Sexton, Charles 1883 – 1913

SEXTON, HOWARD

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/19/2024 at 21:00:47

Source: Cresco Plain Dealer Dec. 26, 1913, P-FP, C-4

Charles Sexton Killed Near Bluffton.
As the result of an unruly horse backing into a ditch twelve or fourteen feet in depth, Charles Sexton was killed Christmas night at about 11:30. He had driven to a neighbor’s, Henry Courtney, to spend the evening, and on his return home was accompanied a few rods by Patrick Courtney with a lantern to light him past the ditch.They had passed it and Courtney was starting to get out of the buggy to return home when the horse became frightened and backed into the ditch. Both young men were under the buggy but Courtney was able to get out. Sexton told Courtney he was not hurt but to cut the harness and get the horse off, but before it could be done the horse gave a plunge to free himself and in so doing crushed the life out of Sexton, who gave a single groan and expired. The deceased was a brother of Mrs. James Howard of Cresco.

Transcriber’s Note: Find a Grave shows he was born June 8, 1883 and died December 25, 1913. He is buried in St. Bridget Cemetery.

St. Bridget Cemetery
 

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