Warren County, NC - Death of John Davis, 1810

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On Saturday week a melancholy accident occured about ten miles from
Warrenton, at a muster: John Davis, a respectable young man in the
prime of his life, became a victim to his own rashness. He was
playing fives, and dropping down, died instantaneously. He had
previously fainted twice in the same game and his friends used
every persuasion to induce him to relinquish it, without effect,
he declared he would finish the game if he never played another.

The company was numerous but they soon dispersed, and there was
scarcely a whisper to be heard in the before noisy assembly,
each retiring to his own home to meditate. He has left a wife
and child.

Source: The Columbian - August 20, 1810
        
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