MAN AND TEAM DROWNED IN LITTLE WABASH RIVER
Clay City—Arthur W. Richey, 75, Clay City farmer, and his team of horses were drowned March 1 in the backwaters of the Little Wabash River a mile southeast of Clay City.
Richey's body was found in the afternoon by a searching party lying face down in four or five inches of water, with his dog watching nearby. Bodies of the two horses were found about 40 feet away, both dead, entangled in a tree.
The farmer left Clay City at 8 a.m. on the running gears of a wagon to bring in a load of wood. When he failed to return home, the family began a search. The road he used crosses a slough. It is believed he did not realize the depth of the water and that he was so worn out in struggles to regain the uncovered portion of the road that he was too weak to rise when he reached shallow water.
(Arthur Wellington Richey married S. Catherine Melrose on 13 Feb 1879, in Richland Co., Ill. His death certificate states that Arthur W. Richey was born 4 Apr 1860, in Illinois, the son of David Richey, a native of Illinois, and Cesena Nease, a native of Ohio, died 1 Mar 1933, in Clay City, Clay Co., Ill., the husband of Katie Richey, and was buried in I. O. O. F. Cemetery in Clay City, Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Contributor: Kathleen (49820077) •
Clay City—Arthur W. Richey, 75, Clay City farmer, and his team of horses were drowned March 1 in the backwaters of the Little Wabash River a mile southeast of Clay City.
Richey's body was found in the afternoon by a searching party lying face down in four or five inches of water, with his dog watching nearby. Bodies of the two horses were found about 40 feet away, both dead, entangled in a tree.
The farmer left Clay City at 8 a.m. on the running gears of a wagon to bring in a load of wood. When he failed to return home, the family began a search. The road he used crosses a slough. It is believed he did not realize the depth of the water and that he was so worn out in struggles to regain the uncovered portion of the road that he was too weak to rise when he reached shallow water.
(Arthur Wellington Richey married S. Catherine Melrose on 13 Feb 1879, in Richland Co., Ill. His death certificate states that Arthur W. Richey was born 4 Apr 1860, in Illinois, the son of David Richey, a native of Illinois, and Cesena Nease, a native of Ohio, died 1 Mar 1933, in Clay City, Clay Co., Ill., the husband of Katie Richey, and was buried in I. O. O. F. Cemetery in Clay City, Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Contributor: Kathleen (49820077) •
MAN AND TEAM DROWNED IN LITTLE WABASH RIVER
Clay City—Arthur W. Richey, 75, Clay City farmer, and his team of horses were drowned March 1 in the backwaters of the Little Wabash River a mile southeast of Clay City.
Richey's body was found in the afternoon by a searching party lying face down in four or five inches of water, with his dog watching nearby. Bodies of the two horses were found about 40 feet away, both dead, entangled in a tree.
The farmer left Clay City at 8 a.m. on the running gears of a wagon to bring in a load of wood. When he failed to return home, the family began a search. The road he used crosses a slough. It is believed he did not realize the depth of the water and that he was so worn out in struggles to regain the uncovered portion of the road that he was too weak to rise when he reached shallow water.
(Arthur Wellington Richey married S. Catherine Melrose on 13 Feb 1879, in Richland Co., Ill. His death certificate states that Arthur W. Richey was born 4 Apr 1860, in Illinois, the son of David Richey, a native of Illinois, and Cesena Nease, a native of Ohio, died 1 Mar 1933, in Clay City, Clay Co., Ill., the husband of Katie Richey, and was buried in I. O. O. F. Cemetery in Clay City, Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Contributor: Kathleen (49820077) •
Clay City—Arthur W. Richey, 75, Clay City farmer, and his team of horses were drowned March 1 in the backwaters of the Little Wabash River a mile southeast of Clay City.
Richey's body was found in the afternoon by a searching party lying face down in four or five inches of water, with his dog watching nearby. Bodies of the two horses were found about 40 feet away, both dead, entangled in a tree.
The farmer left Clay City at 8 a.m. on the running gears of a wagon to bring in a load of wood. When he failed to return home, the family began a search. The road he used crosses a slough. It is believed he did not realize the depth of the water and that he was so worn out in struggles to regain the uncovered portion of the road that he was too weak to rise when he reached shallow water.
(Arthur Wellington Richey married S. Catherine Melrose on 13 Feb 1879, in Richland Co., Ill. His death certificate states that Arthur W. Richey was born 4 Apr 1860, in Illinois, the son of David Richey, a native of Illinois, and Cesena Nease, a native of Ohio, died 1 Mar 1933, in Clay City, Clay Co., Ill., the husband of Katie Richey, and was buried in I. O. O. F. Cemetery in Clay City, Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Contributor: Kathleen (49820077) •
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