Killed in Queer Accident.
Levi Sherwood, a Metamora farmer, is dead and his son, Charles, aged 12, probably
fatally wounded as the result of a peculiar accident.
Hawks had been killing Sherwood's chickens and while plowing he carried a gun.
The boy walked behind. The plow struck a root and the gun was discharged.
Sherwood's arm was lacerated and he bled to death.
The boy was severely wounded in the abdomen.
Source: “Winchester Journal”, Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana, June 4, 1902.
Per Dan, Find a Grave contributor # #46910937.
Children:
Edith (1887-)
Charles Lee (1888-1970)
Bertha (1892-)
Cora (1896-)
Edna (1899-)
Killed in Queer Accident.
Levi Sherwood, a Metamora farmer, is dead and his son, Charles, aged 12, probably
fatally wounded as the result of a peculiar accident.
Hawks had been killing Sherwood's chickens and while plowing he carried a gun.
The boy walked behind. The plow struck a root and the gun was discharged.
Sherwood's arm was lacerated and he bled to death.
The boy was severely wounded in the abdomen.
Source: “Winchester Journal”, Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana, June 4, 1902.
Per Dan, Find a Grave contributor # #46910937.
Children:
Edith (1887-)
Charles Lee (1888-1970)
Bertha (1892-)
Cora (1896-)
Edna (1899-)
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