Foster - Wiley
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Thursday, 13 November 1873
Wiley Foster of New Richmond met with an accident on Friday last, receiving injuries from the effects of which he died on Sunday. His team ran away and threw him from the wagon. When found he was in a state of unconsciousness, from which he did not revive until a few hours prior to his death. His obsequies were conducted by the Masons today. -s
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Thursday, 15 January 1874
The sad news comes to us of another young man being killed. Geo. Hawthorne, last Wednesday, was hauling straw upon a wagon and while sitting near the front part driving, slipped and fell under the wagon. The hind wheel ran over his body, crushing it. He lingered but a short time after the accident. Thus four men—three of them young men not over 21 years old, and one a man in the prime of life—have been killed in a very small scope of country. J. W. Wallace was the first one, killed by falling from a horse; Wiley Foster next, who was killed by a runaway team; Jefferson Vanmeter was killed but a short time ago in a well, and the above named Hawthorne but last Wednesday. – thanks so much to “S” for all the wonderful typing for this page