When Mills Played an Important Part in Warren County, by Edith L. Conn (date unknown, booklet at the Warren County Historical Society Library)
Samuel Lockridge came to Warren County in 1853 with his wife and nine children. He was killed by an accident in his mill on March 17, 1866. He had noticed a broken pulley, but thought he could continue the rest of the day with it, however; before the days work was done the pulley broke, killing Mr. Lockridge. He was buried in Webb Cemetery.
History of Warren County, Iowa, containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, & etc. by Union Historical Company, Des Moines, Iowa, 1879, p.670
Mary P. Lockridge, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Spring Hill; widow of Samuel Lockridge, who was born in West Virginia, 1809, and lived there till September, 1834, when he emigrated to Henry county, Ind., and lived there four years, and then to Brown county, and lived there sixteen years; came from there to this county in 1853, in the summer, and lived on the same farm since; Mrs. Lockridge was born in 1812, and married to Mr. L. in Virginia, in 1832, Dec. 9; have a family of nine children living: William, James, Jacob, David, Lucinda (wife of Wm. Simmons), Elizabeth A. (wife of James Hart), Catharine (wife of Charles B. Davidson), Mary J. (wife of Adam Perkins), and Susanna (wife of Samuel T. Leap); Mr. Lockridge was killed by accident in a mill March 17, 1866.
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