J.N. Taylor, Jr.
On Saturday morning, Sept 29th J.N. Taylor, Jr. a lad aged 16, left his father's residence, near Marshallville, GA, to shoot ducks in the pond near by. He was in the bateau with a companion; when, being in a proper distance for shooting, he seized his gun by the muzzle and drew it suddenly, when unfortunately the hammer struck the cross piece of the boad, discharging the contents of the gun into the left side of the chest, between the fifth and sixth ribs, tearing the heart and its appendages asunder. The blood gushed in the boat--he only had time to say "Oh me," when his spirit fled to God.
He was buried next day with military honors by the Governor's Guards of which company he had lately become a member. May the sad end of this high-toned and very intelligent youth be a warning to boys who are learning to shoot. W.J.S.
Source: Macon Telegraph, Nov 19, 1859 (reprinted in The Upson Pilot)
Contributed by: Virginia Crilley
On Saturday morning, Sept 29th J.N. Taylor, Jr. a lad aged 16, left his father's residence, near Marshallville, GA, to shoot ducks in the pond near by. He was in the bateau with a companion; when, being in a proper distance for shooting, he seized his gun by the muzzle and drew it suddenly, when unfortunately the hammer struck the cross piece of the boad, discharging the contents of the gun into the left side of the chest, between the fifth and sixth ribs, tearing the heart and its appendages asunder. The blood gushed in the boat--he only had time to say "Oh me," when his spirit fled to God.
He was buried next day with military honors by the Governor's Guards of which company he had lately become a member. May the sad end of this high-toned and very intelligent youth be a warning to boys who are learning to shoot. W.J.S.
Source: Macon Telegraph, Nov 19, 1859 (reprinted in The Upson Pilot)
Contributed by: Virginia Crilley
J.N. Taylor, Jr.
On Saturday morning, Sept 29th J.N. Taylor, Jr. a lad aged 16, left his father's residence, near Marshallville, GA, to shoot ducks in the pond near by. He was in the bateau with a companion; when, being in a proper distance for shooting, he seized his gun by the muzzle and drew it suddenly, when unfortunately the hammer struck the cross piece of the boad, discharging the contents of the gun into the left side of the chest, between the fifth and sixth ribs, tearing the heart and its appendages asunder. The blood gushed in the boat--he only had time to say "Oh me," when his spirit fled to God.
He was buried next day with military honors by the Governor's Guards of which company he had lately become a member. May the sad end of this high-toned and very intelligent youth be a warning to boys who are learning to shoot. W.J.S.
Source: Macon Telegraph, Nov 19, 1859 (reprinted in The Upson Pilot)
Contributed by: Virginia Crilley
On Saturday morning, Sept 29th J.N. Taylor, Jr. a lad aged 16, left his father's residence, near Marshallville, GA, to shoot ducks in the pond near by. He was in the bateau with a companion; when, being in a proper distance for shooting, he seized his gun by the muzzle and drew it suddenly, when unfortunately the hammer struck the cross piece of the boad, discharging the contents of the gun into the left side of the chest, between the fifth and sixth ribs, tearing the heart and its appendages asunder. The blood gushed in the boat--he only had time to say "Oh me," when his spirit fled to God.
He was buried next day with military honors by the Governor's Guards of which company he had lately become a member. May the sad end of this high-toned and very intelligent youth be a warning to boys who are learning to shoot. W.J.S.
Source: Macon Telegraph, Nov 19, 1859 (reprinted in The Upson Pilot)
Contributed by: Virginia Crilley
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