Obituary: Harry B. Waterman Source: Yosts Weekly, Staunton, VA - February 23, 1893 Contributor: Oscar Nuckols ----------------------------------------------------- Suddenly at 9 o'clock a. m. Saturday Harry B. Waterman died at his home near Tinkling Spring. Mr. Waterman had been quite ill from pneumonia several weeks, part of which time his physician and friends almost despaired of his recovery, but a favorable change occurred and he grew rapidly better and was again able to leave his bed and sit in a chair for hours. On the day above mentioned he was seized with a fit of coughing, and being too weak to expel the phelgm that covered his windpipe, he expired in a few moments. He leaves a widow with four very small children. Mr. Waterman's funeral was preached in the M. E. Church at Fishersville by Rev. Dr. Finley. The hearse, followed by a considerable number of the friends and neighbors of the deceased, had scarcely reached the church, when "Col." James Harris, the father-in-law of Mr. Waterman was notified that one of his little children had fallen into the fire and been seriously (it is feared fatally) burned. Mr. Harris immediately left the coffin of his daughter's husband to go to his suffering little boy. The history of Mr. Harris has been one of the most peculiarly sad and sorrowful ones ever recorded. If the writer has not been misinformed (and he is certain he had not, as most of the facts he gives are of his personal knowledge) Mr. Harris has lost three wives - one by burning from a lamp explosion, the others by other accidental or unusual methods, while the fourth is now an inmate of the Western Lunatic Asylum. Two of his sons were killed on the railroad - one an engineer in a tunnel collision, the other by being crushed between a bridge and his train, and still another by being sawed assunder at a stave mill, near his father's home, a few years ago, and now the news of the accidental burning of another. Rover. ****************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, this document may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor or a legal representative of the contributor, AND you provide the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ******************************************************************