The Turnbo Manuscripts
by Silas Claiborne Turnbo
1844-1925
Turnbo Home | Table of Contents | Keyword Search| Bibliography | Biography
FELL OVER A PRECIPICE AND WAS KILLED
By S. C. Turnbo
In the early spring of 1866 a sad incident occurred just over the line in Madison County, Arkansas the particulars of which I learned from John Fisher son of Mathias Fisher.
John Fisher was born near Kings River in Carroll County, Ark. August the
8, 1855. He said the accident happened in ¾ of a mile of Kings River
which come about in this way. There was a heavy log rolling at Berry Johnsons
who lived 10 miles west of Berryville. The name of the man who met death
is forgotten but to go on with the story. The men was until night before
they got done rolling logs, and the man we refer to started home from Johnsons
Place carrying his axe and iron wedge with him. The night was extremely
dark and the trail he was following was dim not having been traveled very
much. It was two miles and a half from Johnsons to where the man lived and
at one place the trail lead along a sharp crest or narrow ridge. It was
supposed that when he made his way here he lost his way and got into a gulch
and fell over a precipice 20 feet high and was killed. This cliff was only
a short distance below the pathway. A man by the name of Houston discovered
the remains of the unfortunate man lying at the base of the cliff. The hogs
had found him first and had destroyed all the body except the bones. A few
remnants of his clothes were found nearby where the bones were lying. The
bones were all picked up and put in a small box and buried in the grave
yard at the Rockwell School House which is in the edge of Madison County.
Turnbo Home | Table of Contents | Keyword Search| Bibliography | Biography
