Orange County NcArchives Obituaries.....Utley, Merril  December 25, 1858
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Thurs. Jan. 13, 1859   North Carolina Argus
     MELANCHOLY DEATH OF MERRIL UTLEY
   On the morning of the 25th ult., Christmas Day, a most melancholy accident 
occured in Hillsboro. MR. MERRIL UTLEY, for the purpose of amusing his boys, 
bored a large auger hole in a log in his yeard, and, after charging it with 
powder, drove in a plug, leaving a small hole for priming and without 
calculating the consequences, put fire to it while standing nearly over it. 
the log was split, one part knocking down a fence near by, and the other part 
striking him on the temple, made a large hole in his head. Though apparently 
lifeless at first, he lingered in a dying state for three or four more hours, 
when he breathed his last. By the sudden bereavement, a large family has been 
left in the midst of a most disturbing condition. -- Hillsboro' Record

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