Lincoln County NcArchives Obituaries.....Sigman, Ralph 1898 ************************************************ 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: Natasha Miles bittersweet3@yahoo.com June 9, 2020, 9:23 pm The Semi-Weekly Messenger (Wilmington NC) 8 March 1898 On Tuesday Ralph, the 5 year old son of Mr and Mrs W H Sigman, of the vicinity of Kiddsville, Lincoln county and grandson of Mr and Mrs A J Deer, of Cowan's Ford, was in the field, and after the manner of the farmers, set the sedge grass on fire with matches. His clothing caught and the child was burned so that he died at 4 o'clock Wednesday morning, having lived about four hours. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/lincoln/obits/s/sigman3842gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb