1898 Runaway Accident Kills J. T. Taunton of Oakland, of Union Parish Louisiana Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by Debbie Richard, 6/2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ================================================================================== ================================================================================== 1898 Runaway Accident Kills J. T. Taunton of Oakland, of Union Parish Louisiana From the Farmerville "Gazette"; issue of Wednesday, 16 March 1898 ================================================================================== ================================================================================== Mr. J. T. Taunton, of Oakland ward, one of the oldest residents of this parish was killed last Wednesday in a runaway accident. He fell out of a wagon he was driving. In the fall he received injuries that proved fatal within the hour. ##################################################################################