Ray County, Missouri Obituaries - Robinett, Simeon T. d. 1893


b. 

d. 1893

cem. Lawson Cemetery

nee: 
pd.  
p. Ray County Conservator

com. 

obit:

A Sad Accident.
Near Lawson, Mo., Which Resulted in the Death of Simeon T. Robinett and Serious Injury 
of John T. Rogers.
Last Saturday afternoon one of the saddest accidents we have ever been called upon to 
chronicle occurred on the Excelsior Springs and Lawson road, about one mile from Lawson.
Simeon T. Robinett and John T. Roberts, of Lawson, had been to Excelsior Springs to 
attend the fair at that place and were returning home. When a couple of miles out from
Lawson Mr. Robinett suggested that they were on a good road and that he would show the 
speed of his fine team. He had not driven far before he reached an abrupt turn in the
road, and just as he reached this point one of the horse shied and the buggy were 
overturned and its occupants throw suddenly and violently to the ground. Mr Robinett 
was terribly bruised and injured internally by the fall and rendered unconscious, and
Rogers although badly hurt was able to get up and look after his friend and companion, 
and by the assistance of others, took him to the residence of his brother, Moss Robinett
who resided near the scene of the accident. Medical aid was immediately summoned, but it
was soon discovered that the chances for recovery were slim, and the patient gradually
grew worse until Friday afternoon when death relieved him of his terrible suffering. The
deceased was one of the best known and most successful farmers and stock shippers of 
that section, and his death is a sad blow to his numerous friends and acquaintances with
whom he had done so much business. He had a farm of five hundred acres of land, as fine 
as lies in Clinton county, and had everything around him calculated to make home 
comfortable and happy. He was at times rough and abrupt, but on the inside he had a big,
honest heart, and was never known to forsake a friend or refuse to give aid and comfort 
to the needy. He leaves a wife and numerous relatives to mourn his untimely death, to
whom we extend our deepest sympathy in their hour of sore affliction. Funeral services 
were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Presbyterian church in Lawson by Rev. W.A. 
Crouch of Turney, an old friend of the family, after which the body was take in charge 
by the Masonic order and Knights of Pythias, and conveyed to the cemetery, and after 
appropriate ceremonies was said to be one of the largest ever seen in that section of 
the country, the friends of the deceased coming from far and near. Peace be to his ashes.


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