John's father was Judge William Franklin Appleby appointed United States marshal for the west district of Tennessee by President Harding. He was Lexington County Judge for six years.
John's Mother was Celestia Parker, daughter of Joseph Priest Parker (1856-1926) and Mary Elizabeth Barnhill (1855-1920).
Obituary: Accidentally Killed; One of the most unforeseen and deplorable accidents, the news of which shocked the entire community, happened last Saturday evening at the home of Judge W.F. Appleby, two miles north of Lexington. Judge Appleby, his father, Mr. A.R. Appleby, and Mrs. Albert Hatchett were dynamiting stumps on the site of a barn to be built by the Applebys, when a five-pound piece of one of the stumps was blown in an upward curve and a distance of 67 steps came down directly on the side of John, the 14-year-old son of Judge Appleby. The boy was felled to the earth and knocked unconscious and medical assistance was obtained just as soon as possible. Dr. Brandon advised rushing the injured boy to Jackson in an automobile which was done and soon after reaching that city, Dr. Ambrose McCoy removed a portion of the crushed skull which had entered the brain sac. The operation must have given some relief, for the boy recovered consciousness at one time last Sunday. However, anxious friends got no encouragement from the reports of John's condition on Monday. Tuesday morning the sad news came that the boy had died at 11:40 o'clock p.m., and the remains reached Lexington on the 9 o'clock a.m. train. When the boy was carried to Jackson night early, he was accompanied by his father, Rush Oakley, Oscar Roberts and Dr. G.A. Brandon and Mrs. Appleby, two other sons and J.D. Roberts followed. There is no telling what is going to befall one in this world--or when. All day Saturday, Judge Appleby was in the best of spirits and felt that all was well with him and his loved ones, little dreaming of the calamity hanging over his head. Judge Appleby is notedly devoted to his family and in this sad accident to his splendid boy, he has the deepest sympathy of a host of friends.
John's Mother was Celestia Parker, daughter of Joseph Priest Parker (1856-1926) and Mary Elizabeth Barnhill (1855-1920).
Obituary: Accidentally Killed; One of the most unforeseen and deplorable accidents, the news of which shocked the entire community, happened last Saturday evening at the home of Judge W.F. Appleby, two miles north of Lexington. Judge Appleby, his father, Mr. A.R. Appleby, and Mrs. Albert Hatchett were dynamiting stumps on the site of a barn to be built by the Applebys, when a five-pound piece of one of the stumps was blown in an upward curve and a distance of 67 steps came down directly on the side of John, the 14-year-old son of Judge Appleby. The boy was felled to the earth and knocked unconscious and medical assistance was obtained just as soon as possible. Dr. Brandon advised rushing the injured boy to Jackson in an automobile which was done and soon after reaching that city, Dr. Ambrose McCoy removed a portion of the crushed skull which had entered the brain sac. The operation must have given some relief, for the boy recovered consciousness at one time last Sunday. However, anxious friends got no encouragement from the reports of John's condition on Monday. Tuesday morning the sad news came that the boy had died at 11:40 o'clock p.m., and the remains reached Lexington on the 9 o'clock a.m. train. When the boy was carried to Jackson night early, he was accompanied by his father, Rush Oakley, Oscar Roberts and Dr. G.A. Brandon and Mrs. Appleby, two other sons and J.D. Roberts followed. There is no telling what is going to befall one in this world--or when. All day Saturday, Judge Appleby was in the best of spirits and felt that all was well with him and his loved ones, little dreaming of the calamity hanging over his head. Judge Appleby is notedly devoted to his family and in this sad accident to his splendid boy, he has the deepest sympathy of a host of friends.
John's father was Judge William Franklin Appleby appointed United States marshal for the west district of Tennessee by President Harding. He was Lexington County Judge for six years.
John's Mother was Celestia Parker, daughter of Joseph Priest Parker (1856-1926) and Mary Elizabeth Barnhill (1855-1920).
Obituary: Accidentally Killed; One of the most unforeseen and deplorable accidents, the news of which shocked the entire community, happened last Saturday evening at the home of Judge W.F. Appleby, two miles north of Lexington. Judge Appleby, his father, Mr. A.R. Appleby, and Mrs. Albert Hatchett were dynamiting stumps on the site of a barn to be built by the Applebys, when a five-pound piece of one of the stumps was blown in an upward curve and a distance of 67 steps came down directly on the side of John, the 14-year-old son of Judge Appleby. The boy was felled to the earth and knocked unconscious and medical assistance was obtained just as soon as possible. Dr. Brandon advised rushing the injured boy to Jackson in an automobile which was done and soon after reaching that city, Dr. Ambrose McCoy removed a portion of the crushed skull which had entered the brain sac. The operation must have given some relief, for the boy recovered consciousness at one time last Sunday. However, anxious friends got no encouragement from the reports of John's condition on Monday. Tuesday morning the sad news came that the boy had died at 11:40 o'clock p.m., and the remains reached Lexington on the 9 o'clock a.m. train. When the boy was carried to Jackson night early, he was accompanied by his father, Rush Oakley, Oscar Roberts and Dr. G.A. Brandon and Mrs. Appleby, two other sons and J.D. Roberts followed. There is no telling what is going to befall one in this world--or when. All day Saturday, Judge Appleby was in the best of spirits and felt that all was well with him and his loved ones, little dreaming of the calamity hanging over his head. Judge Appleby is notedly devoted to his family and in this sad accident to his splendid boy, he has the deepest sympathy of a host of friends.
John's Mother was Celestia Parker, daughter of Joseph Priest Parker (1856-1926) and Mary Elizabeth Barnhill (1855-1920).
Obituary: Accidentally Killed; One of the most unforeseen and deplorable accidents, the news of which shocked the entire community, happened last Saturday evening at the home of Judge W.F. Appleby, two miles north of Lexington. Judge Appleby, his father, Mr. A.R. Appleby, and Mrs. Albert Hatchett were dynamiting stumps on the site of a barn to be built by the Applebys, when a five-pound piece of one of the stumps was blown in an upward curve and a distance of 67 steps came down directly on the side of John, the 14-year-old son of Judge Appleby. The boy was felled to the earth and knocked unconscious and medical assistance was obtained just as soon as possible. Dr. Brandon advised rushing the injured boy to Jackson in an automobile which was done and soon after reaching that city, Dr. Ambrose McCoy removed a portion of the crushed skull which had entered the brain sac. The operation must have given some relief, for the boy recovered consciousness at one time last Sunday. However, anxious friends got no encouragement from the reports of John's condition on Monday. Tuesday morning the sad news came that the boy had died at 11:40 o'clock p.m., and the remains reached Lexington on the 9 o'clock a.m. train. When the boy was carried to Jackson night early, he was accompanied by his father, Rush Oakley, Oscar Roberts and Dr. G.A. Brandon and Mrs. Appleby, two other sons and J.D. Roberts followed. There is no telling what is going to befall one in this world--or when. All day Saturday, Judge Appleby was in the best of spirits and felt that all was well with him and his loved ones, little dreaming of the calamity hanging over his head. Judge Appleby is notedly devoted to his family and in this sad accident to his splendid boy, he has the deepest sympathy of a host of friends.
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