Jones Co., TX - Obituaries - John Pettit *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** John Pettit Thursday evening of last week, John Pettit of Olney, Young Co., was with Mr. Keene looking at some cattle on KeeneÕs ranch near Aspermont with a view of trading for them. There came up suddenly a heavy rain and they took shelter under a bank in a ravine. This soon caved in, covering both men. Mr. Keene being near the surface, succeeded in digging out. The ravine was filled with water in a short time, as the rain was a water-spout. Mr. Keene was enabled to extricate himself just as the water was rising over his head, but the body of Mr. Pettit was not gotten out until the next day. His brother, Charles, and brother-in-law, J.H. Whorton, were called by telegram from Eastland. They placed the corpse in a metallic box and shipped it to Olney for interment. They reached Stamford fifteen minutes after the train left Saturday, though the train left Saturday, though the train had waited for them some time, and had to remain until Sunday. Mr. Pettit was 19 years of age and was a man of fine business ability. The Stamford News Friday, Oct. 21, 1904 Vol. 5, No. 34