CHATHAM COUNTY, NC - OBITS - James Poe

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THE HOME - Pittsboro Weekly - Chatham Co., NC
Pittsboro, N.C., Thursday, October 13, 1887 
Mr James Poe, while greasing the cogs to the horse power of his cotton 
gin, on last Friday, ws caught in the machinery and so badly crushed, 
that he died that night. He was about 50 years old. He was an honest 
and intelligent christian gentleman. He was a kind neighbor and greatly
respected and loved by all, who knew him.... His excellent wife and 
children have the sympathy of the whole community. He was buried on 
Sunday with Masonic honors, at the old homestead of his father-in-law.
Hasten Gilmore, deceased. The funeral was attended by a large body of 
friends and relatives.