____________________________________________________________________________ On Saturday the 25th inst. (June 25, 1881) we lost two of our best farmers and citizens. Mr. John Davis about 79 years of age died at 12:20 o'clock Saturday morning after an extended illness of two months. Mr. J.T. Parsons son-in-law of Mr. Davis and who was there with him, went out about 4 o'clock in the morning to saddle his horse, intending to ride home, but finding the horse of Mr. R. Davis in the same stable, he proceeded to take it out and put it in another, and while placing the poles across the door the horse kicked at him and struck the pole which caused it to strike him across the spleen. After this he saddled his horse and returned to the house, and, while sitting there talking, he complained of his side and wanted to lie down, but before he reached the room, he fainted and fell to the piazza floor. He recovered once only to tell the story of the horse kicking him over the spleen, and then he died, just thirty minutes after the accident. Both these gentlemen were industrious farmers and good citizens, and we feel very sorry to lose them so suddenly. J.F. Louis Wolf Creek, June 26. ____________________________________________________________________________ Southern Standard, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, July 2, 1881. ____________________________________________________________________________ HTML file and design by David Kelley, 1997. All rights reserved.