Jack County, TX - Obituaries - Dr. Sewell Mizell *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** The Jacksboro Gazette Thursday, August 1, 1912 Mrs. Lydia Wilson received the sad intelligence the past week of the accidental killing of her grandson, Dr. Sewell Mizell of Brownsville. His father, D.B. Mizell formerly of Jacksboro, in a letter to Mrs. Wilson, states that his death was by accident, his pistol going off and the bullet passing through his body. Mrs. Wilson says that is a custom down on the border for all men to carry pistols on account of the Mexican trouble, and by some unfortunate accident Dr. Mizell was thus the victim of his own pistol. Kaufman Daily Sun Ð The funeral of Dr. Sewell Mizell was held at the city cemetery. The procession followed the last remains of this man to its resting place was a long one. Services conducted at the grave by the Masons, of which order he was a member. This was one of the saddest funerals ever witnesses in this city. Just a few days ago Sewell was in his usual state of health and on the day of the sad accident, he and his wife were preparing to attend a picnic and Mrs. Mizell was in the automobile when he asked if she had brought out the pistol, which was the custom of everybody in that country, and when she replied that she had not he ran back after it and in some way it went off with the awful results. He was conscious for a time and said that he did not known how it came to fire. Sewell Mizell was reared in Kaufman where he numbered his friends by the hundreds and his wife and other sorrowing loved one have the sympathy. Dr. MizellÕs parents, Mr. And Mrs. D.B. Mizell, years ago resided in Jacksboro, where they have friends and his grandmother, Mrs. Wilson and aunt, Miss Cattie Wilson, who live in Jacksboro.