News article in the Tampa Tribune in Tampa, FL on 22 Oct 1916 page 17.
The entire community was shocked to learn of the accidental death of Charles Megargee of Umatilla Friday morning. Mr. Megargee was driving to his work with a shotgun resting on the seat beside him, when his team, taking fright, suddenly shied, and in endeavoring to get control of the team, the gun was discharged, the load entering near the hip and lodging in the opposite shoulder. Mr. Megargee lived but a few minutes and died while being driven to his home by the boy that was with him when the accident occurred. Mr. Megargee was well known in the county, having lived here from its pioneer days, serving the county as game warden for a number of years.
Death notice in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 22 October 1916 page 13.
MEGARGEE – At Umatilla Florida, October 20, Charles G. Megargee. Relatives and friends invited to funeral on Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. from the Oliver H. Bair Bldg., 1820 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Solemn mass of requiem at St. Patrick’s at 10 a.m. Interment in New Cathedral cemetery.
News article in the Tamp Tribune on 1 Nov 1916 page 12.
Leesburg, Oct.31: News reaches here of a distressing accident in the northern end of Lake County, when C. G. Megargee, a prominent citizen, was killed at his Rosedale home. It appears that a shotgun fell from the seat of his buggy, the entire load of shot being discharged at short range into his body. Death followed almost instantly.
According to reports, Mr. Megargee, in company with Millard Summersill, a helper at Rosedale, started for the garden in a buggy. A loaded shotgun was between them. Summersill reached back to get a bucket from the back part of the vehicle, when a rattling chain frightened the horse, which jumped forward, throwing the gun from the seat and discharging it.
Mr. Megargee was a member of the Roman Catholic Church and funeral services were conducted from the church at Eustis and the body was taken to Philadelphia for burial, accompanied by his grief-stricken wife.
At the time of his death the deceased was sixty-three years of age and a member of one of the most prominent families of Pennsylvania. He came to Florida thirty-six years ago.
The entire community was shocked to learn of the accidental death of Charles Megargee of Umatilla Friday morning. Mr. Megargee was driving to his work with a shotgun resting on the seat beside him, when his team, taking fright, suddenly shied, and in endeavoring to get control of the team, the gun was discharged, the load entering near the hip and lodging in the opposite shoulder. Mr. Megargee lived but a few minutes and died while being driven to his home by the boy that was with him when the accident occurred. Mr. Megargee was well known in the county, having lived here from its pioneer days, serving the county as game warden for a number of years.
Death notice in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 22 October 1916 page 13.
MEGARGEE – At Umatilla Florida, October 20, Charles G. Megargee. Relatives and friends invited to funeral on Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. from the Oliver H. Bair Bldg., 1820 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Solemn mass of requiem at St. Patrick’s at 10 a.m. Interment in New Cathedral cemetery.
News article in the Tamp Tribune on 1 Nov 1916 page 12.
Leesburg, Oct.31: News reaches here of a distressing accident in the northern end of Lake County, when C. G. Megargee, a prominent citizen, was killed at his Rosedale home. It appears that a shotgun fell from the seat of his buggy, the entire load of shot being discharged at short range into his body. Death followed almost instantly.
According to reports, Mr. Megargee, in company with Millard Summersill, a helper at Rosedale, started for the garden in a buggy. A loaded shotgun was between them. Summersill reached back to get a bucket from the back part of the vehicle, when a rattling chain frightened the horse, which jumped forward, throwing the gun from the seat and discharging it.
Mr. Megargee was a member of the Roman Catholic Church and funeral services were conducted from the church at Eustis and the body was taken to Philadelphia for burial, accompanied by his grief-stricken wife.
At the time of his death the deceased was sixty-three years of age and a member of one of the most prominent families of Pennsylvania. He came to Florida thirty-six years ago.
News article in the Tampa Tribune in Tampa, FL on 22 Oct 1916 page 17.
The entire community was shocked to learn of the accidental death of Charles Megargee of Umatilla Friday morning. Mr. Megargee was driving to his work with a shotgun resting on the seat beside him, when his team, taking fright, suddenly shied, and in endeavoring to get control of the team, the gun was discharged, the load entering near the hip and lodging in the opposite shoulder. Mr. Megargee lived but a few minutes and died while being driven to his home by the boy that was with him when the accident occurred. Mr. Megargee was well known in the county, having lived here from its pioneer days, serving the county as game warden for a number of years.
Death notice in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 22 October 1916 page 13.
MEGARGEE – At Umatilla Florida, October 20, Charles G. Megargee. Relatives and friends invited to funeral on Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. from the Oliver H. Bair Bldg., 1820 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Solemn mass of requiem at St. Patrick’s at 10 a.m. Interment in New Cathedral cemetery.
News article in the Tamp Tribune on 1 Nov 1916 page 12.
Leesburg, Oct.31: News reaches here of a distressing accident in the northern end of Lake County, when C. G. Megargee, a prominent citizen, was killed at his Rosedale home. It appears that a shotgun fell from the seat of his buggy, the entire load of shot being discharged at short range into his body. Death followed almost instantly.
According to reports, Mr. Megargee, in company with Millard Summersill, a helper at Rosedale, started for the garden in a buggy. A loaded shotgun was between them. Summersill reached back to get a bucket from the back part of the vehicle, when a rattling chain frightened the horse, which jumped forward, throwing the gun from the seat and discharging it.
Mr. Megargee was a member of the Roman Catholic Church and funeral services were conducted from the church at Eustis and the body was taken to Philadelphia for burial, accompanied by his grief-stricken wife.
At the time of his death the deceased was sixty-three years of age and a member of one of the most prominent families of Pennsylvania. He came to Florida thirty-six years ago.
The entire community was shocked to learn of the accidental death of Charles Megargee of Umatilla Friday morning. Mr. Megargee was driving to his work with a shotgun resting on the seat beside him, when his team, taking fright, suddenly shied, and in endeavoring to get control of the team, the gun was discharged, the load entering near the hip and lodging in the opposite shoulder. Mr. Megargee lived but a few minutes and died while being driven to his home by the boy that was with him when the accident occurred. Mr. Megargee was well known in the county, having lived here from its pioneer days, serving the county as game warden for a number of years.
Death notice in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 22 October 1916 page 13.
MEGARGEE – At Umatilla Florida, October 20, Charles G. Megargee. Relatives and friends invited to funeral on Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. from the Oliver H. Bair Bldg., 1820 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Solemn mass of requiem at St. Patrick’s at 10 a.m. Interment in New Cathedral cemetery.
News article in the Tamp Tribune on 1 Nov 1916 page 12.
Leesburg, Oct.31: News reaches here of a distressing accident in the northern end of Lake County, when C. G. Megargee, a prominent citizen, was killed at his Rosedale home. It appears that a shotgun fell from the seat of his buggy, the entire load of shot being discharged at short range into his body. Death followed almost instantly.
According to reports, Mr. Megargee, in company with Millard Summersill, a helper at Rosedale, started for the garden in a buggy. A loaded shotgun was between them. Summersill reached back to get a bucket from the back part of the vehicle, when a rattling chain frightened the horse, which jumped forward, throwing the gun from the seat and discharging it.
Mr. Megargee was a member of the Roman Catholic Church and funeral services were conducted from the church at Eustis and the body was taken to Philadelphia for burial, accompanied by his grief-stricken wife.
At the time of his death the deceased was sixty-three years of age and a member of one of the most prominent families of Pennsylvania. He came to Florida thirty-six years ago.
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