Fleming - John
Source: Saturday, February 23, 1901 Crawfordsville Journal
Tuesday morning John Fleming, a son of James E. Fleming, of four miles north of Crawfordsville on the Young's Chapel road, met a sudden and terrible death while loading logs on a wagon. After breakfast the young man went to the woods not far from the house to load logs on the wagon. He was gone longer than was necessary to accomplish the work, and finally about 8 o'clock, his father walked out to see what the trouble was. As he approached the spot where the logs had been cut he saw that something had gone wrong and hastened his pace. The mules which the young man had been using in loading had wandered off from the wagon some distance and were standing in the brush. Arrived at the wagon, Mr. Fleming was horrified to find the dead body of his son lying crushed beneath a log a foot thick. He had evidently been rolling the log upon the wagon when his tackle probably slipped or broke, allowing the log to roll back upon him, killing him instantly in all probability. When the body was found the log rested directly on the neck of the unfortunate young man. The neck had been broken as was his jaw. Mr. Fleming hastened to the home of Al Austin, not far away and Mr. Austin returned with him to the spot and lifted the lot while Mr. Fleming pulled the body out from under it. Others had arrived on the scene by this time and assisted in carrying the body to the house. Undertake Barnhill and Coroner Dennis were summoned from Crawfordsville and the coroner is holding an inquest this afternoon. The deceased was unmarried and about 25 years of age. He was a bright and popular young man.
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Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 22 February 1901
Last Tuesday John Fleming, a son of James E. Fleming, of four miles north of town on the Young’s Chapel Road, met a sudden and terrible death while loading logs on a wagon. After breakfast the young man went to the woods not far from the house to load logs on the wagon. He was gone longer than was necessary to accomplish the work, and finally about eight o’clock his father walked out to see what the trouble was. As he approached the spot where the logs had been cut, he saw that something had gone wrong and hastened his pace. The mules which the young man had been using in loading had wandered off from the wagon some distance and were standing in the brush. Arriving at the wagon Mr. Fleming was horrified to find the dead body of his son lying crushed beneath a log a foot thick. He had evidently been rolling the log upon the wagon when his tackle probably slipped or broke, allowing the log to roll back upon him, and killing him instantly in all probability. When the body was found the log rested directly on the neck of the unfortunate young man. The neck had been broken as was his jaw. Mr. Fleming hastened to the home of Al Austin, not far away, and Mr. Austin returned with him to the spot and lifted the log while Mr. Fleming pulled the body out from under it. Others had arrived on the scene by this time and assisted in carrying the body to the house. Undertaker Barnhill and Coroner Dennis were summoned from Crawfordsville. The deceased was unmarried and about twenty five years of age. He was a bright and popular young man. – thanks to S for this one
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 22 February 1901
The funeral of John Fleming, the young man who was killed while loading logs on Tuesday, occurred yesterday morning. He was a member of the K. of P. Lodge at Darlington and sixty of the members of the lodge were here to attend the services. – thanks to S for this one
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 22 February 1901
The funeral of John Fleming was preached at the house Thursday morning at 10 o’clock by Rev. Hedrick. Interment was at Oak Hill. He was twenty five years of age and highly respected in this vicinity. He leaves a mother, father, and one brother, and a host of friends to mourn his loss. The family has the heartfelt sympathy of the whole community – thanks to S for this one
Source: Crawfordsville Daily News-Review 21 Feb 1901 p 1 –
A delegation of 50 Knights of Pythias from Darlington Lodge came down this morning to conduct the burial service at Oak Hill of John Fleming who belonged to their order. The funeral which was conducted at the county home at 10-a..m. was largely attended. The Knights met the funeral part at the cemetery and paid the deceased the final honors of the order.