| Birth date and place |
1890, Richmond Township |
| Death date and place |
1898, Richmond Township |
| Cemetery |
Oakwood Cemetery |
| Parents |
Frances Rockwell &
Colie J. Beach |
| Residence Place |
Powers Corners |
| Photographer |
McFarlin, Welch Block, Mansfield |
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| Photo: Victor Rockwell Beach |
| Township: Richmond Township, Tioga County
PA |
| of Powers Corners |
| Year: 1890-1898 |
Photo from the McConnell Album
Part of Joyce M. Tice's Sullivan-Rutland Genealogy
Project |
OBITUARY: Victor Rockwell, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. BEACH, was
instantly killed at 9 o'clock last Thursday morning by being run over by
a hay press while on his way to the Powers school a mile east of this boro.
He had ridden from home to within a few rods of the school house when hearing
the last bell he tried to get off or fell and was caught beneath one of
the heavily loaded rear runners which passed over his body just above the
hips. He was immediately carried to the school house and his parents and
a physician summoned, but death had apparently been instantaneous from
the crushing of the spinal column. No blame attaches to anyone for the
sad accident. He was a bright promising boy, eight years old, and a favorite
with his playmates and all who knew him. Intelligence of the accident was
received in this boro with utmost sorrow and unstinted expressions of sympathy
for the bereaved parents. Funeral services were held on Saturday at 1 o'clock
from the house, the Rev. E. J. Rosengrant officiating, assisted by the
Rev. L. M. Gates. The late schoolmates of the departed attended the obsequies
in a body. Numerous floral offerings bespoke the loving sympathy of mourning
friends. The burial was in Oakwood cemetery. |
