Accidental Deaths 1878-1887, Webster County, Missouri >From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889. ********************************************************************** January 1, 1878- A young son of Henry Monk, death caused by rafter falling on him. July, 1878- A child of Mr. Moore, of the northeastern corner of Webster was burned to death. September, 1878- Jacob Reese, a resident on the Marshfield and Hartville road, was crushed to death under his wagon. March 25, 1880 - Three daughters of Silas Gan, aged fifteen, seventeen and nineteen years, respectively, were drowned while crossing the mill pond, nineteen miles north of Marshfield. June 12, 1880 - A five year old son of Marion Thomas, who resided on the Osage, four miles east of Marshfield, was killed by his brother, aged ten years. August 14, 1880 - Robert Manning was killed and John Brashears and Joseph Jameson, son of Milton Jameson, severely injured by a runaway team, with which they were returning from a picnic, some twelve miles northwest of Marshfield. July 15, 1880 - Ezariah Wells, of Grant township, was killed by his runaway horse. He was born in Casswell county, N. C., in 1811, and had been a Primitive Baptist for fifty years. January, 1881 - A daughter of James Whitewell, residing near Buffalo, was burned to death. January, 1881 - Widow Osborn left her child in a chair before the fire for a few minutes, and on returning found the little on burned to a crisp. April, 1881 - James Davis' six year old daughter was burned to death near Waldo on the border of Wright county. July, 1881 - A man named Bowman was killed at Northview by his runaway team. January, 1882 - an infant child of W. B. Strong, Jr., of Cedar Gap, was burned to death and the cabin destroyed. May, 1882 - George and William Matthews were killed near Bennett's Mill and M. F. Durham, of Dayton, Ohio and William Williams, of Greene county, employed by W. B. Strong's sons, drove their carriage into the pond near John Burton's without being aware of the water's depth and were drowned. July, 1882 - John Heckart, who once resided in this county, was killed by a K.C., S. & M. Railroad train. Prior to the war he was one of the owners of the Marshfield Mills. October 31, 1882- An infant son of James H. Thompson was scalded to death in a pan of water. October, 1882 - A son of James Justice, residing seven miles southeast of Marshfield, was killed by the horse which he was riding running away and dragging him to death over logs and stumps. December 4, 1883 - Jonathan Pickel was killed by his runaway team. July 11, 1883 - C. T. Hunt, residing near St. Luke, was killed by lightning. Later in the month P. L. Burford's barn, six miles north of Marshfield, was struck and burned to the ground. October, 1883- A youth named John R. Myers, of Dallas township, was killed by lightning. June, 1884 - Matthew Caple, a resident of Niangua, was killed on the R.R. tracks and Robert Savage was drowned in the James River, near Northview. September, 1884 - John Wester was burned to death in a saloon at Fordland. It appears that two men who were quarreling decided to resort to force to settle the dispute, and one cast a lantern at the other, which struck a lighted lamp, broke it, and scattered the burning oil on Wester. November 27, 1885 - William Swadling, who resided a half miles south of Seymour, was shot through the breast by a youth named William Dyle. July 30, 1885 - Alex. Walker who moved from Webster County to Tennessee was shot and killed while carrying the mail to a point in White county, Tenn. December, 1885 - Lincoln Hammond, of Douglas county, was accidentally but fatally shot by G. W. Silvey, of Seymour. May, 1886 - The thirteen month old child of Columbus Fulton, who resided two miles southeast of Henderson, was killed by a freight train. March 6, 1887 - Rev. Hollis Highfill, a Baptist preacher of Dallas county, residing near the line of Webster county, hanged himself. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================