Union County NcArchives News.....The Death of James Doster April 14, 1859
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Thurs. April 14, 1859  North Carolina Argus April 14, 1859
   Another sad accident occurred near Monroe, on the 21st of March. MR. JAMES 
DOSTER and his son, JOHN DOSTER, had started to Lancasterville, S. C.  in a 
buggy. MR. JOHN DOSTER was driving, and the horse, becoming frightened at 
something, ran off, and throwing down his head, jerked the lines from the 
hands of young MR. DOSTER, who after the horse had run about 50 yards, jumped 
out. The horse went dashing on, and after running about 60 or 70 yards more, 
the old gentleman, who was about 56 years old, and weighed about 180 pounds, 
jumped out also, and in jumping, his feet struck a tree and threw him across 
the road, so that the wheels of the buggy ran over his head and neck -- 
stunning him so severely that he became insensible and lingered until the next 
Monday, the 28th of March, when he died from the shock and concussion of the 
brain.
   MR. JAMES DOSTER was one of our most respectable citizens and the 
sympathies of the community are greatly enlisted in behalf of him and his 
afflicted family and relations in consequence of this sudden and unfortunate
casualty.
   MR. JOHN DOSTER was hurt some, but not very seriously.

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