Alton Telegraph, September 19, 1889:
Civil War Veteran; Prisoner at Andersonville
Monday night, Mr. Peter Percival, who was ailing, took a dose of Paris Green, mistaking it for ginger, and in spite of all that could be done to remedy the error, the poison resulted fatally, and he expired at one o'clock Friday a.m. Deceased was 48 years old. He left a wife [Mary Anne Rutledge Percival] and eight children, besides many other relatives and friends to mourn his sudden death. Two of his children are married – Mrs. Wesley Beall and Mrs. Bert Bell.
Mr. Percival was a native of England, born March 2, 1841, and came to Alton in 1850 with his parents, who opened a store on State Street, which is still managed by his aged mother, who today mourns the loss of the last of her children. The funeral will take place from his late residence on State Street, Sunday afternoon. The deceased was an old soldier, and will be buried under the auspices of the G.A.R. He was a member of Company C, 77th Ohio Infantry, and was at one time a prisoner at Andersonville.
Coroner Bonner arrived here Friday afternoon, and held an official inquiry as to the death of Mr. Peter Percival. The verdict was that deceased came to his death through inflammation, induced by his having taken Paris Green administered by his own hand.
Civil War Veteran; Prisoner at Andersonville
Monday night, Mr. Peter Percival, who was ailing, took a dose of Paris Green, mistaking it for ginger, and in spite of all that could be done to remedy the error, the poison resulted fatally, and he expired at one o'clock Friday a.m. Deceased was 48 years old. He left a wife [Mary Anne Rutledge Percival] and eight children, besides many other relatives and friends to mourn his sudden death. Two of his children are married – Mrs. Wesley Beall and Mrs. Bert Bell.
Mr. Percival was a native of England, born March 2, 1841, and came to Alton in 1850 with his parents, who opened a store on State Street, which is still managed by his aged mother, who today mourns the loss of the last of her children. The funeral will take place from his late residence on State Street, Sunday afternoon. The deceased was an old soldier, and will be buried under the auspices of the G.A.R. He was a member of Company C, 77th Ohio Infantry, and was at one time a prisoner at Andersonville.
Coroner Bonner arrived here Friday afternoon, and held an official inquiry as to the death of Mr. Peter Percival. The verdict was that deceased came to his death through inflammation, induced by his having taken Paris Green administered by his own hand.
Alton Telegraph, September 19, 1889:
Civil War Veteran; Prisoner at Andersonville
Monday night, Mr. Peter Percival, who was ailing, took a dose of Paris Green, mistaking it for ginger, and in spite of all that could be done to remedy the error, the poison resulted fatally, and he expired at one o'clock Friday a.m. Deceased was 48 years old. He left a wife [Mary Anne Rutledge Percival] and eight children, besides many other relatives and friends to mourn his sudden death. Two of his children are married – Mrs. Wesley Beall and Mrs. Bert Bell.
Mr. Percival was a native of England, born March 2, 1841, and came to Alton in 1850 with his parents, who opened a store on State Street, which is still managed by his aged mother, who today mourns the loss of the last of her children. The funeral will take place from his late residence on State Street, Sunday afternoon. The deceased was an old soldier, and will be buried under the auspices of the G.A.R. He was a member of Company C, 77th Ohio Infantry, and was at one time a prisoner at Andersonville.
Coroner Bonner arrived here Friday afternoon, and held an official inquiry as to the death of Mr. Peter Percival. The verdict was that deceased came to his death through inflammation, induced by his having taken Paris Green administered by his own hand.
Civil War Veteran; Prisoner at Andersonville
Monday night, Mr. Peter Percival, who was ailing, took a dose of Paris Green, mistaking it for ginger, and in spite of all that could be done to remedy the error, the poison resulted fatally, and he expired at one o'clock Friday a.m. Deceased was 48 years old. He left a wife [Mary Anne Rutledge Percival] and eight children, besides many other relatives and friends to mourn his sudden death. Two of his children are married – Mrs. Wesley Beall and Mrs. Bert Bell.
Mr. Percival was a native of England, born March 2, 1841, and came to Alton in 1850 with his parents, who opened a store on State Street, which is still managed by his aged mother, who today mourns the loss of the last of her children. The funeral will take place from his late residence on State Street, Sunday afternoon. The deceased was an old soldier, and will be buried under the auspices of the G.A.R. He was a member of Company C, 77th Ohio Infantry, and was at one time a prisoner at Andersonville.
Coroner Bonner arrived here Friday afternoon, and held an official inquiry as to the death of Mr. Peter Percival. The verdict was that deceased came to his death through inflammation, induced by his having taken Paris Green administered by his own hand.
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