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Silas Filmore Pennington

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Silas Filmore Pennington

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15 Nov 1895 (aged 43)
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Sulligent, Lamar County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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- Mr. S. F. PENNINGTON, a prominent merchant and mayor of Sulligent was struck by a train and almost instantly killed about noon last Friday.  The accident occurred about two miles west of Sulligent. Mr. PENNINGTON had walked down the railroad to see the section foreman and some other parties. Mr. DOCK NOE was with him when about two miles west of Sulligent they met an empty gravel train and were walking along beside it when a plank that protruding over the edge of a car struck him just above the eyes and crushed his skull and inflicted an ugly and mortal wound. Various rumors as to how far the plank protruded are afloat putting it at from two to five feet. It is thought that possibly he was blinded by the smoke and did not see the plank which was not expected, and of course not looked for. The plank lay at an angle on the car and he was stuck by the plank.
  The deceased was once sheriff of this county and lived at this place where a number of relatives still reside. The news was on the streets in a few moments after it occurred and created quite a surprise, and the telephone office was besieged with numberless inquiries by friends. The internment took place at Sulligent on the day following with Masonic ceremonies. The deceased left a wife and five children most of whom are of tender years. He carried a thousand dollar policy and beside this his friends cannot tell how much his estate will benefit his family. He was just in the prime of life and his sudden death was a shock to the entire community
- Mr. S. F. PENNINGTON, a prominent merchant and mayor of Sulligent was struck by a train and almost instantly killed about noon last Friday.  The accident occurred about two miles west of Sulligent. Mr. PENNINGTON had walked down the railroad to see the section foreman and some other parties. Mr. DOCK NOE was with him when about two miles west of Sulligent they met an empty gravel train and were walking along beside it when a plank that protruding over the edge of a car struck him just above the eyes and crushed his skull and inflicted an ugly and mortal wound. Various rumors as to how far the plank protruded are afloat putting it at from two to five feet. It is thought that possibly he was blinded by the smoke and did not see the plank which was not expected, and of course not looked for. The plank lay at an angle on the car and he was stuck by the plank.
  The deceased was once sheriff of this county and lived at this place where a number of relatives still reside. The news was on the streets in a few moments after it occurred and created quite a surprise, and the telephone office was besieged with numberless inquiries by friends. The internment took place at Sulligent on the day following with Masonic ceremonies. The deceased left a wife and five children most of whom are of tender years. He carried a thousand dollar policy and beside this his friends cannot tell how much his estate will benefit his family. He was just in the prime of life and his sudden death was a shock to the entire community

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Killed by a train Annabill and beloved father, farewell not on this perishing stone, but in the Book of Life, and in the hearts of thy afflicted friends is thy worth recorded.

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