1910 - 1915 (4 years)
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| Name |
Pearcy, Roscoe Homer |
| Birth |
6 Jun 1910 |
Coles County, Illinois  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
PEAR.R007 |
| Death |
23 Apr 1915 |
Coles County, Illinois [1] |
| Cause: Crushed to death between two heavy logs |
- PEARCY SERVICES WERE HELD SATURDAY
Funeral services for little Homer Pearcy, who met a horrible death by being crushed to death under the weight of a heavy log, were held at the Mt. Tabor church and burial was made in the adjoining cemetery Saturday morning. The parents, brothers and sisters were heart broken over their sudden loss and many sympathetic friends were present.
The details of the fatal accident are as follows. The little fellow went into house and called to his mother, asking her if dinner had been prepared and if he might go tell his father. His mother responded in the affirmative and the child started toward his father's saw mill, which is not more than 100 yards distant from the house.
After reaching the saw mill the little boy told his father that dinner was waiting and he had just turned to return to the house when one of the logs rolled from a pile near the saw mill. It is presumed that the log had become loosened by others being taken from the pile. The boy's body was crushed between two large logs. A short time later a sister started to the spring for a bucket of water and found the crushed body of her little brother. She hastily summoned her father, but life was extinct before the body could be removed from the place.
When the little boy started toward the saw mill to summon his father to dinner he was singing a song: "In the Morning of Joy."
printed in the Charleston Courier News
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| Burial |
Mount Tabor Cemetery, Pleasant Grove Township, Coles County, Illinois [2] |
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Headstone, Pearcy, Rosoe Homer
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| Person ID |
I22063 |
Carl Wayne Gray Research |
| Last Modified |
18 Feb 2021 |
| Father |
Pearcy, George Vernon, b. 27 Nov 1874 d. 25 Oct 1946, Charleston, Coles County, Illinois (Age 71 years) |
| Mother |
Rutan, Sarah Kathryn, b. 3 Sep 1877, Cumberland County, Illinois d. 11 Feb 1961, Charleston Township, Coles County, Illinois (Age 83 years) |
| Marriage |
Y [3] |
| Family ID |
F695 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S6077] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Pearcy, Rosoe Homer, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Pearcy&GSiman=1&GScid=1235301&GRid=47578344&), none. (Reliability: 2).
- [S6078] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Pearcy, Rosoe Homer, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Pearcy&GSiman=1&GScid=1235301&GRid=47578344&), none. (Reliability: 2).
- [S1144] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Pearcy, Sarah Rutan and George V., (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Pearcy&GSiman=1&GScid=107770&GRid=43647443&), none. (Reliability: 2).
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