The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-17
"REMINISCENCES.
Fatalities That Have Visited the
Moore Family.

to little Roy Howard Moore, brings to
my mind several other fatalities that
have occurred in the Moore families,
with some of which many of the reia-
tives are not familiar, and which may
be of interest to many friends and ac-
quaintances.
On the 10Th of May, 1919, my mothers
brother, John H. Moore, who was 26
years old, unmarried and living with
his mother, by the "Cedar Trees"
where Henry and Mary Hewling now
reside, in Union township, three-fourths
of a mile west of the school house
where the late accident occurred, went
to church near where Logansville now
stands. After church he went to Mr..
Alfred Matthew's for dinner. Uncle
John, who was fond of horses had often
INDUCED in fast riding, started for
home in the afternoon alone, riding his
favorite horse. Toward evening the
horse came home without its rider, and
the family fearing an accident, friends
followed the back track of the horse
and found Uncle John lying with his
head fatally crushed, by large elm
tree, not far from where the school
house now stands at the pike crossing,
east of Logansville,S and not far from
the old block house which was then
standing about 80 or 80 rods southwest
of the school house.
Messenger was at once sent to Ur-
bana, over 20 miles away Champaign
county then extended from Clark coun-
ty to Lake Erie) for the coroner, who
came, held an inquest over the body,
and decided that death was the result
of being thrown from the horse and the
head striking the tree, with the suppo-
sition, from the appearance of the
tracks, that the accident occurred by
the horse, for some cause, passing the
tree, at rapid rate, on the opposite
side from which the rider expected.
On the 18th day of February, 1928,
only little more than of mile south
of the recent accident, in log house
that stood where the kitchen of A. l..
Moore's old tenant house now stands,
in Union township, owned by my Uncle
Raphael, but occupied by my father. as
their home, my mother was doing her
washing and had tub of scalding hot
water on the floor.
was then ten months old, and moth
er took me on her lap to nurse me,
when my Sister Rosalind, four years
old, playfully ran up to amuse me, and
in stepping backward to run to me
again, fell back into the scalding water
causing her death in short time.
Thus in the midst Of JOY and glee, came
instant pain and deepest grief. While
the loving little sisters spirit took its
fight from its happy earth home, t.
abide with the angels and the Re
Ideemer.
On the 9th of March, 1886, my father!
Oldest brother, John Moore, who was
residing in log house on his farm il
the west part of Champaign county
near Addison, then called Christians
burg) had the misfortune to have his
house burned to ashes, in the nigh
time. He came near losing his owl
life in attempting to save the children
who were sleeping up stairs, but failet
to get three of them down and the,
perished in the flames. They wer
Sarah 16, Samuel 13 and Minerva IL.
The parents and the two older an,
the two younger children escaped +
the barn with only a part of thei
clothes, in a cold winter night. Blu
kind neighbors soon came to the relief
On Saturday afternoon, May 9th
1869, my father, William Moore, age,
IS, started from his home q miles eas
of DeGraff, accompanied by Clar
Moore, little granddaughter, in hi
spring wagon, driving quiet old horse
to go to DeGraff for his mail. AS h
approached the railroad, east of towr
the east-bound express train shot by
only few feet in front of the horse
which turned quickly around, throw
father violently against bank of har
earth across the pike gutter, causin
fatal internal injuries, resulting in
painful death the next day, at the hon
of his son, Major Edward L. Moore,
DeGraff. Having shortly before suffe
ed an attack of paralysis, and havin
! imperfect vision, he either misjudge
the distance or the speed of the trail
, as he told Clara, who had cautione
cross before the train arrived.
And last the tragedy of Sept. 20tl
when little Roy Howard, the seven-yea
old son of Abram H. and Lucy Moor
who met his death at the noon hour
school, and was reported in the pape
, that week.
The circumstances were a little dl
ferent from the newspaper reports
the time. He with three other bo
near his age were playing in an aba
e doned gravel pit just south of Il
1 school house, and about twelve ro
= from his home, after he had be-
: home for his dinner, when they attel
pied to raise pole on end, which W
about ten feet long and about six inch
g in diameter at the lower end, wi
k some roots remaining attached, a.
: lying beside a small volunteer apr
h tree, with view of striking the tr
q with the pole to knock off some appl,
= when Howard stumbled and fell,
- head striking stone, and the pt
l, falling on his head, causing almost
It slant death.
? The teacher, Mr.. Yoder, learning
the accident, ran to the scene, TAXI
10 the boy in his arms and carrying him
N his grief-stricken parents. But
1t spirit had flown from the mortal cash
st and gone to him who said, ''Suffer
ot tie children to come unto me for of su
s. is the Kingdom of Heaven"
o, Thus, like the flash of meteor, I
u y little life, the hope and pride of fe
a. parents. was transferred from earth
r Heaven. to join the throng of the
n. dc emed in the Celestial city of eteri