMPTER RINEHART (son of Sumpter Daniel Rinehart and Katherine
"Kate" Boddie) born December 2, 1870 in Edgefield County, SC; died
August 7, 1894 in Clarence, La, seven miles east of Natchitoches, La.
Burial was in the Douglas Methodist Cemetery near Ruston. David was a
tall, handsome young man with blond hair. Following is the Death Notice
that appeared in the New Orleans Christian Advocate on August 30, 1894.


RINEHART - Our dear Bro. and Sister S. D. Rinehart, of Douglas, La.,
received a terrible shock in the sudden and tragic death of their second
son, DAVID. He had for some months been employed by Mr. Fisher of
Clarence, La., seven miles east of Natchitoches, on Red River. At the
time he was engaged in getting some timber in the swamp when he was
terribly crushed by a falling tree. The skull was broken and his right
side terribly crushed, yet he lived seven hours after the accident. He
was brought home yesterday on the train and buried in the cemetery at
Douglas. A large congregation of relatives and friends attended his
funeral. DAVID SUMPTER RINEHART was born in Edgefield County, South
Carolina on December 2, 1870. He made a profession of religion and
joined the Methodist Episcopal Church South, at about thirteen years of
age. His death occurred at Clarence, LA., August 7, 1894. David was a
young man of noble character. He was universally loved in the community
where he was raised, as well-as in the community where he met his sad
and untimely death. His employer said to this writer: "He was the most
trustworthy young man I ever had in my employ." He was cut off in the
prime of young manhood. May his young friends take heed to this lesson!
God bless and sustain the bereaved family! Jno A. Miller. Ruston, La.,
August 10, 1894..