From The Clarion, Jackson, MS, November 24, 1886:
A Distressing and Fatal Accident.
It is seldom the sad duty of a journalist to chronicle a more distressing event than that which occurred in this city on Sunday morning last, resulting in the death of Master WALTER LYERLY, by being thrown from and kicked by a horse. The little fellow was on his way to the ice-house, and when near the corner of Amite and President streets, several small dogs ran after the horse, causing him to jump. Walter thereupon dropped his ice-basket, which fell under the horse's feet, increasing the fright of the animal. He commenced to run, and when a colored man endeavored to stop him, he left the street and ran on the sidewalk near Mrs. Cooper's residence. In the meantime, Walter fell from the horse, and in falling one of his feet got caught in the strap above the stirrup, so that the horse dragged for a distance of about seventy-five feet, until he reached Capitol street, when the saddlegirth broke, and the child was freed from his perilous position. But he had received injuries that proved fatal in a few hours. He was taken to the office of Dr. Johnston, close by, and thence to the family residence, where he died early in the afternoon. His skull was badly fractured, and he was otherwise injured. WALTER was the son of our esteemed townsman, Capt. C.A. Lyerly. He was about ten years old, and was a bright and promising boy. The funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. Dr. Short, and were very impressive. The children of St. Andrews Sabbath school, of which he was a member, were present. After he had been lowered into his final resting place in the cemetery, the pupils of Jackson Collegiate Academy, which school he attended, sang "Sweet Bye and Bye". The vault was closed in, and beautiful flowers now mark the spot where rests the fair form in which so much hope and happiness was centered. But his spirit has gone to a brighter and better home than even the happy one it had on earth, and those who now grieve for his absence will ere long meet him on "that bright and that beautiful shore".
[Obituary provided by Paul Armstrong]
According to a city sexton's report dated December 1, 1886, and published in the Clarion, this child died of "accident" at age 9 years and was interred on November 22, 1886.
According to contributor Steve Lieberum, Walter Lyerly was reinterred in Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on October 11, 1921.
A Distressing and Fatal Accident.
It is seldom the sad duty of a journalist to chronicle a more distressing event than that which occurred in this city on Sunday morning last, resulting in the death of Master WALTER LYERLY, by being thrown from and kicked by a horse. The little fellow was on his way to the ice-house, and when near the corner of Amite and President streets, several small dogs ran after the horse, causing him to jump. Walter thereupon dropped his ice-basket, which fell under the horse's feet, increasing the fright of the animal. He commenced to run, and when a colored man endeavored to stop him, he left the street and ran on the sidewalk near Mrs. Cooper's residence. In the meantime, Walter fell from the horse, and in falling one of his feet got caught in the strap above the stirrup, so that the horse dragged for a distance of about seventy-five feet, until he reached Capitol street, when the saddlegirth broke, and the child was freed from his perilous position. But he had received injuries that proved fatal in a few hours. He was taken to the office of Dr. Johnston, close by, and thence to the family residence, where he died early in the afternoon. His skull was badly fractured, and he was otherwise injured. WALTER was the son of our esteemed townsman, Capt. C.A. Lyerly. He was about ten years old, and was a bright and promising boy. The funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. Dr. Short, and were very impressive. The children of St. Andrews Sabbath school, of which he was a member, were present. After he had been lowered into his final resting place in the cemetery, the pupils of Jackson Collegiate Academy, which school he attended, sang "Sweet Bye and Bye". The vault was closed in, and beautiful flowers now mark the spot where rests the fair form in which so much hope and happiness was centered. But his spirit has gone to a brighter and better home than even the happy one it had on earth, and those who now grieve for his absence will ere long meet him on "that bright and that beautiful shore".
[Obituary provided by Paul Armstrong]
According to a city sexton's report dated December 1, 1886, and published in the Clarion, this child died of "accident" at age 9 years and was interred on November 22, 1886.
According to contributor Steve Lieberum, Walter Lyerly was reinterred in Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on October 11, 1921.
From The Clarion, Jackson, MS, November 24, 1886:
A Distressing and Fatal Accident.
It is seldom the sad duty of a journalist to chronicle a more distressing event than that which occurred in this city on Sunday morning last, resulting in the death of Master WALTER LYERLY, by being thrown from and kicked by a horse. The little fellow was on his way to the ice-house, and when near the corner of Amite and President streets, several small dogs ran after the horse, causing him to jump. Walter thereupon dropped his ice-basket, which fell under the horse's feet, increasing the fright of the animal. He commenced to run, and when a colored man endeavored to stop him, he left the street and ran on the sidewalk near Mrs. Cooper's residence. In the meantime, Walter fell from the horse, and in falling one of his feet got caught in the strap above the stirrup, so that the horse dragged for a distance of about seventy-five feet, until he reached Capitol street, when the saddlegirth broke, and the child was freed from his perilous position. But he had received injuries that proved fatal in a few hours. He was taken to the office of Dr. Johnston, close by, and thence to the family residence, where he died early in the afternoon. His skull was badly fractured, and he was otherwise injured. WALTER was the son of our esteemed townsman, Capt. C.A. Lyerly. He was about ten years old, and was a bright and promising boy. The funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. Dr. Short, and were very impressive. The children of St. Andrews Sabbath school, of which he was a member, were present. After he had been lowered into his final resting place in the cemetery, the pupils of Jackson Collegiate Academy, which school he attended, sang "Sweet Bye and Bye". The vault was closed in, and beautiful flowers now mark the spot where rests the fair form in which so much hope and happiness was centered. But his spirit has gone to a brighter and better home than even the happy one it had on earth, and those who now grieve for his absence will ere long meet him on "that bright and that beautiful shore".
[Obituary provided by Paul Armstrong]
According to a city sexton's report dated December 1, 1886, and published in the Clarion, this child died of "accident" at age 9 years and was interred on November 22, 1886.
According to contributor Steve Lieberum, Walter Lyerly was reinterred in Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on October 11, 1921.
A Distressing and Fatal Accident.
It is seldom the sad duty of a journalist to chronicle a more distressing event than that which occurred in this city on Sunday morning last, resulting in the death of Master WALTER LYERLY, by being thrown from and kicked by a horse. The little fellow was on his way to the ice-house, and when near the corner of Amite and President streets, several small dogs ran after the horse, causing him to jump. Walter thereupon dropped his ice-basket, which fell under the horse's feet, increasing the fright of the animal. He commenced to run, and when a colored man endeavored to stop him, he left the street and ran on the sidewalk near Mrs. Cooper's residence. In the meantime, Walter fell from the horse, and in falling one of his feet got caught in the strap above the stirrup, so that the horse dragged for a distance of about seventy-five feet, until he reached Capitol street, when the saddlegirth broke, and the child was freed from his perilous position. But he had received injuries that proved fatal in a few hours. He was taken to the office of Dr. Johnston, close by, and thence to the family residence, where he died early in the afternoon. His skull was badly fractured, and he was otherwise injured. WALTER was the son of our esteemed townsman, Capt. C.A. Lyerly. He was about ten years old, and was a bright and promising boy. The funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. Dr. Short, and were very impressive. The children of St. Andrews Sabbath school, of which he was a member, were present. After he had been lowered into his final resting place in the cemetery, the pupils of Jackson Collegiate Academy, which school he attended, sang "Sweet Bye and Bye". The vault was closed in, and beautiful flowers now mark the spot where rests the fair form in which so much hope and happiness was centered. But his spirit has gone to a brighter and better home than even the happy one it had on earth, and those who now grieve for his absence will ere long meet him on "that bright and that beautiful shore".
[Obituary provided by Paul Armstrong]
According to a city sexton's report dated December 1, 1886, and published in the Clarion, this child died of "accident" at age 9 years and was interred on November 22, 1886.
According to contributor Steve Lieberum, Walter Lyerly was reinterred in Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on October 11, 1921.
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