The Weekly Sentinel, May 24, 1900
Bunch Hardeman Dead
Bunch Hardeman, a well known citizen of this county, died at Athens, Henderson County, Tuesday at 11 o’clock a.m. of paralysis. Mr. Hardeman was born at Melrose, Nacogdoches County in 1846 and was therefore 54 years of age at the time of his death. He spent his childhood as well as the best part of his after life in and near the village of his birth. When about 18 years of age, Mr. Hardeman was thrown from a horse and sustained injuries on his head from which he never entirely recovered and which finally super-induced his death. People now living in Melrose and vicinity will call to mind the occasion of the accident to which we refer. It was a gala day and several hundred people had gone to the race tracks near where Allan Seale Sr. now lives to see John Green and Speckle Dick try their speed. John Green was a fine race horse that belonged to Mr. Pleasant while B. Hardeman, father of Bunch, owned Speckle Dick. In due time the horses were started, but for some cause when in the midst of the course, Speckle Dick flew the track and threw Bunch against a sapling, striking his head and knocking him senseless. The doctors say that his skull was fractured and a false growth set up on the under side that pressed upon the brain as it grew and thus finally produced paralysis and death. Of a family of 15 brothers and sisters, Bunch is the second to die, his brother Peter being the first. Several years ago, Mr. Hardeman professed religion and has since been a devout member of the Methodist church.
The Weekly Sentinel, May 24, 1900
Bunch Hardeman Dead
Bunch Hardeman, a well known citizen of this county, died at Athens, Henderson County, Tuesday at 11 o’clock a.m. of paralysis. Mr. Hardeman was born at Melrose, Nacogdoches County in 1846 and was therefore 54 years of age at the time of his death. He spent his childhood as well as the best part of his after life in and near the village of his birth. When about 18 years of age, Mr. Hardeman was thrown from a horse and sustained injuries on his head from which he never entirely recovered and which finally super-induced his death. People now living in Melrose and vicinity will call to mind the occasion of the accident to which we refer. It was a gala day and several hundred people had gone to the race tracks near where Allan Seale Sr. now lives to see John Green and Speckle Dick try their speed. John Green was a fine race horse that belonged to Mr. Pleasant while B. Hardeman, father of Bunch, owned Speckle Dick. In due time the horses were started, but for some cause when in the midst of the course, Speckle Dick flew the track and threw Bunch against a sapling, striking his head and knocking him senseless. The doctors say that his skull was fractured and a false growth set up on the under side that pressed upon the brain as it grew and thus finally produced paralysis and death. Of a family of 15 brothers and sisters, Bunch is the second to die, his brother Peter being the first. Several years ago, Mr. Hardeman professed religion and has since been a devout member of the Methodist church.
Family Members
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Laura Emma Hardeman Fall
1846–1902
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Martha Angelina Hardeman Fall
1848–1917
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Leah Hardeman Wilson
1852–1936
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Blackstone Franklin Hardeman
1854–1933
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Rebecca Anna Hardeman Gillespie
1857–1939
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Tolbert Berrett Hardeman
1858–1927
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Dr Hal Augustine Hardeman
1859–1920
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Peter Hardeman
1862–1891
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Robert Lee Hardeman
1864–1943
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Cora Hardeman Engledow
1865–1953
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Mrs Willie S Hardeman Mattauer
1868–1955
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