ACCIDENTALLY KILLED The Pulaski Enterprise Friday, 14 Feb 1913:
Samuel T. Chittick accidentally shot and killed himself Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock at his home at Olmsted, he was alone at the time of the accident, his family was visiting a neighbor. A negro boy went to the house on an errand and found the body on the front porch with a bullet wound through his head. He had been cleaning a revolver and it is thought that it was accidentally discharged he was 46 years of age and was a member of Mound City lodge No. 250 I. O. O. F., and also a prominent member of the Farmer's Union. The deceased was born and raised in this county and was held in the very highest esteem by all who knew him.
He is survived by his wife, one son, Earl, three sisters, Mrs. H. J. Hileman and Miss Edith Chittick of Olmsted and Miss Lottie Chittick, of this city, two brothers, Hiram, of Olmsted, and William, of Montana. The funeral services were conducted at the Concord Schoolhouse at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Joseph Buie of this city. Interment at Concord Cemetery.
(His marker in Concord Cemetery near Ullin reads: Samuel T. Chittick Born Jan. 3, 1865 died Feb. 9, 1913. Though thou art gone, fond memories cling of thee.—Darrel Dexter)
Samuel T. Chittick accidentally shot and killed himself Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock at his home at Olmsted, he was alone at the time of the accident, his family was visiting a neighbor. A negro boy went to the house on an errand and found the body on the front porch with a bullet wound through his head. He had been cleaning a revolver and it is thought that it was accidentally discharged he was 46 years of age and was a member of Mound City lodge No. 250 I. O. O. F., and also a prominent member of the Farmer's Union. The deceased was born and raised in this county and was held in the very highest esteem by all who knew him.
He is survived by his wife, one son, Earl, three sisters, Mrs. H. J. Hileman and Miss Edith Chittick of Olmsted and Miss Lottie Chittick, of this city, two brothers, Hiram, of Olmsted, and William, of Montana. The funeral services were conducted at the Concord Schoolhouse at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Joseph Buie of this city. Interment at Concord Cemetery.
(His marker in Concord Cemetery near Ullin reads: Samuel T. Chittick Born Jan. 3, 1865 died Feb. 9, 1913. Though thou art gone, fond memories cling of thee.—Darrel Dexter)
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED The Pulaski Enterprise Friday, 14 Feb 1913:
Samuel T. Chittick accidentally shot and killed himself Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock at his home at Olmsted, he was alone at the time of the accident, his family was visiting a neighbor. A negro boy went to the house on an errand and found the body on the front porch with a bullet wound through his head. He had been cleaning a revolver and it is thought that it was accidentally discharged he was 46 years of age and was a member of Mound City lodge No. 250 I. O. O. F., and also a prominent member of the Farmer's Union. The deceased was born and raised in this county and was held in the very highest esteem by all who knew him.
He is survived by his wife, one son, Earl, three sisters, Mrs. H. J. Hileman and Miss Edith Chittick of Olmsted and Miss Lottie Chittick, of this city, two brothers, Hiram, of Olmsted, and William, of Montana. The funeral services were conducted at the Concord Schoolhouse at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Joseph Buie of this city. Interment at Concord Cemetery.
(His marker in Concord Cemetery near Ullin reads: Samuel T. Chittick Born Jan. 3, 1865 died Feb. 9, 1913. Though thou art gone, fond memories cling of thee.—Darrel Dexter)
Samuel T. Chittick accidentally shot and killed himself Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock at his home at Olmsted, he was alone at the time of the accident, his family was visiting a neighbor. A negro boy went to the house on an errand and found the body on the front porch with a bullet wound through his head. He had been cleaning a revolver and it is thought that it was accidentally discharged he was 46 years of age and was a member of Mound City lodge No. 250 I. O. O. F., and also a prominent member of the Farmer's Union. The deceased was born and raised in this county and was held in the very highest esteem by all who knew him.
He is survived by his wife, one son, Earl, three sisters, Mrs. H. J. Hileman and Miss Edith Chittick of Olmsted and Miss Lottie Chittick, of this city, two brothers, Hiram, of Olmsted, and William, of Montana. The funeral services were conducted at the Concord Schoolhouse at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Joseph Buie of this city. Interment at Concord Cemetery.
(His marker in Concord Cemetery near Ullin reads: Samuel T. Chittick Born Jan. 3, 1865 died Feb. 9, 1913. Though thou art gone, fond memories cling of thee.—Darrel Dexter)
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