Granville County NcArchives Obituaries.....Adcock, Benjamin Wesley 1915 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bruce Saunders bs4403@verizon.net June 12, 2020, 4:05 pm Find-A-Grave BENJAMIN WESLEY ADCOCK A SAD ACCIDENT Mr. Benjamin Adcock and son, of Granville County, were returning to their home from a morning’s plowing. They were riding on the horse with the harness unhitched. The horse became frightened, and the first jump three Mr. Adcock and his son, the son falling to the ground but not seriously hurt. Mr. Adcock’s foot became entangled in the gear, and in the mad race of a mile he was dragged to death, the horse arriving at a neighbor’s home with the lifeless body still at the animal’s side. He leaves a wife and five small children. Note: Benjamin: B. 02-18-1873 GRANVILLE CO.,N.C.; D. 05-03-1915 OXFORD, GRANVILLE CO.,N.C. S/O ABSOLUM AND ELIZABETH T. SMITH ADCOCK File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/granville/obits/a/adcock3849gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb