On Saturday afternoon as George Shoenberger Fitzhugh, aged four years, a son of Gen. Fitzhugh, of Shoenberger & Co., was riding on a pony at Wilkinsburg, the animal shied, and started on a gallop George was thrown from his seat in the saddle, and his foot catching in the stirup, he was dragged a considerable distance before the pony was caught. His mother, an estimable lady, who witnessed the occurrence, had the sorrowful consolation of having her darling expire in her arms.
Published in the Pittsburgh Daily Post (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) - Monday, June 9, 1873.
Published in the Pittsburgh Daily Post (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) - Monday, June 9, 1873.
On Saturday afternoon as George Shoenberger Fitzhugh, aged four years, a son of Gen. Fitzhugh, of Shoenberger & Co., was riding on a pony at Wilkinsburg, the animal shied, and started on a gallop George was thrown from his seat in the saddle, and his foot catching in the stirup, he was dragged a considerable distance before the pony was caught. His mother, an estimable lady, who witnessed the occurrence, had the sorrowful consolation of having her darling expire in her arms.
Published in the Pittsburgh Daily Post (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) - Monday, June 9, 1873.
Published in the Pittsburgh Daily Post (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) - Monday, June 9, 1873.
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