Muskingum County OhArchives Obituaries.....Sigler, George  February 28, 1904
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Zanesville Daily Times Recorder
The Zanesville Daily Times Recorder, February 29th, 1904
ACCIDENT IS FATAL
Victim of Fast Driving at Duncan Falls Succumbs
Was Taken Home to Die Saturday
Grief Stricken Wife Remained By Husband's Side Until Death Came
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George Sigler, the victim of the fast driving accident about 9 o'clock 
Wednesday evening, along the dark road leading into Duncans Falls, about a half 
mile out of the village, died at 6 o'clock Sunday morning at his home, about 
two miles east of Duncans Falls.  
Saturday it was realized that Sigler could not recover, and he was taken from 
George B. Davis'  residence,  in Hearing & Co. ambulance, that he might breathe 
his last in his own home.  Sigler is about 56 years old and is survived by a 
wife.
Wednesday eveing, Sigler and Jas. Harkness, of Mt. Vernon, were driving in 
light rigs from Zanesville to Duncans Falls.  Sigler was enroute home and 
Harkness was going on a visit to his brother, John Harkness, who lives four 
miles north of Duncans Falls.
Sigler had passed Harkness several times on the way down.  When, within about a 
half mile of the villlage, Harkness heard Sigler coming behind at a fast clip.  
Harkness pulled into the left to avoid a smash-up and collided with a post.  
His buggy was turned up-side-down, and he was thrown out and painfully 
injured.  However, he was able to proceed to his brother's home Thursday 
morning.
Sigler passed the over-turned Harkness rig at a breakneck speed.  This was just 
where the road took a sudden turn.  Sigler is supposed to have stood in his 
carriage to peer back into the darkness in an effort to ascertain the extent of 
Harkness' trouble.  He was precipitated violently to the ground just as the 
turn was made.  His head struck first and the skull was fractured.
Sigler was picked up unconscious ten minutes later by George Elmore, and 
carried into the nearby residence of George R. Davis.  He remained unconscious 
all Wenesday night and semi conscious Thursday night and Friday, but the change 
for the worse set in Friday night.
Sigler's wife was by his side from the time of the accident until death came.

Note: Brush Creek Cemetery used to be the United Brethren Church Cemetery.  
Follow 555 past Ronnie Hall's, then past the Brush Creek Church then one 
trailer and one house.  The cemetery is past the house, hidden by brush; the 
homes are on the left side of the road.  The property is owned by the Rupes.

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